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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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

General Motors presently has a consensus target price of $57.53, suggesting a potential upside of 7.49%. Amazon.com has a consensus target price of $262.45, suggesting a potential upside of 17.85%. Given Amazon.com's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amazon.com is more favorable than General Motors.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
General Motors
2 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
46 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.02

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 214 more articles in the media than General Motors. MarketBeat recorded 273 mentions for Amazon.com and 59 mentions for General Motors. Amazon.com's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat General Motors' score of 0.87 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
34 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Amazon.com
181 Very Positive mention(s)
34 Positive mention(s)
28 Neutral mention(s)
16 Negative mention(s)
6 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Amazon.com has a net margin of 10.54% compared to General Motors' net margin of 2.54%. Amazon.com's return on equity of 23.84% beat General Motors' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
General Motors2.54% 12.98% 3.13%
Amazon.com 10.54%23.84%11.14%

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$6.308.50
Amazon.com$637.96B3.72$59.25B$6.5633.95

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

General Motors has a beta of 1.36, suggesting that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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$50.41B$51.04B$18.32B$20.70B
Dividend Yield1.13%3.19%2.91%3.67%
P/E Ratio8.5019.8911.4528.45
Price / Sales0.277.1937.8956.07
Price / Cash2.2716.5317.8723.21
Price / Book0.743.772.714.33
Net Income$6.01B$542.77M$824.50M$996.14M
7 Day Performance1.90%35.00%9.82%1.98%
1 Month Performance1.79%30.04%6.73%-0.84%
1 Year Performance23.11%-23.63%9.26%14.36%

General Motors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GM
General Motors
4.4708 of 5 stars
$53.52
+1.1%
$57.53
+7.5%
+25.3%$50.41B$187.44B8.50162,000Trending News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.7727 of 5 stars
$211.97
-1.3%
$262.45
+23.8%
+34.3%$2.25T$670.04B32.321,556,000Trending News
Insider Trade
GOOG
Alphabet
4.7868 of 5 stars
$195.70
+3.0%
$215.19
+10.0%
+23.4%$2.37T$350.02B20.84190,200Trending News
Insider Trade
GOOGL
Alphabet
4.1405 of 5 stars
$194.85
+3.0%
$211.39
+8.5%
+24.3%$2.36T$350.02B20.75183,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Options Volume
LCID
Lucid Group
2.6832 of 5 stars
$2.42
-0.2%
$2.68
+10.8%
-32.4%$7.37B$807.83M-2.006,800Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
RIVN
Rivian Automotive
2.1342 of 5 stars
$12.43
+0.4%
$14.38
+15.8%
-19.9%$14.06B$4.97B-3.3414,861Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
TSLA
Tesla
4.2712 of 5 stars
$309.84
+2.4%
$303.31
-2.1%
+65.8%$998.70B$92.72B178.98125,665Trending News
ALSN
Allison Transmission
4.1863 of 5 stars
$87.90
+0.2%
$98.38
+11.9%
+3.1%$7.41B$3.23B10.174,000Earnings Report
F
Ford Motor
3.4617 of 5 stars
$10.96
+1.2%
$10.40
-5.1%
+12.0%$43.56B$184.99B14.05171,000Analyst Forecast
STLA
Stellantis
4.479 of 5 stars
$8.75
-0.5%
$12.74
+45.7%
-39.3%$26.44B$146.12B2.56248,243
UBER
Uber Technologies
4.7239 of 5 stars
$88.38
+1.7%
$100.71
+14.0%
+29.9%$184.81B$45.38B15.4831,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision

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