GM vs TSLA
GM: A legacy automotive giant aggressively pivoting toward an electric and software-defined vehicle future while maintaining a diversified financial services arm. TSLA: Tesla is an integrated sustainable energy and artificial intelligence company focused on electric vehicles, autonomous driving, energy storage, and humanoid robotics.
Side-by-side fundamentals
| Metric | GM | TSLA | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price as of 2026-10-09 close | $82.73 | $382.70 | |
| Market cap | $72.6B | $1.51T | |
| P/E as of 2026-10-09 | 39.98 | 355.47 | GM lower |
| Net margin FY2025, SEC XBRL | +1.5% | +4.0% | TSLA higher |
| Gross margin FY2025, SEC XBRL | n/a | +18.0% | |
| Operating margin FY2025, SEC XBRL | +1.6% | +4.6% | TSLA higher |
| ROE FY2025, SEC XBRL | +4.3% | +4.6% | TSLA higher |
| ROA FY2025, SEC XBRL | +1.0% | +2.8% | TSLA higher |
| Debt / equity as of 2026-09-03 | 2.06 | 0.11 | TSLA lower |
| Revenue growth (YoY) as of 2026-09-03 | -1.1% | +11.8% | TSLA higher |
| Revenue CAGR (3y) SEC XBRL | +5.7% | +5.2% | GM higher |
| Dividend yield as of 2026-09-03 | +0.9% | n/a | |
| Dividend streak (yrs) SEC XBRL | 4 | 0 | GM higher |
| Beta as of 2026-09-03 | 0.92 | 2.31 | |
| 1-year return as of 2026-10-09 close | +47.9% | -12.1% | GM higher |
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date; "Edge" cells are a pure numeric comparison, not a recommendation.