F vs. GM, HMC, RACE, PCAR, STLA, LI, NIO, LCID, RIVN, and CMI
Should you be buying Ford Motor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ford Motor include General Motors (GM), Honda Motor (HMC), Ferrari (RACE), PACCAR (PCAR), Stellantis (STLA), Li Auto (LI), NIO (NIO), Lucid Group (LCID), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), and Cummins (CMI). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Ford Motor vs.
General Motors (NYSE:GM) and Ford Motor (NYSE:F) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and institutional ownership.
Ford Motor received 274 more outperform votes than General Motors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.88% of users gave Ford Motor an outperform vote while only 74.13% of users gave General Motors an outperform vote.
General Motors has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ford Motor. Ford Motor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than General Motors, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
General Motors currently has a consensus price target of $49.69, suggesting a potential upside of 36.54%. Ford Motor has a consensus price target of $15.22, suggesting a potential upside of 23.36%. Given General Motors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe General Motors is more favorable than Ford Motor.
General Motors pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Ford Motor pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. General Motors pays out 5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ford Motor pays out -117.6% 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. Ford Motor has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Ford Motor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, General Motors had 27 more articles in the media than Ford Motor. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for General Motors and 12 mentions for Ford Motor. Ford Motor's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat General Motors' score of 0.36 indicating that Ford Motor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
General Motors has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ford Motor has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.
General Motors has a net margin of 6.34% compared to Ford Motor's net margin of -1.25%. Ford Motor's return on equity of 17.45% beat General Motors' return on equity.
78.9% of General Motors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.7% of Ford Motor shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of General Motors shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ford Motor shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
General Motors beats Ford Motor on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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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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