GM vs. F, THO, WGO, NKLA, TSLA, RACE, PCAR, HMC, STLA, and LI
Should you be buying General Motors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Motors include Ford Motor (F), THOR Industries (THO), Winnebago Industries (WGO), Nikola (NKLA), Tesla (TSLA), Ferrari (RACE), PACCAR (PCAR), Honda Motor (HMC), Stellantis (STLA), and Li Auto (LI).
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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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Ford Motor received 238 more outperform votes than General Motors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.84% of users gave Ford Motor an outperform vote while only 72.95% of users gave General Motors an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, General Motors had 31 more articles in the media than Ford Motor. MarketBeat recorded 65 mentions for General Motors and 34 mentions for Ford Motor. Ford Motor's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat General Motors' score of 0.54 indicating that Ford Motor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Ford Motor shares are held 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.
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 5.9%. 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 has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ford Motor has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
General Motors currently has a consensus price target of $59.68, suggesting a potential upside of 17.25%. Ford Motor has a consensus price target of $11.83, suggesting a potential upside of 16.32%. Given General Motors' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe General Motors is more favorable than Ford Motor.
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.
Summary
General Motors beats Ford Motor on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GM) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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