Honda Motor (HMC) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend HMC or RACE?

Ferrari has a consensus price target of $481.60, suggesting a potential upside of 9.08%. Given Ferrari's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ferrari is more favorable than Honda Motor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Honda Motor	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Ferrari	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Which has more risk & volatility, HMC or RACE?

Honda Motor has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ferrari has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HMC or RACE?

5.3% of Honda Motor shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Honda Motor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is HMC or RACE a better dividend stock?

Honda Motor pays an annual dividend of $1.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Ferrari pays an annual dividend of $0.5150 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Honda Motor pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ferrari pays out 5.6% 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.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, HMC or RACE?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Honda Motor	$21.76T	0.00	$7.64B	$4.30	6.91
Ferrari	$6.68B	16.03	$1.65B	$9.15	48.25

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HMC or RACE?

Ferrari received 166 more outperform votes than Honda Motor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.06% of users gave Ferrari an outperform vote while only 61.61% of users gave Honda Motor an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Honda Motor	Outperform Votes 398 61.61%	Underperform Votes 248 38.39%
Ferrari	Outperform Votes 564 67.06%	Underperform Votes 277 32.94%

Is HMC or RACE more profitable?

Ferrari has a net margin of 22.81% compared to Honda Motor's net margin of 4.76%. Ferrari's return on equity of 46.69% beat Honda Motor's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Honda Motor	4.76%	7.81%	3.38%
Ferrari	22.81%	46.69%	17.13%

Does the media prefer HMC or RACE?

In the previous week, Ferrari had 48 more articles in the media than Honda Motor. MarketBeat recorded 60 mentions for Ferrari and 12 mentions for Honda Motor. Honda Motor's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Ferrari's score of 0.57 indicating that Honda Motor is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Honda Motor	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ferrari	28 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	12 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Ferrari beats Honda Motor on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.