GM vs. F, PCAR, STLA, LI, CMI, MBLY, GPC, MGA, NKLA, and TSLA
Should you be buying General Motors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Motors include Ford Motor (F), PACCAR (PCAR), Stellantis (STLA), Li Auto (LI), Cummins (CMI), Mobileye Global (MBLY), Genuine Parts (GPC), Magna International (MGA), Nikola (NKLA), and Tesla (TSLA). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
General Motors (NYSE:GM) and Ford Motor (NYSE:F) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
General Motors currently has a consensus target price of $54.65, indicating a potential upside of 19.42%. Ford Motor has a consensus target price of $13.74, indicating a potential upside of 11.85%. Given General Motors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe General Motors is more favorable than Ford Motor.
92.7% of General Motors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.7% of Ford Motor shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of General Motors shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Ford Motor shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
General Motors has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ford Motor has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, General Motors had 17 more articles in the media than Ford Motor. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for General Motors and 37 mentions for Ford Motor. Ford Motor's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat General Motors' score of 0.47 indicating that Ford Motor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
General Motors has a net margin of 6.13% compared to Ford Motor's net margin of 2.21%. Ford Motor's return on equity of 17.63% beat General Motors' return on equity.
General Motors has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Ford Motor received 249 more outperform votes than General Motors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.20% of users gave Ford Motor an outperform vote while only 73.39% of users gave General Motors an outperform vote.
General Motors pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Ford Motor pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. General Motors pays out 5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ford Motor pays out 61.9% 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 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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