Tesla (TSLA) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, TSLA or GM?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tesla	$96.77B	7.50	$15.00B	$3.92	57.96
General Motors	$178.09B	0.31	$10.13B	$8.18	5.95

Is TSLA or GM more profitable?

Tesla has a net margin of 13.00% compared to General Motors' net margin of 6.22%. General Motors' return on equity of 15.77% beat Tesla's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tesla	13.00%	10.41%	6.15%
General Motors	6.22%	15.77%	4.09%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in TSLA or GM?

66.2% of Tesla shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of General Motors shares are held by institutional investors. 25.1% of Tesla shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of General Motors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend TSLA or GM?

Tesla presently has a consensus price target of $209.60, indicating a potential downside of 7.75%. General Motors has a consensus price target of $55.27, indicating a potential upside of 13.55%. Given General Motors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)	17 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
General Motors	3 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.52

Which has more volatility and risk, TSLA or GM?

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 1.43, suggesting that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TSLA or GM?

Tesla received 1048 more outperform votes than General Motors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.12% of users gave General Motors an outperform vote while only 63.36% of users gave Tesla an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tesla	Outperform Votes 2566 63.36%	Underperform Votes 1484 36.64%
General Motors	Outperform Votes 1518 73.12%	Underperform Votes 558 26.88%

Does the media refer more to TSLA or GM?

In the previous week, Tesla had 33 more articles in the media than General Motors. MarketBeat recorded 76 mentions for Tesla and 43 mentions for General Motors. General Motors' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Tesla's score of 0.48 indicating that General Motors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tesla	29 Very Positive mention(s)	14 Positive mention(s)	20 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
General Motors	20 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Tesla beats General Motors on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.