TM vs. TSLA, STLA, PCAR, GM, F, LI, RIVN, NIO, XPEV, and OSK
Should you be buying Toyota Motor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Toyota Motor include Tesla (TSLA), Stellantis (STLA), PACCAR (PCAR), General Motors (GM), Ford Motor (F), Li Auto (LI), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), NIO (NIO), XPeng (XPEV), and Oshkosh (OSK). These companies are all part of the "motor vehicles & car bodies" industry.
Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM) and Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Toyota Motor has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tesla has a beta of 2.41, indicating that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tesla has a net margin of 14.37% compared to Toyota Motor's net margin of 10.22%. Toyota Motor's return on equity of 14.13% beat Tesla's return on equity.
In the previous week, Tesla had 133 more articles in the media than Toyota Motor. MarketBeat recorded 165 mentions for Tesla and 32 mentions for Toyota Motor. Toyota Motor's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Tesla's score of 0.07 indicating that Toyota Motor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Toyota Motor has higher revenue and earnings than Tesla. Toyota Motor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tesla, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tesla received 2131 more outperform votes than Toyota Motor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.68% of users gave Tesla an outperform vote while only 59.79% of users gave Toyota Motor an outperform vote.
1.5% of Toyota Motor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of Tesla shares are held by institutional investors. 25.1% of Tesla shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Tesla has a consensus price target of $185.90, indicating a potential upside of 10.34%. Given Tesla's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Tesla is more favorable than Toyota Motor.
Summary
Tesla beats Toyota Motor on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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