TSLA vs ETN vs F Stock Comparison

Tesla, Eaton and Ford Motor Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
TSLA Tesla, Inc.
$372.22 -2.1% 1M -17.1% 1Y
Market cap
$1.27T
P/E
333.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$103.62B
Div. yield
–
Auto Manufacturers Consumer Discretionary
3 wins
ETN Eaton Corp plc
$366.04 -16.6% 1M -1.7% 1Y
Market cap
$144.17B
P/E
37.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$30.03B
Div. yield
–
Electrical Equipment Industrials
6 wins
F Ford Motor Co
$11.59 -10.5% 1M -6.1% 1Y
Market cap
$46.09B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$187.97B
Div. yield
0.05%
Auto Manufacturers Consumer Discretionary
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Eaton leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Eaton 6, Tesla 3, Ford Motor 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionTSLAETNFLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.27T $144.17B $46.09B TSLA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 333.1x 37.7x -6.2x ETN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 231.2x 26.4x 6.5x F
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.8% +15.5% +1.5% ETN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 3.7% 12.8% -3.9% ETN
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 3.4% 10.3% -2.2% ETN
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -3.2x 3.1x 161.4x TSLA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.05% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -17.1% -1.7% -6.1% ETN
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +4.2%/yr +17.7%/yr -6.6%/yr ETN
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 45.6% 40.5% 37.5% F
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 45/100 30/100 TSLA

Percentile Scorecard

TSLAETNF

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisTSLAETNF
Valuation 16 #42 of 50 14 #174 of 203 53 #24 of 50
Growth 48 #26 of 49 73 #51 of 188 8 #45 of 49
Profitability 77 #12 of 48 74 #49 of 187 38 #30 of 48
Financial Health 94 #4 of 54 20 #179 of 222 9 #49 of 54
Shareholder Returns 20 #25 of 31 43 #87 of 153 40 #19 of 31
Overall 51 45 30
  • TSLA ranked among 56 companies in Automobiles and Components
  • ETN ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • F ranked among 56 companies in Automobiles and Components

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodTSLAETNFSPY
1 month -2.1%-16.6%-10.5% -1.0%
3 months +18.9%-9.4%-19.2% +2.9%
6 months -1.1%-13.7%-6.4% +6.4%
Year to date -17.2%+14.9%-11.7% +11.4%
1 year -17.1%-1.7%-6.1% +13.1%
3 years +71.9%+83.4%+1.8% +79.4%
3 years, per year +19.8%+22.4%+0.6% +21.5%
5 years +22.8%+125.4%-28.8% +67.7%
5 years, per year +4.2%+17.7%-6.6% +10.9%
10 years +2,690.3%+474.5%-3.6% +255.2%
10 years, per year +39.5%+19.1%-0.4% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureTSLAETNFSPY
Volatility, 1Y 45.6%40.5%37.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 48.0%43.6%32.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.231.851.15 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.37-0.04-0.16 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -73.6%-34.7%-65.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -24.0%-20.4%-33.5% -2.5%
52-week high $489.88$459.94$17.44 $779.14
52-week low $298.32$315.82$11.21 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleTSLAETNF
P/E now vs peer median 316.7xmedian 18.9x 37.1xmedian 25.9x -6.2xmedian 18.9x
P/S now vs peer median 11.6xmedian 0.5x 4.7xmedian 1.9x 0.2xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 107.9xmedian 8.5x 24.9xmedian 13.7x 218.0xmedian 8.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 209.1xmedian 8.8x 36.1xmedian 21.1x 6.2xmedian 8.8x
P/B now vs peer median 13.8xmedian 0.9x 7.0xmedian 2.3x 1.3xmedian 0.9x
PEG now vs peer median -9.72median 1.35 2.80median 1.19 0.11median 1.35

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsTSLAETNF
Revenue $103.62B $30.03B $187.97B
Gross profit $19.53B $10.78B $15.41B
Operating income $4.37B $5.32B -$7.03B
Net income $3.86B $3.83B -$7.38B
Free cash flow $5.76B $3.93B $7.28B
R&D $7.73B $844.00M –
EPS (diluted) $1.07 $9.83 $-1.86
Cash & equivalents $15.22B $483.00M $18.60B
Total debt $9.34B $20.61B $643.37B
Shares (diluted) 3.54B 389.50M 3.99B
Enterprise value $1.09T $141.35B -$96.41B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricTSLAETNF
P/E 316.7x 37.1x -6.2x
P/FCF 209.1x 36.1x 6.2x
P/Operating cash flow 64.5x 28.7x 2.7x
P/S 11.6x 4.7x 0.2x
P/B 13.8x 7.0x 1.3x
P/Tangible book 13.9x 18.5x 1.3x
EV/EBITDA 107.9x 24.9x 218.0x
EV/EBIT 267.8x 30.5x -24.9x
EV/Revenue 11.3x 5.4x 0.9x
EV/FCF 203.2x 41.2x 24.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 62.7x 32.7x 10.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -9.72 2.80 0.11

