STOCK DUELS
Tesla vs General Motors
Compares Tesla and General Motors across growth, profitability, cash generation, valuation and balance-sheet signals.
Official head-to-head comparisons for widely followed pairs.
Head-to-Head
Datafin’s View
A growth-priced disruptor against a cash-generative incumbent; valuation and margin profiles sit at opposite ends here.
Valuation prices two opposite futures: a disruptor priced for transformation against an incumbent priced for endurance. Tesla’s premium rests on software, energy and autonomy optionality, while GM’s discount reflects steady cash from legacy autos — so the duel is really a bet on how much of that future is already in the price.
Factor Profile
TSLA and GM are compared inside each metric family.
Results
Latest published or live-generated results from the official Datafin analysis.
| # | Stock | Winner | Sales Growth | Return on Equity(ROE) | Return on Invested Capital(ROIC) | Free Cash Flow | Price to Earnings(P/E) | EV/EBITDA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 | TSLA.US Tesla Inc | - | 2.25% | 4.88% | 8.58% | $7B | 361.63 | 113.22 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸 | GM.US General Motors Company | - | -2.03% | 4% | 1.35% | $12.5B | 28.74 | 11.26 |
- Sales Growth
- 2.25%
- Return on Equity(ROE)
- 4.88%
- Return on Invested Capital(ROIC)
- 8.58%
- Free Cash Flow
- $7B
- Price to Earnings(P/E)
- 361.63
- EV/EBITDA
- 113.22
- Sales Growth
- -2.03%
- Return on Equity(ROE)
- 4%
- Return on Invested Capital(ROIC)
- 1.35%
- Free Cash Flow
- $12.5B
- Price to Earnings(P/E)
- 28.74
- EV/EBITDA
- 11.26