TSLA vs. GM, F, OSK, WBC, THO, WGO, NKLA, TM, STLA, and PCAR
Should you be buying Tesla stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tesla include General Motors (GM), Ford Motor (F), Oshkosh (OSK), WABCO (WBC), THOR Industries (THO), Winnebago Industries (WGO), Nikola (NKLA), Toyota Motor (TM), Stellantis (STLA), and PACCAR (PCAR).
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and General Motors (NYSE:GM) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings and risk.
In the previous week, Tesla had 106 more articles in the media than General Motors. MarketBeat recorded 132 mentions for Tesla and 26 mentions for General Motors. General Motors' average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Tesla's score of 0.05 indicating that General Motors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tesla has higher earnings, but lower revenue than General Motors. General Motors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tesla, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tesla has a beta of 2.41, suggesting that its share price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Motors has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
66.2% of Tesla shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of General Motors shares are held by institutional investors. 25.1% of Tesla shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of General Motors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Tesla currently has a consensus target price of $185.90, indicating a potential upside of 4.39%. General Motors has a consensus target price of $54.65, indicating a potential upside of 21.47%. Given General Motors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe General Motors is more favorable than Tesla.
Tesla has a net margin of 14.37% compared to General Motors' net margin of 6.13%. General Motors' return on equity of 14.40% beat Tesla's return on equity.
Tesla received 1025 more outperform votes than General Motors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.36% of users gave General Motors an outperform vote while only 63.68% of users gave Tesla an outperform vote.
Summary
General Motors beats Tesla on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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