General Motors
GM · Automobile Manufacturers
$75.92
1.7%Tesla
TSLA · Automobile Manufacturers
$372.22
0.6%The short version
- General Motors is the larger business, with $185.0B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $94.8B for Tesla, about 2.0 times as much.
- General Motors grew revenue faster (−1.3%, against −2.9%).
- Tesla kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (4.6% operating margin, against 1.6% operating margin).
- General Motors turned more of its sales into free cash flow (9.5% FCF margin, against 6.6% FCF margin).
- Tesla earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (7.2%, against 1.5%).
| Latest fiscal year | GM · FY25 | TSLA · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $67.3B | $1.32T |
| Revenue | $185.0B | $94.8B |
| Free cash flow | $17.6B | $6.2B |
| Net income | $2.7B | $3.8B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −1.3% | −2.9% |
| 5-year growth | 8.6% | 24.6% |
| Share count change | −13.8% | 0.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | 18.0% |
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 4.6% |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 4.0% |
| FCF margin | 9.5% | 6.6% |
| Return on capital | 1.5% | 7.2% |
| Return on equity | 4.3% | 4.9% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $103.9B | −$37.3B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 7.0x | −4.0x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $6.7B | $0.0M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 16.5x | — |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 5 |
FY16
GM $149.2B
TSLA $7.0B
FY17
GM $145.6B
TSLA $11.8B
FY18
GM $147.0B
TSLA $21.5B
FY19
GM $137.2B
TSLA $24.6B
FY20
GM $122.5B
TSLA $31.5B
FY21
GM $127.0B
TSLA $53.8B
FY22
GM $156.7B
TSLA $81.5B
FY23
GM $171.8B
TSLA $96.8B
FY24
GM $187.4B
TSLA $97.7B
FY25
GM $185.0B
TSLA $94.8B
GM
TSLA
FY16
GM 5.8%
TSLA −9.5%
FY17
GM 6.0%
TSLA −13.9%
FY18
GM 3.0%
TSLA −1.8%
FY19
GM 4.0%
TSLA −0.3%
FY20
GM 5.4%
TSLA 6.3%
FY21
GM 7.3%
TSLA 12.1%
FY22
GM 6.6%
TSLA 16.8%
FY23
GM 5.4%
TSLA 9.2%
FY24
GM 6.8%
TSLA 7.2%
FY25
GM 1.6%
TSLA 4.6%
GM
TSLA
FY16
GM $8.2B
TSLA −$1.4B
FY17
GM $8.9B
TSLA −$3.5B
FY18
GM $6.5B
TSLA −$3.0M
FY19
GM $7.4B
TSLA $1.1B
FY20
GM $11.4B
TSLA $2.8B
FY21
GM $7.7B
TSLA $5.0B
FY22
GM $6.8B
TSLA $7.6B
FY23
GM $10.0B
TSLA $4.4B
FY24
GM $9.3B
TSLA $3.6B
FY25
GM $17.6B
TSLA $6.2B
GM
TSLA
FY16
GM 7.2%
TSLA −9.1%
FY17
GM 4.1%
TSLA −12.2%
FY18
GM 3.7%
TSLA −2.4%
FY19
GM 4.0%
TSLA −0.4%
FY20
GM 4.0%
TSLA 11.1%
FY21
GM 5.3%
TSLA 35.5%
FY22
GM 5.7%
TSLA 56.4%
FY23
GM 5.5%
TSLA 28.3%
FY24
GM 5.3%
TSLA 14.0%
FY25
GM 1.5%
TSLA 7.2%
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