F vs. GM, HMC, PCAR, LI, STLA, CMI, MBLY, GPC, MGA, and LKQ
Should you be buying Ford Motor stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ford Motor include General Motors (GM), Honda Motor (HMC), PACCAR (PCAR), Li Auto (LI), Stellantis (STLA), Cummins (CMI), Mobileye Global (MBLY), Genuine Parts (GPC), Magna International (MGA), and LKQ (LKQ). These companies are all part of the "auto/tires/trucks" sector.
Ford Motor (NYSE:F) and General Motors (NYSE:GM) are both large-cap auto/tires/trucks companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and community ranking.
General Motors has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
58.7% of Ford Motor shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of General Motors shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Ford Motor shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of General Motors shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ford Motor received 248 more outperform votes than General Motors when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.19% of users gave Ford Motor an outperform vote while only 73.39% of users gave General Motors an outperform vote.
Ford Motor has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its stock price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Motors has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its stock price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ford Motor pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. General Motors pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Ford Motor pays out 61.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. General Motors pays out 5.9% 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.
In the previous week, General Motors had 84 more articles in the media than Ford Motor. MarketBeat recorded 126 mentions for General Motors and 42 mentions for Ford Motor. General Motors' average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Ford Motor's score of 0.70 indicating that General Motors is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ford Motor presently has a consensus target price of $14.02, suggesting a potential upside of 9.62%. General Motors has a consensus target price of $54.65, suggesting a potential upside of 19.21%. Given General Motors' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe General Motors is more favorable than Ford Motor.
General Motors has a net margin of 6.13% compared to Ford Motor's net margin of 2.21%. Ford Motor's return on equity of 17.63% beat General Motors' return on equity.
Summary
General Motors beats Ford Motor on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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