HMC vs. RACE, STLA, LI, XPEV, RIVN, MGA, ALV, VFS, NIO, and ZK
Should you be buying Honda Motor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Honda Motor include Ferrari (RACE), Stellantis (STLA), Li Auto (LI), XPeng (XPEV), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), Magna International (MGA), Autoliv (ALV), VinFast Auto (VFS), NIO (NIO), and ZEEKR Intelligent Technology (ZK). These companies are all part of the "automobiles and trucks" industry.
Honda Motor vs. Its Competitors
Honda Motor (NYSE:HMC) and Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
Honda Motor has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ferrari has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ferrari has a net margin of 23.00% compared to Honda Motor's net margin of 3.82%. Ferrari's return on equity of 46.46% beat Honda Motor's return on equity.
Ferrari has a consensus price target of $526.25, indicating a potential upside of 8.09%. Given Ferrari's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ferrari is more favorable than Honda Motor.
Honda Motor has higher revenue and earnings than Ferrari. Honda Motor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ferrari, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ferrari had 30 more articles in the media than Honda Motor. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Ferrari and 10 mentions for Honda Motor. Honda Motor's average media sentiment score of 0.16 beat Ferrari's score of 0.16 indicating that Honda Motor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
5.3% of Honda Motor shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Honda Motor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Ferrari beats Honda Motor on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:HMC) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
