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NYSE:GM

General Motors (GM) Competitors

$34.28
+1.26 (+3.82%)
(As of 06/2/2023 08:48 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$33.47
$34.48
50-Day Range
$31.54
$36.68
52-Week Range
$30.33
$43.63
Volume
15.32 million shs
Average Volume
14.90 million shs
Market Capitalization
$47.65 billion
P/E Ratio
5.30
Dividend Yield
1.05%
Price Target
$49.25

GM vs. F, STLA, HMC, PCAR, LI, LCID, RIVN, NIO, MBLY, and CMI

Should you be buying General Motors stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Motors include Ford Motor (F), Stellantis (STLA), Honda Motor (HMC), PACCAR (PCAR), Li Auto (LI), Lucid Group (LCID), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), NIO (NIO), Mobileye Global (MBLY), and Cummins (CMI). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.

General Motors 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 businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.

General Motors currently has a consensus target price of $49.25, indicating a potential upside of 43.67%. Ford Motor has a consensus target price of $14.52, indicating a potential upside of 17.16%. Given General Motors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe General Motors is more favorable than Ford Motor.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
General Motors
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
Ford Motor
3 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

In the previous week, General Motors had 17 more articles in the media than Ford Motor. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for General Motors and 13 mentions for Ford Motor. Ford Motor's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat General Motors' score of 0.40 indicating that Ford Motor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
General Motors
7 Very Positive mention(s)
11 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ford Motor
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Ford Motor received 273 more outperform votes than General Motors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.73% of users gave Ford Motor an outperform vote while only 73.90% of users gave General Motors an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
General MotorsOutperform Votes
1475
73.90%
Underperform Votes
521
26.10%
Ford MotorOutperform Votes
1748
74.73%
Underperform Votes
591
25.27%

General Motors has a net margin of 5.84% compared to Ford Motor's net margin of 1.75%. Ford Motor's return on equity of 19.99% beat General Motors' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
General Motors 5.84% 15.74% 4.27%
Ford Motor 1.75% 19.99% 3.41%

78.9% of General Motors shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.7% of Ford Motor shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of General Motors shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Ford Motor shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

General Motors has higher revenue and 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
General Motors$160.74 billion0.30$9.93 billion$6.475.30
Ford Motor$158.06 billion0.31-$1.98 billion$0.7117.45

General Motors has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ford Motor has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.

General Motors pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Ford Motor pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. General Motors pays out 5.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ford Motor pays out 84.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

General Motors beats Ford Motor on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


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 MotorsMotor vehicles & car bodies IndustryAuto SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$47.65B$27.29B$13.25B$14.83B
Dividend Yield1.09%2.18%2.49%3.98%
P/E Ratio5.3023.7122.1220.63
Price / Sales0.30394.29136.758.00
Price / Cash2.0545.9510.3323.58
Price / Book0.642.272.149.18
Net Income$9.93B$1.98B$1.02B$897.06M
7 Day Performance2.97%0.74%3.14%2.54%
1 Month Performance8.17%2.25%5.58%3.93%
1 Year Performance-8.85%-26.51%-22.04%-7.86%

General Motors Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
F
Ford Motor
1.828 of 5 stars
$12.59
+4.1%
$14.35
+14.0%
-8.2%$50.35B$158.06B17.73173,000Gap Up
STLA
Stellantis
1.3814 of 5 stars
$15.74
-1.1%
$19.50
+23.9%
+7.3%$49.30B$189.25B0.00272,367
HMC
Honda Motor
2.6783 of 5 stars
$28.87
+0.7%
$31.51
+9.1%
+18.5%$49.39B$125.15B9.62218,674Positive News
PCAR
PACCAR
2.0916 of 5 stars
$71.16
-0.3%
$57.36
-19.4%
+86.8%$37.19B$28.82B11.8331,100
LI
Li Auto
1.9318 of 5 stars
$29.15
+3.5%
$35.74
+22.6%
+12.3%$30.38B$6.57B-171.4619,396Gap Up
LCID
Lucid Group
1.6615 of 5 stars
$7.71
-2.0%
$9.79
+26.9%
-64.6%$14.14B$608.18M-5.357,200Positive News
RIVN
Rivian Automotive
2.2579 of 5 stars
$14.87
-1.8%
$27.74
+86.5%
-52.0%$13.69B$1.66B-2.1014,122Insider Selling
Gap Up
NIO
NIO
1.7759 of 5 stars
$7.40
-3.9%
$17.52
+136.8%
-58.2%$12.35B$49.27B-5.6926,763Upcoming Earnings
MBLY
Mobileye Global
1.4841 of 5 stars
$46.34
+2.7%
$45.32
-2.2%
N/A$37.16B$1.87B0.003,500Analyst Upgrade
Gap Up
CMI
Cummins
2.3127 of 5 stars
$209.06
-1.7%
$254.25
+21.6%
+3.2%$29.59B$28.07B11.7873,600

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