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Ford Motor (F) Competitors

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$9.88 +0.14 (+1.44%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

F vs. GM, THO, WGO, NKLA, TSLA, RACE, PCAR, STLA, LI, 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), Ferrari (RACE), PACCAR (PCAR), Stellantis (STLA), Li Auto (LI), 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 better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.

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 239 more outperform votes than General Motors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.84% of users gave Ford Motor an outperform vote while only 72.94% of users gave General Motors an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
General MotorsOutperform Votes
1528
72.94%
Underperform Votes
567
27.06%
Ford MotorOutperform Votes
1767
73.84%
Underperform Votes
626
26.16%

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 6.1%. 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.

General Motors currently has a consensus target price of $58.70, indicating a potential upside of 13.30%. Ford Motor has a consensus target price of $11.83, indicating a potential upside of 19.77%. Given Ford Motor's higher possible 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
3 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36
Ford Motor
4 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.93

In the previous week, General Motors and General Motors both had 30 articles in the media. General Motors' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Ford Motor's score of 0.46 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
11 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
8 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ford Motor
12 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 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$182.72B0.31$10.13B$9.385.52
Ford Motor$182.74B0.21$4.35B$0.8811.23

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 will outperform the market over the long term.

General Motors has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ford Motor has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

General Motors beats Ford Motor on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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F vs. The Competition

MetricFord MotorMotor vehicles & car bodies IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$39.27B$46.32B$19.29B$19.18B
Dividend Yield6.02%3.35%3.10%3.58%
P/E Ratio11.239.1711.2241.22
Price / Sales0.2125.2011.2017.58
Price / Cash2.9711.9712.3421.28
Price / Book0.962.611.895.32
Net Income$4.35B$3.18B$1.51B$989.67M
7 Day Performance-4.91%-3.55%-4.94%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-8.56%-1.10%-2.45%-3.73%
1 Year Performance-19.94%-23.24%-13.26%12.06%

Ford Motor Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
F
Ford Motor
4.2235 of 5 stars
$9.88
+1.4%
$11.83
+19.8%
-16.2%$39.27B$182.74B11.23177,000
GM
General Motors
4.6313 of 5 stars
$51.40
-2.2%
$58.70
+14.2%
+46.0%$56.52B$182.72B5.59163,000
THO
THOR Industries
4.6343 of 5 stars
$102.12
-2.4%
$112.33
+10.0%
-16.5%$5.43B$9.69B26.7522,300Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
WGO
Winnebago Industries
4.587 of 5 stars
$54.49
-1.7%
$68.13
+25.0%
-29.6%$1.58B$2.97B184.705,700Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Gap Down
NKLA
Nikola
1.1515 of 5 stars
$1.29
-9.5%
$12.00
+827.6%
-95.4%$78.74M$35.84M-0.091,500
TSLA
Tesla
4.3897 of 5 stars
$457.80
+4.9%
$257.36
-43.8%
+70.4%$1.47T$96.77B122.98140,473Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
RACE
Ferrari
2.8758 of 5 stars
$439.40
-3.3%
$507.14
+15.4%
+25.9%$81.18B$6.46B51.574,988
PCAR
PACCAR
4.0561 of 5 stars
$112.66
-0.3%
$118.25
+5.0%
+9.8%$59.07B$35.13B12.6332,400Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
STLA
Stellantis
4.8918 of 5 stars
$13.27
-4.9%
$27.34
+106.0%
-43.7%$41.57B$176.19B4.57258,275
LI
Li Auto
3.5246 of 5 stars
$21.86
-1.5%
$33.94
+55.3%
-29.0%$23.19B$133.72B16.4431,591
RIVN
Rivian Automotive
2.1656 of 5 stars
$15.03
+4.6%
$15.83
+5.3%
-40.3%$15.34B$4.43B-2.7116,790Analyst Downgrade
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This page (NYSE:F) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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