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTSLAETNF
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.8% 15.5% 1.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.3% 10.8% 3.4%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 20.5% 8.7% -36.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -1.1% 12.3% -15.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -22.2% 8.7% -339.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -29.8% 15.9% -45.2%
Net income growth (1Y) -35.0% -2.4% -332.6%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -32.0% 12.2% -56.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -35.7% -2.0% -334.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -32.6% 13.3% -56.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 18.5% 21.9% -8.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.2% 14.1% 9.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 3.2% 20.1% -28.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -2.2% 13.3% 11.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTSLAETNF
Gross margin 18.9% 35.9% 8.2%
EBITDA margin 10.5% 21.7% 0.4%
Operating margin 4.2% 17.7% -3.7%
Pretax margin 5.0% 16.1% -6.4%
Net margin 3.7% 12.8% -3.9%
FCF margin 5.6% 13.1% 3.9%
Operating cash flow margin 18.0% 16.5% 9.0%
Return on equity 4.5% 19.1% -20.1%
Return on assets 2.6% 6.9% -2.6%
Return on invested capital 3.4% 10.3% -2.2%
Return on capital employed 3.9% 12.2% -4.0%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.5x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 4.8x 1.3x -2.3x
Stock comp / revenue 3.7% – 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTSLAETNF
Debt / assets 6.3% 36.7% 56.4%
Debt / equity 0.1x 1.0x 4.5x
Net debt / EBITDA -3.2x 3.1x 161.4x
Debt / FCF 1.6x 5.2x 22.1x
Liabilities / assets 41.1% 63.9% 87.5%
Equity / assets 58.9% 36.1% 12.5%
Interest coverage 13.1x 12.0x -1.0x
Current ratio 1.9x 1.2x 1.1x
Quick ratio 1.3x 0.7x 0.5x
Cash ratio 1.2x 0.1x 0.3x
Altman Z-score 13.29 3.57 0.84

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTSLAETNF
Dividend yield – 1.2% 5.2%
Net buyback yield -0.1% 0.4% 0.7%
Shareholder yield -0.1% 1.5% 5.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – -32.6%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 33.0%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – -19.6%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – -21.7%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusTSLAETNF
Forward P/E 231.2xFY2026 26.4xFY2026 6.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.61FY2026 $13.87FY2026 $1.79FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -3.0%FY2026 +14.9%FY2026 +64.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +46.6% +14.3% +1.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $112.51BFY2026 $31.82BFY2026 $180.09BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +18.6%FY2026 +15.9%FY2026 -3.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.5% +21.5% +11.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTSLAETNF
Held by institutions 42.6% 84.7% 65.5%
Institutions holding 4,260 2,640 1,739
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.4% +1.6% +4.2%
Institutions buying 2,372 1,398 897
Institutions selling 1,356 891 617
Buyers to sellers 1.75 1.57 1.45

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

TSLAETNF
TSLA 1.00 0.36 0.29
ETN 0.36 1.00 0.23
F 0.29 0.23 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TSLA, ETN and F?

Tesla (TSLA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Tesla (TSLA) $1.27T, Eaton (ETN) $144.17B, Ford Motor (F) $46.09B.

Which stock is cheaper, TSLA, ETN and F?

Eaton (ETN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Tesla (TSLA) 333.1x, Eaton (ETN) 37.7x, Ford Motor (F) -6.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Ford Motor (F) is cheapest (Tesla (TSLA) 231.2x, Eaton (ETN) 26.4x, Ford Motor (F) 6.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Eaton (ETN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Tesla (TSLA) +11.8%, Eaton (ETN) +15.5%, Ford Motor (F) +1.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Eaton (ETN) has the highest net margin (Tesla (TSLA) 3.7%, Eaton (ETN) 12.8%, Ford Motor (F) -3.9%). On return on invested capital, Eaton (ETN) leads (Tesla (TSLA) 3.4%, Eaton (ETN) 10.3%, Ford Motor (F) -2.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Eaton (ETN) returned the most: Tesla (TSLA) -17.1%, Eaton (ETN) -1.7%, Ford Motor (F) -6.1%. Over five years, Eaton (ETN) compounded fastest (Tesla (TSLA) +4.2%/yr, Eaton (ETN) +17.7%/yr, Ford Motor (F) -6.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Tesla (TSLA) 0.00%, Eaton (ETN) 0.00%, Ford Motor (F) 0.05%. Tesla (TSLA) and Eaton (ETN) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ford Motor (F) has been the steadiest (Tesla (TSLA) 45.6%, Eaton (ETN) 40.5%, Ford Motor (F) 37.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, TSLA, ETN and F?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Eaton (ETN) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.