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Automakers earn on the vehicles they sell and, increasingly, on software and charging attached to them. It is a capital-heavy, cyclical business where factory utilization, pricing power, and the pace of the electric transition decide the margins.
| # | Company | Price | Day | Market cap | P/E | Health | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TSLA Tesla Tesla builds electric vehicles, mostly the Model Y and Model 3, at plants in Texas, California, Shanghai, and Berlin. | $407.76 | +0.30% | $1.53T | 377.6× | 6/9 | Open → |
| 2 | GM General Motors General Motors sells Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, and Buick vehicles, with full-size pickups and SUVs in North America generating most of its profit. | $77.85 | +1.57% | $70.2B | 23.8× | 6/8 | Open → |
| 3 | F Ford Ford builds F-Series pickups, the best-selling US truck line for over four decades, plus SUVs and commercial vans. | $14.00 | +2.87% | $52.2B | — | 3/7 | Open → |
| 4 | RIVN Rivian Rivian makes electric vehicles at its plant in Normal, Illinois: the R1T pickup, R1S SUV, and delivery vans originally developed for Amazon. | $17.48 | -3.53% | $22.0B | — | 4/9 | Open → |
Company groupings are curated; figures are real — market caps and prices from EOD market data, health from SEC XBRL filings, and the smart-money activity from Form 4 and STOCK Act disclosures. Educational only, not financial advice.