Ford Motor Company (F) vs General Motors Company (GM)

Ford Motor Company and General Motors Company are both Auto Manufacturers companies. General Motors Company is the larger, with a market value of $70.5B against $50.4B — 1.4× the size. Ford Motor Company has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; General Motors Company trades at 39.8×. Ford Motor Company grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 1.47% against −1.11%. General Motors Company has the higher net margin (1.00% vs −3.93%) and the higher return on invested capital (0.68% vs −2.66%). Both pay a dividend; Ford Motor Company yields more (5.05% vs 0.98%). Across the 21 metrics below, General Motors Company leads on 15 and Ford Motor Company on 6.

Valuation

Metric F GM Auto Manufacturers median
P/E n/m 39.75 8.14
P/S 0.27 0.40 0.90
P/B 1.42 1.16 1.16
Price to free cash flow 6.96 5.15 19.78
EV/EBITDA n/m 10.69 7.18
EV/Sales 0.96 0.95 1.49
Earnings yield (14.56%) 2.52% (6.65%)
Free cash flow yield 14.37% 19.43% (16.79%)

Profitability

Metric F GM Auto Manufacturers median
Gross margin 8.20% 5.74% 7.51%
Operating margin (3.74%) 0.98% (10.38%)
Net margin (3.93%) 1.00% (4.32%)
Free cash flow margin 3.87% 7.76% 0.00%
Return on equity (18.30%) 2.81% 0.00%
Return on assets (2.56%) 0.65% (6.30%)
Return on invested capital (2.66%) 0.68% 0.00%

Growth

Metric F GM Auto Manufacturers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.47% (1.11%) 5.42%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (241.10%) (48.67%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.05% 8.60% 10.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% (12.63%) 0.00%

Health

Metric F GM Auto Manufacturers median
Debt to equity 4.50 2.01 0.25
Current ratio 1.09 1.14 1.10
Net debt to EBITDA (39.33) 5.86 (0.04)

Dividend

Metric F GM Auto Manufacturers median
Dividend yield 5.05% 0.98% 3.24%
Payout ratio 0.58 0.05 0.00

Size

Metric F GM Auto Manufacturers median
Market cap 50.44b 70.50b 81.09m

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