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GM vs. AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, LCID, RIVN, TSLA, ALSN, F, STLA, and UBER

Should you be buying General Motors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Motors include Amazon.com (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Lucid Group (LCID), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), Tesla (TSLA), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Ford Motor (F), Stellantis (STLA), and Uber Technologies (UBER).

General Motors vs. Its Competitors

General Motors (NYSE:GM) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) are related large-cap companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

General Motors has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

92.7% of General Motors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of General Motors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than General Motors. General Motors is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amazon.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
General Motors$187.44B0.27$6.01B$6.947.67
Amazon.com$637.96B3.76$59.25B$6.1436.83

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 187 more articles in the media than General Motors. MarketBeat recorded 241 mentions for Amazon.com and 54 mentions for General Motors. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat General Motors' score of 0.83 indicating that Amazon.com is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
General Motors
30 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Amazon.com
157 Very Positive mention(s)
29 Positive mention(s)
34 Neutral mention(s)
11 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

General Motors presently has a consensus target price of $55.17, indicating a potential upside of 3.64%. Amazon.com has a consensus target price of $250.35, indicating a potential upside of 10.71%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than General Motors.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
General Motors
4 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
45 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.14% compared to General Motors' net margin of 3.08%. Amazon.com's return on equity of 24.14% beat General Motors' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
General Motors3.08% 14.30% 3.51%
Amazon.com 10.14%24.14%10.90%

Summary

Amazon.com beats General Motors on 15 of the 17 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 GM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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GM vs. The Competition

MetricGeneral MotorsAUTO IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$51.17B$50.01B$18.22B$20.83B
Dividend Yield1.13%3.34%2.97%3.65%
P/E Ratio7.6713.5925.5425.67
Price / Sales0.276.4934.3359.36
Price / Cash2.2916.4517.3522.27
Price / Book0.814.393.034.66
Net Income$6.01B$542.77M$812.57M$995.72M
7 Day Performance-0.24%7.84%3.00%-0.30%
1 Month Performance10.66%19.23%12.41%4.90%
1 Year Performance10.21%-40.96%3.75%11.14%

General Motors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GM
General Motors
4.1139 of 5 stars
$53.23
+0.0%
$55.17
+3.6%
+7.2%$51.17B$187.44B7.67162,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.6661 of 5 stars
$225.46
+0.2%
$249.42
+10.6%
+23.1%$2.39T$637.96B36.711,556,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
GOOG
Alphabet
4.8671 of 5 stars
$182.42
+0.6%
$207.13
+13.5%
+3.7%$2.21T$350.02B20.34190,200Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.8375 of 5 stars
$181.29
+0.6%
$199.61
+10.1%
+4.1%$2.20T$350.02B20.21183,323Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
LCID
Lucid Group
0.9852 of 5 stars
$2.27
-1.1%
$2.68
+18.1%
-14.8%$6.91B$870.14M-1.876,800Trending News
Gap Down
RIVN
Rivian Automotive
1.3581 of 5 stars
$12.70
-2.6%
$14.38
+13.3%
-18.9%$14.38B$5.01B-3.4214,861Options Volume
TSLA
Tesla
4.6821 of 5 stars
$316.12
+0.8%
$300.19
-5.0%
+32.3%$1.02T$97.69B173.71125,665Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
ALSN
Allison Transmission
4.3213 of 5 stars
$91.00
-0.6%
$99.00
+8.8%
+3.8%$7.65B$3.23B10.514,000News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
F
Ford Motor
4.2166 of 5 stars
$11.88
+0.8%
$10.17
-14.4%
-23.2%$47.18B$182.87B9.49171,000Analyst Forecast
STLA
Stellantis
4.9205 of 5 stars
$9.92
-1.5%
$12.74
+28.5%
-55.2%$29.97B$169.78B2.91248,243
UBER
Uber Technologies
4.5872 of 5 stars
$93.98
-1.5%
$97.63
+3.9%
+36.6%$196.71B$43.98B16.4731,100Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:GM) was last updated on 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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