TSLA vs. GM, F, OSK, WBC, THO, WGO, NKLA, TM, STLA, and PCAR
Should you be buying Tesla stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tesla include General Motors (GM), Ford Motor (F), Oshkosh (OSK), WABCO (WBC), THOR Industries (THO), Winnebago Industries (WGO), Nikola (NKLA), Toyota Motor (TM), Stellantis (STLA), and PACCAR (PCAR).
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and General Motors (NYSE:GM) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Tesla currently has a consensus price target of $204.30, indicating a potential downside of 7.05%. General Motors has a consensus price target of $56.38, indicating a potential upside of 27.80%. Given General Motors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe General Motors is more favorable than Tesla.
66.2% of Tesla shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of General Motors shares are held by institutional investors. 25.1% of Tesla shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of General Motors shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Tesla has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, Tesla had 162 more articles in the media than General Motors. MarketBeat recorded 258 mentions for Tesla and 96 mentions for General Motors. General Motors' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Tesla's score of 0.04 indicating that General Motors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tesla has a beta of 2.31, meaning that its share price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Motors has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tesla has a net margin of 13.00% compared to General Motors' net margin of 6.22%. General Motors' return on equity of 15.77% beat Tesla's return on equity.
Tesla received 1041 more outperform votes than General Motors when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.29% of users gave General Motors an outperform vote while only 63.43% of users gave Tesla an outperform vote.
Summary
General Motors beats Tesla on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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