TSLA vs. TM, GM, F, FSS, RUN, NKLA, STLA, PCAR, LI, and RIVN
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), Stellantis (STLA), PACCAR (PCAR), Li Auto (LI), and Rivian Automotive (RIVN).
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
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.
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.
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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Tesla had 125 more articles in the media than Toyota Motor. MarketBeat recorded 148 mentions for Tesla and 23 mentions for Toyota Motor. Toyota Motor's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Tesla's score of 0.25 indicating that Toyota Motor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tesla has a beta of 2.41, meaning that its stock price is 141% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Toyota Motor has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 presently has a consensus target price of $185.90, suggesting a potential upside of 4.75%. Given Tesla's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Tesla is more favorable than Toyota Motor.
Summary
Tesla beats Toyota Motor on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Tesla News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for TSLA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TSLA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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.
Related Companies and Tools
