TSLA vs. TM, GM, F, LI, FSS, RUN, NKLA, FSR, STLA, 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), Li Auto (LI), Federal Signal (FSS), Sunrun (RUN), Nikola (NKLA), Fisker (FSR), Stellantis (STLA), and PACCAR (PCAR).
Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM) and Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Tesla has a net margin of 14.37% compared to Tesla's net margin of 10.22%. Tesla's return on equity of 14.13% beat Toyota Motor's return on equity.
In the previous week, Tesla had 302 more articles in the media than Toyota Motor. MarketBeat recorded 332 mentions for Tesla and 30 mentions for Toyota Motor. Tesla's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Toyota Motor's score of 0.04 indicating that Toyota Motor is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Tesla received 2129 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.
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 consensus price target of $186.70, indicating a potential upside of 10.94%. Given Toyota Motor's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tesla is more favorable than Toyota Motor.
Toyota Motor has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tesla has a beta of 2.39, suggesting that its stock price is 139% more volatile than the S&P 500.
1.5% of Toyota Motor shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.2% of Tesla 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Tesla beats Toyota Motor on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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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.
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