HMC vs. RACE, STLA, LI, XPEV, RIVN, MGA, VFS, ZK, ALV, and LCID
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), VinFast Auto (VFS), ZEEKR Intelligent Technology (ZK), Autoliv (ALV), and Lucid Group (LCID). These companies are all part of the "automobiles and trucks" industry.
Honda Motor vs.
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 companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
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.
Honda Motor has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ferrari has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Ferrari has a consensus target price of $507.14, suggesting a potential upside of 16.86%. Given Ferrari's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ferrari is more favorable than Honda Motor.
In the previous week, Ferrari had 55 more articles in the media than Honda Motor. MarketBeat recorded 66 mentions for Ferrari and 11 mentions for Honda Motor. Honda Motor's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Ferrari's score of 0.37 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 company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ferrari received 162 more outperform votes than Honda Motor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.99% of users gave Ferrari an outperform vote while only 61.71% of users gave Honda Motor an outperform vote.
Honda Motor pays an annual dividend of $1.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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.
Summary
Ferrari beats Honda Motor on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HMC) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
