HMC vs. RACE, STLA, LI, XPEV, RIVN, NIO, MGA, ALV, VFS, and ZK
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), NIO (NIO), Magna International (MGA), Autoliv (ALV), VinFast Auto (VFS), and ZEEKR Intelligent Technology (ZK). These companies are all part of the "automobiles and trucks" industry.
Honda Motor vs. Its Competitors
Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) and Honda Motor (NYSE:HMC) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Ferrari had 38 more articles in the media than Honda Motor. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Ferrari and 7 mentions for Honda Motor. Honda Motor's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Ferrari's score of 0.65 indicating that Honda Motor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ferrari has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Honda Motor has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
5.3% of Honda Motor shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Honda Motor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ferrari presently has a consensus price target of $531.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.25%. Given Ferrari's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ferrari is more favorable than Honda Motor.
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 pays an annual dividend of $3.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Honda Motor pays an annual dividend of $1.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Ferrari pays out 34.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Honda Motor pays out 37.7% 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 raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.
Ferrari has a net margin of 22.95% compared to Honda Motor's net margin of 2.95%. Ferrari's return on equity of 45.41% beat Honda Motor's return on equity.
Summary
Ferrari beats Honda Motor on 13 of the 19 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 HMC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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This page (NYSE:HMC) was last updated on 9/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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