GM vs. F, THO, WGO, NKLA, TSLA, STLA, PCAR, LI, RIVN, and LCID
Should you be buying General Motors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Motors include Ford Motor (F), THOR Industries (THO), Winnebago Industries (WGO), Nikola (NKLA), Tesla (TSLA), Stellantis (STLA), PACCAR (PCAR), Li Auto (LI), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), and Lucid Group (LCID).
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 analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment and dividends.
Ford Motor has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Motors has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ford Motor presently has a consensus target price of $13.95, suggesting a potential upside of 24.72%. General Motors has a consensus target price of $56.38, suggesting a potential upside of 27.80%. Given Ford Motor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe General Motors is more favorable than Ford Motor.
Ford Motor pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. General Motors pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Ford Motor pays out 61.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. General Motors pays out 5.9% 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.
58.7% of Ford Motor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of General Motors shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Ford Motor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of General Motors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
General Motors has lower revenue, but higher 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.
Ford Motor received 246 more outperform votes than General Motors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.17% of users gave Ford Motor an outperform vote while only 73.29% of users gave General Motors an outperform vote.
General Motors has a net margin of 6.22% compared to General Motors' net margin of 2.13%. Ford Motor's return on equity of 15.77% beat General Motors' return on equity.
In the previous week, General Motors had 31 more articles in the media than Ford Motor. MarketBeat recorded 96 mentions for General Motors and 65 mentions for Ford Motor. Ford Motor's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat General Motors' score of 0.03 indicating that General Motors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
General Motors beats Ford Motor on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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