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Ford Motor (F) Competitors

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$10.72 -0.33 (-2.99%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

F vs. GM, THO, WGO, NKLA, TSLA, PCAR, STLA, LI, XPEV, and RIVN

Should you be buying Ford Motor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ford Motor include General Motors (GM), THOR Industries (THO), Winnebago Industries (WGO), Nikola (NKLA), Tesla (TSLA), PACCAR (PCAR), Stellantis (STLA), Li Auto (LI), XPeng (XPEV), and Rivian Automotive (RIVN).

Ford Motor vs.

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

In the previous week, General Motors had 17 more articles in the media than Ford Motor. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for General Motors and 37 mentions for Ford Motor. General Motors' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Ford Motor's score of 0.25 indicating that General Motors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
General Motors
23 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
14 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ford Motor
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
12 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
General Motors$182.72B0.33$10.13B$9.385.85
Ford Motor$182.74B0.23$4.35B$0.8812.19

General Motors has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ford Motor has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

General Motors pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Ford Motor pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. General Motors pays out 5.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ford Motor pays out 68.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

92.7% of General Motors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.7% of Ford Motor shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of General Motors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Ford Motor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

General Motors presently has a consensus target price of $56.92, indicating a potential upside of 3.71%. Ford Motor has a consensus target price of $12.02, indicating a potential upside of 12.10%. Given Ford Motor's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ford Motor is more favorable than General Motors.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
General Motors
4 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Ford Motor
2 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.07

General Motors has a net margin of 6.06% compared to Ford Motor's net margin of 1.93%. General Motors' return on equity of 16.30% beat Ford Motor's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
General Motors6.06% 16.30% 4.14%
Ford Motor 1.93%16.16%2.53%

Ford Motor received 240 more outperform votes than General Motors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.90% of users gave Ford Motor an outperform vote while only 73.06% of users gave General Motors an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
General MotorsOutperform Votes
1527
73.06%
Underperform Votes
563
26.94%
Ford MotorOutperform Votes
1767
73.90%
Underperform Votes
624
26.10%

Summary

General Motors beats Ford Motor on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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F vs. The Competition

MetricFord MotorMotor vehicles & car bodies IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$43.92B$41.93B$16.84B$19.85B
Dividend Yield5.35%3.19%3.11%3.52%
P/E Ratio12.198.7314.7542.73
Price / Sales0.2327.6812.6719.27
Price / Cash3.1410.8111.2117.86
Price / Book1.052.472.095.52
Net Income$4.35B$3.18B$1.52B$986.45M
7 Day Performance-3.12%-4.46%-2.84%0.45%
1 Month Performance-1.33%-3.96%-6.61%1.05%
1 Year Performance5.25%-23.07%-6.23%24.67%

Ford Motor Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
F
Ford Motor
3.8721 of 5 stars
$10.73
-3.0%
$12.02
+12.1%
+3.7%$43.92B$176.19B12.19177,000Analyst Revision
GM
General Motors
4.5906 of 5 stars
$54.88
-0.4%
$56.92
+3.7%
+92.4%$60.60B$171.84B5.85163,000Insider Trade
THO
THOR Industries
4.6911 of 5 stars
$108.33
+0.4%
$110.80
+2.3%
+5.6%$5.73B$10.04B21.9722,300Positive News
WGO
Winnebago Industries
4.0996 of 5 stars
$57.30
-1.0%
$68.13
+18.9%
-14.7%$1.67B$2.97B191.015,700
NKLA
Nikola
1.2354 of 5 stars
$1.91
-1.5%
$12.00
+528.3%
-93.6%$118.08M$35.84M0.001,500Options Volume
TSLA
Tesla
4.6226 of 5 stars
$342.03
-1.1%
$230.18
-32.7%
+45.2%$1.11T$96.77B93.71140,473Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
PCAR
PACCAR
4.0904 of 5 stars
$109.99
-0.4%
$117.64
+7.0%
+19.8%$57.87B$35.13B12.2932,400Analyst Forecast
Positive News
STLA
Stellantis
4.2299 of 5 stars
$12.86
-1.5%
$27.34
+112.6%
-37.7%$40.88B$205.13B0.00258,275
LI
Li Auto
3.8659 of 5 stars
$22.78
-1.8%
$33.94
+49.0%
-46.1%$24.60B$17.44B16.8731,591
XPEV
XPeng
1.4876 of 5 stars
$12.64
+1.0%
$11.20
-11.4%
-30.7%$11.79B$4.32B0.0013,550Analyst Forecast
RIVN
Rivian Automotive
3.1551 of 5 stars
$10.05
-1.2%
$15.73
+56.5%
-40.6%$10.38B$4.43B0.0016,790

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This page (NYSE:F) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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