TSLA vs F vs HMC Stock Comparison

Tesla, Ford Motor and Honda 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
7 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
1 win
HMC Honda Motor Co Ltd
$34.17 +6.3% 1M +8.2% 1Y
Market cap
$45.78B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$145.78B
Div. yield
–
Auto Manufacturers Consumer Discretionary
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Tesla leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Tesla 7, Honda Motor 2, Ford Motor 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionTSLAFHMCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.27T $46.09B $45.78B TSLA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 333.1x -6.2x -43.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 231.2x 6.5x 12.3x F
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +11.8% +1.5% +0.8% TSLA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 3.7% -3.9% -0.7% TSLA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 3.4% -2.2% 0.0% TSLA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -3.2x 161.4x 4.8x TSLA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.05% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -17.1% -6.1% +8.2% HMC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +4.2%/yr -6.6%/yr +2.7%/yr TSLA
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 45.6% 37.5% 28.6% HMC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 30/100 48/100 TSLA

Percentile Scorecard

TSLAFHMC

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

AxisTSLAFHMC
Valuation 16 #42 of 50 53 #24 of 50 78 #12 of 50
Growth 48 #26 of 49 8 #45 of 49 35 #32 of 49
Profitability 77 #12 of 48 38 #30 of 48 47 #26 of 48
Financial Health 94 #4 of 54 9 #49 of 54 45 #30 of 54
Shareholder Returns 20 #25 of 31 40 #19 of 31 33 #21 of 31
Overall 51 30 48
  • TSLA ranked among 56 companies in Automobiles and Components
  • F ranked among 56 companies in Automobiles and Components
  • HMC 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

PeriodTSLAFHMCSPY
1 month -2.1%-10.5%+6.3% -1.0%
3 months +18.9%-19.2%+21.3% +2.9%
6 months -1.1%-6.4%+40.4% +6.4%
Year to date -17.2%-11.7%+15.9% +11.4%
1 year -17.1%-6.1%+8.2% +13.1%
3 years +71.9%+1.8%+6.0% +79.4%
3 years, per year +19.8%+0.6%+2.0% +21.5%
5 years +22.8%-28.8%+14.2% +67.7%
5 years, per year +4.2%-6.6%+2.7% +10.9%
10 years +2,690.3%-3.6%+14.7% +255.2%
10 years, per year +39.5%-0.4%+1.4% +13.5%

Risk

MeasureTSLAFHMCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 45.6%37.5%28.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 48.0%32.1%27.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.231.150.95 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.37-0.160.29 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -73.6%-65.5%-37.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -24.0%-33.5%-1.2% -2.5%
52-week high $489.88$17.44$34.59 $779.14
52-week low $298.32$11.21$23.49 $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.

MultipleTSLAFHMC
P/E now vs peer median 316.7xmedian 18.9x -6.2xmedian 18.9x -42.9xmedian 18.9x
P/S now vs peer median 11.6xmedian 0.5x 0.2xmedian 0.5x 0.4xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 107.9xmedian 8.5x 218.0xmedian 8.5x 10.1xmedian 8.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 209.1xmedian 8.8x 6.2xmedian 8.8x 6.7xmedian 8.8x
P/B now vs peer median 13.8xmedian 0.9x 1.3xmedian 0.9x 0.7xmedian 0.9x
PEG now vs peer median -9.72median 1.35 0.11median 1.35 1.48median 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 monthsTSLAFHMC
Revenue $103.62B $187.97B $145.78B
Gross profit $19.53B $15.41B $25.18B
Operating income $4.37B -$7.03B -$770.90M
Net income $3.86B -$7.38B -$573.09M
Free cash flow $5.76B $7.28B $7.66B
R&D $7.73B – $9.64B
EPS (diluted) $1.07 $-1.86 $-0.62
Cash & equivalents $15.22B $18.60B $32.71B
Total debt $9.34B $643.37B $342.30B
Shares (diluted) 3.54B 3.99B 1.73B
Enterprise value $1.09T -$96.41B -$104.03B

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
MetricTSLAFHMC
P/E 316.7x -6.2x -42.9x
P/FCF 209.1x 6.2x 6.7x
P/Operating cash flow 64.5x 2.7x 5.9x
P/S 11.6x 0.2x 0.4x
P/B 13.8x 1.3x 0.7x
P/Tangible book 13.9x 1.3x 0.7x
EV/EBITDA 107.9x 218.0x 10.1x
EV/EBIT 267.8x -24.9x -128.4x
EV/Revenue 11.3x 0.9x 0.7x
EV/FCF 203.2x 24.0x 12.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 62.7x 10.3x 11.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -9.72 0.11 1.48

