F vs. GM, PCAR, LI, STLA, RACE, CMI, MBLY, GPC, MGA, and NKLA
Should you be buying Ford Motor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ford Motor include General Motors (GM), PACCAR (PCAR), Li Auto (LI), Stellantis (STLA), Ferrari (RACE), Cummins (CMI), Mobileye Global (MBLY), Genuine Parts (GPC), Magna International (MGA), and Nikola (NKLA). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
General Motors (NYSE:GM) and Ford Motor (NYSE:F) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
Ford Motor received 249 more outperform votes than General Motors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.20% of users gave Ford Motor an outperform vote while only 73.39% of users gave General Motors an outperform vote.
92.7% of General Motors shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.7% of Ford Motor shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of General Motors shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Ford Motor shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, General Motors had 12 more articles in the media than Ford Motor. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for General Motors and 35 mentions for Ford Motor. General Motors' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Ford Motor's score of 0.46 indicating that Ford Motor is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
General Motors has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
General Motors pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Ford Motor pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. General Motors pays out 5.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ford Motor pays out 61.9% 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. General Motors has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Ford Motor has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Ford Motor is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
General Motors presently has a consensus target price of $54.65, indicating a potential upside of 19.42%. Ford Motor has a consensus target price of $13.74, indicating a potential upside of 11.85%. Given Ford Motor's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe General Motors is more favorable than Ford Motor.
General Motors has a net margin of 6.13% compared to General Motors' net margin of 2.21%. General Motors' return on equity of 17.63% beat Ford Motor's return on equity.
General Motors has a beta of 1.49, indicating that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ford Motor has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
General Motors beats Ford Motor on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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