F vs. AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, LCID, NVDA, PCAR, RIVN, TSLA, GM, and STLA
Should you be buying Ford Motor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ford Motor include Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOGL), Lucid Group (LCID), NVIDIA (NVDA), PACCAR (PCAR), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), Tesla (TSLA), General Motors (GM), and Stellantis (STLA).
Ford Motor vs. Its Competitors
Ford Motor (NYSE:F) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.
Ford Motor pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Ford Motor pays out 76.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Apple pays out 15.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apple has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.
Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Ford Motor's net margin of 1.70%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat Ford Motor's return on equity.
Ford Motor has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Apple had 284 more articles in the media than Ford Motor. MarketBeat recorded 320 mentions for Apple and 36 mentions for Ford Motor. Apple's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Ford Motor's score of 0.76 indicating that Apple is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ford Motor presently has a consensus price target of $10.53, indicating a potential downside of 10.32%. Apple has a consensus price target of $240.80, indicating a potential upside of 3.12%. Given Apple's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Apple is more favorable than Ford Motor.
Apple has higher revenue and earnings than Ford Motor. Ford Motor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apple, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
58.7% of Ford Motor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ford Motor shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Apple beats Ford Motor on 17 of the 20 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 F and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE 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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This page (NYSE:F) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
