Tesla (TSLA) Competitors

General Motors (NYSE:GM) and Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GM or TSLA?

Tesla received 1086 more outperform votes than General Motors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.72% of users gave General Motors an outperform vote while only 62.94% of users gave Tesla an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
General Motors	Outperform Votes 1538 72.72%	Underperform Votes 577 27.28%
Tesla	Outperform Votes 2624 62.94%	Underperform Votes 1545 37.06%

Do analysts recommend GM or TSLA?

General Motors currently has a consensus target price of $56.72, suggesting a potential upside of 27.33%. Tesla has a consensus target price of $292.18, suggesting a potential upside of 21.15%. Given General Motors' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe General Motors is more favorable than Tesla.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
General Motors	5 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18
Tesla	8 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	21 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Is GM or TSLA more profitable?

Tesla has a net margin of 7.26% compared to General Motors' net margin of 3.21%. General Motors' return on equity of 15.29% beat Tesla's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
General Motors	3.21%	15.29%	3.82%
Tesla	7.26%	10.31%	6.15%

Does the media refer more to GM or TSLA?

In the previous week, Tesla had 239 more articles in the media than General Motors. MarketBeat recorded 313 mentions for Tesla and 74 mentions for General Motors. General Motors' average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Tesla's score of 0.48 indicating that General Motors is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
General Motors	35 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	21 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Tesla	127 Very Positive mention(s)	44 Positive mention(s)	60 Neutral mention(s)	52 Negative mention(s)	24 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility and risk, GM or TSLA?

General Motors has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tesla has a beta of 2.58, suggesting that its stock price is 158% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GM or TSLA?

Tesla has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
General Motors	$187.44B	0.24	$6.01B	$6.15	7.24
Tesla	$97.69B	7.94	$7.13B	$2.04	118.22

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GM or TSLA?

92.7% of General Motors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of Tesla shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of General Motors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.7% of Tesla shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Tesla beats General Motors on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.