TSLA vs. TM, GM, F, FSS, RUN, NKLA, RACE, STLA, HMC, and PCAR
Should you be buying Tesla stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tesla include Toyota Motor (TM), General Motors (GM), Ford Motor (F), Federal Signal (FSS), Sunrun (RUN), Nikola (NKLA), Ferrari (RACE), Stellantis (STLA), Honda Motor (HMC), and PACCAR (PCAR).
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Toyota Motor has higher revenue and earnings than Tesla. Toyota Motor is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tesla, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tesla has a net margin of 14.37% compared to Toyota Motor's net margin of 10.99%. Toyota Motor's return on equity of 15.07% beat Tesla's return on equity.
Tesla currently has a consensus target price of $185.90, suggesting a potential upside of 4.75%. Given Tesla's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Tesla is more favorable than Toyota Motor.
Tesla received 2131 more outperform votes than Toyota Motor when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.68% of users gave Tesla an outperform vote while only 59.79% of users gave Toyota Motor an outperform vote.
66.2% of Tesla shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.5% of Toyota Motor shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.1% of Tesla shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Tesla had 123 more articles in the media than Toyota Motor. MarketBeat recorded 149 mentions for Tesla and 26 mentions for Toyota Motor. Toyota Motor's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Tesla's score of 0.22 indicating that Toyota Motor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tesla has a beta of 2.41, indicating that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toyota Motor has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Tesla beats Toyota Motor on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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