Ford Motor (F) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate F or GM?

Ford Motor presently has a consensus target price of $10.03, suggesting a potential downside of 2.91%. General Motors has a consensus target price of $54.56, suggesting a potential upside of 13.81%. Given General Motors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe General Motors is more favorable than Ford Motor.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ford Motor	3 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.94
General Motors	4 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Which has higher valuation & earnings, F or GM?

General Motors has higher revenue and 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ford Motor	$182.87B	0.22	$5.88B	$1.25	8.27
General Motors	$188.45B	0.24	$6.01B	$6.94	6.91

Which has more volatility and risk, F or GM?

Ford Motor has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Motors has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is F or GM more profitable?

General Motors has a net margin of 3.21% compared to Ford Motor's net margin of 3.18%. Ford Motor's return on equity of 16.88% beat General Motors' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ford Motor	3.18%	16.88%	2.64%
General Motors	3.21%	15.29%	3.82%

Does the media favor F or GM?

In the previous week, Ford Motor and Ford Motor both had 29 articles in the media. General Motors' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Ford Motor's score of 0.63 indicating that General Motors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ford Motor	18 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
General Motors	17 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer F or GM?

Ford Motor received 227 more outperform votes than General Motors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.21% of users gave Ford Motor an outperform vote while only 72.66% of users gave General Motors an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ford Motor	Outperform Votes 1771 73.21%	Underperform Votes 648 26.79%
General Motors	Outperform Votes 1544 72.66%	Underperform Votes 581 27.34%

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

58.7% of Ford Motor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of General Motors shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ford Motor 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is F or GM a better dividend stock?

Ford Motor pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. General Motors pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Ford Motor pays out 48.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. General Motors pays out 8.6% 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. General Motors has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Summary

General Motors beats Ford Motor on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.