HMC vs. RACE, STLA, LI, XPEV, RIVN, MGA, ALV, VFS, ZK, and LCID
Should you be buying Honda Motor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Honda Motor include Ferrari (RACE), Stellantis (STLA), Li Auto (LI), XPeng (XPEV), Rivian Automotive (RIVN), Magna International (MGA), Autoliv (ALV), VinFast Auto (VFS), ZEEKR Intelligent Technology (ZK), and Lucid Group (LCID). These companies are all part of the "automobiles and trucks" industry.
Honda Motor vs.
Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) and Honda Motor (NYSE:HMC) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Ferrari had 21 more articles in the media than Honda Motor. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Ferrari and 18 mentions for Honda Motor. Honda Motor's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Ferrari's score of 0.11 indicating that Honda Motor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ferrari has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Honda Motor has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ferrari pays an annual dividend of $0.5150 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Honda Motor pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Ferrari pays out 5.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Honda Motor pays out 30.4% 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. Ferrari has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Honda Motor has higher revenue and earnings than Ferrari. Honda Motor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ferrari, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ferrari has a net margin of 22.81% compared to Honda Motor's net margin of 4.76%. Ferrari's return on equity of 46.69% beat Honda Motor's return on equity.
Ferrari currently has a consensus target price of $526.25, indicating a potential upside of 8.28%. Given Ferrari's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Ferrari is more favorable than Honda Motor.
Ferrari received 168 more outperform votes than Honda Motor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.98% of users gave Ferrari an outperform vote while only 61.33% of users gave Honda Motor an outperform vote.
5.3% of Honda Motor shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Honda Motor shares are owned by company 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.
Summary
Ferrari beats Honda Motor on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:HMC) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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