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTSLAFHMC
Revenue growth (1Y) 11.8% 1.5% 0.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 3.3% 3.4% 14.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 20.5% -36.7% -17.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -1.1% -15.5% -1.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) -22.2% -339.1% -111.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -29.8% -45.2% -27.8%
Net income growth (1Y) -35.0% -332.6% -112.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -32.0% -56.6% -27.5%
EPS growth (1Y) -35.7% -334.3% -124.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -32.6% -56.2% -29.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 18.5% -8.5% 183.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 10.2% 9.7% -21.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 3.2% -28.1% 2,713%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -2.2% 11.2% -21.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTSLAFHMC
Gross margin 18.9% 8.2% 17.3%
EBITDA margin 10.5% 0.4% 6.8%
Operating margin 4.2% -3.7% -0.5%
Pretax margin 5.0% -6.4% -0.4%
Net margin 3.7% -3.9% -0.7%
FCF margin 5.6% 3.9% 5.3%
Operating cash flow margin 18.0% 9.0% 6.0%
Return on equity 4.5% -20.1% -0.8%
Return on assets 2.6% -2.6% -0.3%
Return on invested capital 3.4% -2.2% 0.0%
Return on capital employed 3.9% -4.0% -0.5%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.7x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 4.8x -2.3x -15.1x
Stock comp / revenue 3.7% 0.2% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTSLAFHMC
Debt / assets 6.3% 56.4% 40.8%
Debt / equity 0.1x 4.5x 1.1x
Net debt / EBITDA -3.2x 161.4x 4.8x
Debt / FCF 1.6x 22.1x 11.3x
Liabilities / assets 41.1% 87.5% 63.3%
Equity / assets 58.9% 12.5% 36.7%
Interest coverage 13.1x -1.0x -1.0x
Current ratio 1.9x 1.1x 1.3x
Quick ratio 1.3x 0.5x 0.7x
Cash ratio 1.2x 0.3x 0.6x
Altman Z-score 13.29 0.84 1.41

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTSLAFHMC
Dividend yield – 5.2% 1.9%
Net buyback yield -0.1% 0.7% –
Shareholder yield -0.1% 5.9% 1.9%
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.

ConsensusTSLAFHMC
Forward P/E 231.2xFY2026 6.5xFY2026 12.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.61FY2026 $1.79FY2026 $2.77FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -3.0%FY2026 +64.2%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +46.6% +1.7% +63.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $112.51BFY2026 $180.09BFY2026 $159.45BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +18.6%FY2026 -3.8%FY2026 +15.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +14.5% +11.3% -1.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTSLAFHMC
Held by institutions 42.6% 65.5% 3.5%
Institutions holding 4,260 1,739 382
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.4% +4.2% -3.2%
Institutions buying 2,372 897 229
Institutions selling 1,356 617 95
Buyers to sellers 1.75 1.45 2.41

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.

TSLAFHMC
TSLA 1.00 0.29 0.26
F 0.29 1.00 0.46
HMC 0.26 0.46 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TSLA, F and HMC?

Tesla (TSLA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Tesla (TSLA) $1.27T, Ford Motor (F) $46.09B, Honda Motor (HMC) $45.78B.

Which company is growing faster?

Tesla (TSLA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Tesla (TSLA) +11.8%, Ford Motor (F) +1.5%, Honda Motor (HMC) +0.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Tesla (TSLA) has the highest net margin (Tesla (TSLA) 3.7%, Ford Motor (F) -3.9%, Honda Motor (HMC) -0.7%). On return on invested capital, Tesla (TSLA) leads (Tesla (TSLA) 3.4%, Ford Motor (F) -2.2%, Honda Motor (HMC) 0.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Honda Motor (HMC) returned the most: Tesla (TSLA) -17.1%, Ford Motor (F) -6.1%, Honda Motor (HMC) +8.2%. Over five years, Tesla (TSLA) compounded fastest (Tesla (TSLA) +4.2%/yr, Ford Motor (F) -6.6%/yr, Honda Motor (HMC) +2.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

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

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Honda Motor (HMC) has been the steadiest (Tesla (TSLA) 45.6%, Ford Motor (F) 37.5%, Honda Motor (HMC) 28.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Tesla (TSLA) leads on 7. 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.