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TSLA vs. AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, LCID, META, NVDA, RIVN, F, and GM

Should you be buying Tesla stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tesla include Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Lucid Group (LCID), Meta Platforms (META), NVIDIA (NVDA), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), Ford Motor (F), and General Motors (GM).

Tesla vs. Its Competitors

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Apple has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tesla has a beta of 2.33, meaning that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Apple had 21 more articles in the media than Tesla. MarketBeat recorded 305 mentions for Apple and 284 mentions for Tesla. Apple's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Tesla's score of 0.65 indicating that Apple is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Apple
190 Very Positive mention(s)
40 Positive mention(s)
40 Neutral mention(s)
26 Negative mention(s)
7 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Tesla
131 Very Positive mention(s)
53 Positive mention(s)
43 Neutral mention(s)
39 Negative mention(s)
16 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of Tesla shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.7% of Tesla shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Tesla's net margin of 6.54%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat Tesla's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Apple24.30% 170.91% 31.94%
Tesla 6.54%7.98%4.79%

Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Tesla. Apple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tesla, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Apple$408.63B8.43$93.74B$6.5935.23
Tesla$97.69B11.02$7.13B$1.73192.99

Apple currently has a consensus target price of $237.37, indicating a potential upside of 2.25%. Tesla has a consensus target price of $303.31, indicating a potential downside of 9.15%. Given Apple's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Apple is more favorable than Tesla.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Tesla
9 Sell rating(s)
15 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.24

Summary

Apple beats Tesla on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TSLA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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TSLA vs. The Competition

MetricTeslaAUTO IndustryAuto SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.12T$54.78B$19.58B$9.84B
Dividend YieldN/A2.90%2.65%4.04%
P/E Ratio192.9922.1916.8426.61
Price / Sales11.0242.5945.24176.28
Price / Cash89.3217.9820.4859.65
Price / Book13.804.432.856.59
Net Income$7.13B$542.77M$824.52M$266.12M
7 Day Performance-1.81%-6.35%-1.92%0.16%
1 Month Performance4.65%-11.53%4.31%3.01%
1 Year Performance55.93%-39.51%7.36%19.65%

Tesla Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TSLA
Tesla
4.4324 of 5 stars
$333.87
-3.5%
$303.31
-9.2%
+61.9%$1.12T$97.69B192.99125,665Trending News
Insider Trade
AAPL
Apple
4.6327 of 5 stars
$228.87
+0.8%
$237.98
+4.0%
+1.0%$3.39T$391.04B34.67164,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.6334 of 5 stars
$228.53
+0.3%
$262.87
+15.0%
+33.0%$2.44T$670.04B34.841,556,000Trending News
GOOG
Alphabet
4.4718 of 5 stars
$207.73
-0.7%
$215.19
+3.6%
+30.7%$2.51T$350.02B22.11190,200Trending News
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.8575 of 5 stars
$206.94
-0.7%
$211.53
+2.2%
+31.6%$2.50T$350.02B22.03183,323Trending News
LCID
Lucid Group
2.8243 of 5 stars
$2.11
+1.2%
$2.68
+27.1%
-50.0%$6.47B$807.83M-1.836,800Analyst Forecast
Stock Split
META
Meta Platforms
4.4942 of 5 stars
$753.56
+0.0%
$822.41
+9.1%
+42.5%$1.89T$164.50B27.2574,067Trending News
Insider Trade
NVDA
NVIDIA
4.9342 of 5 stars
$181.72
+1.1%
$194.31
+6.9%
+48.1%$4.44T$148.52B58.6936,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
RIVN
Rivian Automotive
1.1589 of 5 stars
$13.22
+0.8%
$13.69
+3.6%
-3.7%$16.06B$4.97B-4.1014,861
F
Ford Motor
3.9426 of 5 stars
$11.84
+0.1%
$10.53
-11.0%
+6.1%$47.06B$184.99B15.16171,000Trending News
GM
General Motors
4.1808 of 5 stars
$58.81
+0.9%
$58.05
-1.3%
+18.5%$55.91B$187.60B9.32162,000Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:TSLA) was last updated on 8/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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