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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricFFORD MOTOR COTSLATesla, Inc.GMGeneral Motors CoRIVNRivian Automotive, Inc. / DEMedian of the restexcluding F
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$11.94▲ 0.04 (0.34%)
$386.47▲ 12.76 (3.41%)
$77.21▲ 1.10 (1.45%)
$12.46▲ 0.03 (0.24%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.3.3/107.0/103.3/105.0/105.0/10
Market value$47.51B$1.45T$69.80B$15.45B
Revenue$187.27B$94.83B$167.97B$5.39B
Profit-$8.16B$3.79B$2.70B-$3.65B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.1.2%-2.9%-2.1%8.4%-2.1%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.6.8%18.0%—2.7%10.3%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.-4.9%4.6%1.7%-66.5%1.7%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.-4.4%4.0%1.6%-67.7%1.6%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.6.7%6.6%10.5%-46.2%6.6%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-22.7%4.6%4.4%-79.4%4.4%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.-57.5%4.2%6.3%-51.9%4.2%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.—382.09x25.88x—203.98x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—153.57x——153.57x
Price to book1.32x17.65x1.14x3.36x3.36x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.7.04x0.67x3.57x2.24x2.24x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.3/85/95/74/95.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distresssafedistressdistress

How F compares with the others

  • F's operating margin of -4.9% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (1.7%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 1.2% against -2.1%.
  • It has no P/E to set against theirs, because it did not make a profit.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 7.0x against 2.2x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.