Ford Motor Company (F) vs Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)

Ford Motor Company and Tesla, Inc. are both Auto Manufacturers companies. Tesla, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.50T against $48.6B — 31.0× the size. Ford Motor Company has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Tesla, Inc. trades at 321×. Tesla, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.8% against 1.47%. Tesla, Inc. has the higher net margin (3.67% vs −3.93%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.27% vs −2.66%). Across the 20 metrics below, Tesla, Inc. leads on 14 and Ford Motor Company on 6.

Valuation

Metric F TSLA Auto Manufacturers median
P/E n/m 320.67 14.63
P/S 0.26 11.82 0.84
P/B 1.35 14.00 1.13
Price to free cash flow 6.65 212.83 19.14
EV/EBITDA n/m 109.75 6.83
EV/Sales 0.95 11.49 1.70
Earnings yield (15.23%) 0.31% (7.00%)
Free cash flow yield 15.03% 0.47% (17.52%)

Profitability

Metric F TSLA Auto Manufacturers median
Gross margin 8.20% 18.85% 7.51%
Operating margin (3.74%) 4.22% (10.38%)
Net margin (3.93%) 3.67% (4.32%)
Free cash flow margin 3.87% 5.55% 0.00%
Return on equity (18.30%) 4.60% 0.00%
Return on assets (2.56%) 2.75% (6.30%)
Return on invested capital (2.66%) 5.27% 0.00%

Growth

Metric F TSLA Auto Manufacturers median
Revenue growth (TTM) 1.47% 11.75% 5.42%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (241.10%) (47.06%) 10.59%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.05% 24.63% 10.46%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 40.62% 0.00%

Health

Metric F TSLA Auto Manufacturers median
Debt to equity 4.50 0.09 0.25
Current ratio 1.09 1.94 1.10
Net debt to EBITDA (39.33) (3.40) (0.04)

Dividend

Metric F TSLA Auto Manufacturers median
Dividend yield 4.94% — 1.70%
Payout ratio — — 0.13

Size

Metric F TSLA Auto Manufacturers median
Market cap 48.61b 1.50t 67.10m

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