GM vs. F, THO, WGO, NKLA, TSLA, STLA, PCAR, LI, RIVN, and NIO
Should you be buying General Motors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Motors include Ford Motor (F), THOR Industries (THO), Winnebago Industries (WGO), Nikola (NKLA), Tesla (TSLA), Stellantis (STLA), PACCAR (PCAR), Li Auto (LI), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), and NIO (NIO).
Ford Motor (NYSE:F) and General Motors (NYSE:GM) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
Ford Motor has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Motors has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ford Motor pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. General Motors pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Ford Motor pays out 61.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. General Motors pays out 5.9% 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. Ford Motor has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and General Motors has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
General Motors has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
In the previous week, Ford Motor had 1 more articles in the media than General Motors. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Ford Motor and 21 mentions for General Motors. Ford Motor's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat General Motors' score of 0.83 indicating that General Motors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ford Motor received 249 more outperform votes than General Motors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.21% of users gave Ford Motor an outperform vote while only 73.36% of users gave General Motors an outperform vote.
58.7% of Ford Motor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of General Motors shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Ford Motor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of General Motors shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
General Motors has a net margin of 6.13% compared to General Motors' net margin of 2.21%. General Motors' return on equity of 17.63% beat Ford Motor's return on equity.
Ford Motor currently has a consensus price target of $13.89, suggesting a potential upside of 14.48%. General Motors has a consensus price target of $54.65, suggesting a potential upside of 19.53%. Given Ford Motor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe General Motors is more favorable than Ford Motor.
Summary
General Motors beats Ford Motor on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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