F vs. GM, THO, WGO, NKLA, TSLA, STLA, PCAR, LI, RIVN, and NIO
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), Stellantis (STLA), PACCAR (PCAR), Li Auto (LI), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), and NIO (NIO).
Ford Motor (NYSE:F) and General Motors (NYSE:GM) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Ford Motor pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. General Motors pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Ford Motor pays out 61.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. General Motors pays out 5.9% 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 has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
58.7% of Ford Motor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of General Motors shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Ford Motor 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ford Motor currently has a consensus target price of $13.89, indicating a potential upside of 20.02%. General Motors has a consensus target price of $54.65, indicating a potential upside of 28.19%. Given General Motors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe General Motors is more favorable than Ford Motor.
Ford Motor has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Motors has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, General Motors had 6 more articles in the media than Ford Motor. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for General Motors and 28 mentions for Ford Motor. Ford Motor's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat General Motors' score of 0.29 indicating that Ford Motor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ford Motor received 250 more outperform votes than General Motors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.21% of users gave Ford Motor an outperform vote while only 73.35% of users gave General Motors an outperform vote.
General Motors has a net margin of 6.13% compared to Ford Motor's net margin of 2.21%. Ford Motor's return on equity of 17.63% beat General Motors' return on equity.
Summary
General Motors beats Ford Motor on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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