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$310.21 -0.97 (-0.31%)
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TSLA vs. GM, F, OSK, WBC, THO, WGO, NKLA, TM, RACE, and PCAR

Should you be buying Tesla stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tesla include General Motors (GM), Ford Motor (F), Oshkosh (OSK), WABCO (WBC), THOR Industries (THO), Winnebago Industries (WGO), Nikola (NKLA), Toyota Motor (TM), Ferrari (RACE), and PACCAR (PCAR).

Tesla vs.

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and General Motors (NYSE:GM) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

Tesla has a net margin of 13.07% compared to General Motors' net margin of 6.06%. General Motors' return on equity of 16.30% beat Tesla's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tesla13.07% 10.24% 6.08%
General Motors 6.06%16.30%4.14%

Tesla presently has a consensus target price of $228.24, indicating a potential downside of 26.65%. General Motors has a consensus target price of $56.92, indicating a potential downside of 1.24%. Given General Motors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe General Motors is more favorable than Tesla.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Tesla
8 Sell rating(s)
16 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.16
General Motors
4 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

66.2% of Tesla shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of General Motors shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.7% of Tesla shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of General Motors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Tesla has higher earnings, but lower revenue than General Motors. General Motors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tesla, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tesla$96.77B10.32$15.00B$3.6585.25
General Motors$171.84B0.37$10.13B$9.386.14

Tesla received 1053 more outperform votes than General Motors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.06% of users gave General Motors an outperform vote while only 63.11% of users gave Tesla an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TeslaOutperform Votes
2580
63.11%
Underperform Votes
1508
36.89%
General MotorsOutperform Votes
1527
73.06%
Underperform Votes
563
26.94%

Tesla has a beta of 2.29, suggesting that its share price is 129% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Motors has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Tesla had 187 more articles in the media than General Motors. MarketBeat recorded 238 mentions for Tesla and 51 mentions for General Motors. Tesla's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat General Motors' score of 0.74 indicating that Tesla is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Tesla
143 Very Positive mention(s)
27 Positive mention(s)
40 Neutral mention(s)
19 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
General Motors
31 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Tesla beats General Motors on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TSLA vs. The Competition

MetricTeslaMotor vehicles & car bodies IndustryAuto SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$998.91B$36.39B$15.85B$8.88B
Dividend YieldN/A3.53%3.22%4.04%
P/E Ratio85.258.7615.2317.46
Price / Sales10.329.7710.4792.99
Price / Cash76.1511.0211.7736.42
Price / Book14.142.342.155.86
Net Income$15.00B$2.98B$1.49B$225.23M
7 Day Performance-3.13%1.08%-1.99%-1.15%
1 Month Performance41.72%0.17%-3.44%3.63%
1 Year Performance28.14%-20.48%-8.74%24.95%

Tesla Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TSLA
Tesla
4.7105 of 5 stars
$310.21
-0.3%
$228.24
-26.4%
+31.1%$995.79B$96.77B84.99140,473Analyst Downgrade
Insider Selling
GM
General Motors
4.6978 of 5 stars
$55.59
+0.4%
N/A+104.3%$61.13B$171.84B5.93163,000Short Interest ↓
F
Ford Motor
3.4936 of 5 stars
$10.97
+0.1%
N/A+6.4%$43.60B$182.74B12.47177,000Short Interest ↑
OSK
Oshkosh
4.2202 of 5 stars
$111.61
-0.6%
N/A+14.1%$7.52B$9.66B10.8417,300Positive News
WBC
WABCO
N/A$136.46
flat
N/A+0.0%$7.01B$3.42B37.3913,911High Trading Volume
THO
THOR Industries
4.6789 of 5 stars
$108.85
-0.8%
N/A+10.4%$5.76B$10.04B22.0822,300Positive News
WGO
Winnebago Industries
4.2532 of 5 stars
$61.10
+0.0%
N/A-5.2%$1.77B$2.97B203.675,700Analyst Revision
NKLA
Nikola
1.2091 of 5 stars
$3.02
-1.9%
N/A-92.6%$183.83M$35.84M-0.211,500Gap Up
TM
Toyota Motor
4.2303 of 5 stars
$171.96
-3.6%
N/A-9.6%$231.70B$312.38B8.17380,793Short Interest ↓
RACE
Ferrari
2.7087 of 5 stars
$454.63
+0.4%
N/A+24.4%$83.63B$6.46B52.804,988
PCAR
PACCAR
3.9298 of 5 stars
$114.38
+1.5%
N/A+26.9%$59.97B$35.13B12.7832,400Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:TSLA) was last updated on 11/15/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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