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General Motors (GM) Competitors

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$55.12 -1.13 (-2.01%)
(As of 11/19/2024 ET)

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

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), Toyota Motor (TM), PACCAR (PCAR), Stellantis (STLA), Li Auto (LI), and XPeng (XPEV).

General Motors vs.

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

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

General Motors has higher revenue and 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ford Motor$176.19B0.25$4.35B$0.8812.56
General Motors$182.72B0.33$10.13B$9.385.88

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
Ford Motor1.93% 16.16% 2.53%
General Motors 6.06%16.30%4.14%

Ford Motor presently has a consensus target price of $12.02, suggesting a potential upside of 8.81%. General Motors has a consensus target price of $56.92, suggesting a potential upside of 3.26%. Given Ford Motor's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Ford Motor is more favorable than General Motors.

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

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

58.7% of Ford Motor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of General Motors shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Ford Motor 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, General Motors had 14 more articles in the media than Ford Motor. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for General Motors and 32 mentions for Ford Motor. General Motors' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Ford Motor's score of 0.22 indicating that General Motors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ford Motor
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
9 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
General Motors
22 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
12 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ford Motor pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. General Motors pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Ford Motor pays out 68.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. General Motors pays out 5.1% 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.

Summary

General Motors beats Ford Motor on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GM vs. The Competition

MetricGeneral MotorsMotor vehicles & car bodies IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$60.61B$41.41B$16.85B$19.88B
Dividend Yield0.83%3.19%3.11%3.53%
P/E Ratio5.887.4113.1941.33
Price / Sales0.3310.8212.8418.26
Price / Cash2.9310.8011.2217.94
Price / Book0.932.442.035.66
Net Income$10.13B$3.04B$1.49B$983.42M
7 Day Performance-3.99%-6.49%-4.67%-0.67%
1 Month Performance12.08%-4.12%-6.70%0.47%
1 Year Performance96.65%-21.25%-7.09%24.55%

General Motors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GM
General Motors
4.6052 of 5 stars
$55.12
-2.0%
$56.92
+3.3%
+96.6%$60.61B$182.72B5.88163,000Short Interest ↓
F
Ford Motor
3.6188 of 5 stars
$11.01
-0.5%
N/A+7.6%$43.76B$176.19B12.51177,000Short Interest ↑
THO
THOR Industries
4.7127 of 5 stars
$109.32
-0.1%
N/A+5.7%$5.80B$10.04B22.1722,300Positive News
WGO
Winnebago Industries
4.1616 of 5 stars
$60.95
+0.2%
N/A-12.3%$1.76B$2.97B203.175,700
NKLA
Nikola
1.4642 of 5 stars
$2.34
-2.9%
N/A-93.8%$142.44M$35.84M-0.161,500Options Volume
High Trading Volume
TSLA
Tesla
4.6891 of 5 stars
$320.72
+3.1%
N/A+47.7%$1.03T$97.15B87.87140,473Analyst Forecast
Insider Selling
TM
Toyota Motor
4.5358 of 5 stars
$172.79
-0.4%
N/A-9.3%$233.75B$46.40T8.21380,793Positive News
PCAR
PACCAR
4.1354 of 5 stars
$112.26
-2.4%
N/A+20.8%$58.86B$34.83B12.5432,400Dividend Announcement
Positive News
STLA
Stellantis
4.2849 of 5 stars
$13.34
-0.2%
N/A-35.5%$41.79B$176.19B0.00258,275Gap Down
LI
Li Auto
3.8912 of 5 stars
$22.72
+2.2%
N/A-43.2%$24.11B$17.44B16.8331,591Gap Down
XPEV
XPeng
1.6142 of 5 stars
$12.74
+0.8%
N/A-25.4%$12.00B$4.32B-10.4413,550News Coverage
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:GM) was last updated on 11/20/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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