Lucid Group vs Tesla
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The short version
- Tesla is the larger business, with $94.8B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $1.4B for Lucid Group, about 70 times as much.
- Lucid Group grew revenue faster (67.6%, against β2.9%).
- Tesla kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (4.6% operating margin, against β258.7%).
- Tesla turned more of its sales into free cash flow (6.6% FCF margin, against β280.7%).
- Tesla earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (7.2%, against β136.7%).
| Latest fiscal year | LCID Β· FY25 | TSLA Β· FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $1.3B | $1.32T |
| Revenue | $1.4B | $94.8B |
| Free cash flow | β$3.8B | $6.2B |
| Net income | β$2.7B | $3.8B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 67.6% | β2.9% |
| 5-year growth | 220.6% | 24.6% |
| Share count change | 28.2% | 0.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | β92.8% | 18.0% |
| Operating margin | β258.7% | 4.6% |
| Net margin | β199.3% | 4.0% |
| FCF margin | β280.7% | 6.6% |
| Return on capital | β136.7% | 7.2% |
| Return on equity | β117.6% | 4.9% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.3B | β$37.3B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | β | β4.0x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | β | β |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 5 |
Revenue
FY16
LCID β
TSLA $7.0B
FY17
LCID β
TSLA $11.8B
FY18
LCID β
TSLA $21.5B
FY19
LCID $4.6M
TSLA $24.6B
FY20
LCID $4.0M
TSLA $31.5B
FY21
LCID $27.1M
TSLA $53.8B
FY22
LCID $608M
TSLA $81.5B
FY23
LCID $595M
TSLA $96.8B
FY24
LCID $808M
TSLA $97.7B
FY25
LCID $1.4B
TSLA $94.8B
LCID
TSLA
Operating margin
FY16
LCID β
TSLA β9.5%
FY17
LCID β
TSLA β13.9%
FY18
LCID β
TSLA β1.8%
FY19
LCID β5,619.5%
TSLA β0.3%
FY20
LCID β15,071.1%
TSLA 6.3%
FY21
LCID β5,645.1%
TSLA 12.1%
FY22
LCID β426.5%
TSLA 16.8%
FY23
LCID β520.7%
TSLA 9.2%
FY24
LCID β373.9%
TSLA 7.2%
FY25
LCID β258.7%
TSLA 4.6%
LCID
TSLA
Free cash flow
FY16
LCID β
TSLA β$1.4B
FY17
LCID β
TSLA β$3.5B
FY18
LCID β
TSLA β$3.0M
FY19
LCID β$340M
TSLA $1.1B
FY20
LCID β$1.0B
TSLA $2.8B
FY21
LCID β$1.5B
TSLA $5.0B
FY22
LCID β$3.3B
TSLA $7.6B
FY23
LCID β$3.4B
TSLA $4.4B
FY24
LCID β$2.9B
TSLA $3.6B
FY25
LCID β$3.8B
TSLA $6.2B
LCID
TSLA
Return on capital
FY16
LCID β
TSLA β9.1%
FY17
LCID β
TSLA β12.2%
FY18
LCID β
TSLA β2.4%
FY19
LCID β
TSLA β0.4%
FY20
LCID β
TSLA 11.1%
FY21
LCID β
TSLA 35.5%
FY22
LCID β188.6%
TSLA 56.4%
FY23
LCID β86.3%
TSLA 28.3%
FY24
LCID β91.8%
TSLA 14.0%
FY25
LCID β136.7%
TSLA 7.2%
LCID
TSLA
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.