TOYOTA MOTOR CORP/ vs XPeng Inc., two Auto Manufacturers stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
The margin gap is maturity made visible: Toyota nets a profitable 9.97% as the world's leading automaker, XPeng negative 1.49% as a Chinese EV maker still short of break-even. Toyota earns 13% on equity against XPeng's negative 3.75%, and trades at 7.17 times earnings against XPeng's no-clean-multiple, priced for volume growth. Toyota runs debt-free (ex-finance), XPeng at 0.42 turns. XPeng yields 3.06% in free cash, Toyota 10.8%. The pair prices an established Japanese giant against a Chinese EV upstart; Toyota's proven scale economics trade cheap and profitable, XPeng's pre-profit ramp rests on the volumes it aims to reach, and the two span the industry from mass-market dominance to growth-stage challenge.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | TM | XPEV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $171.77 | $12.08 |
| Market cap | $227.6B | $23.0B |
| Sector | Auto Manufacturers | Auto Manufacturers |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 7.2 | — |
| P/B | 0.93 | 5.49 |
| P/S | 0.71 | 2.17 |
| EV/EBITDA | 3.6 | — |
| Revenue growth | +15.4% | +40.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 18.9% |
| Operating margin | 10.0% | -3.6% |
| Net margin | 10.0% | -1.5% |
| Return on equity | 13.0% | -3.8% |
| Return on assets | 5.1% | -1.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.7% | -5.1% |
| FCF yield | 10.8% | 3.1% |
| Dividend yield | 8.5% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.42 |
| Current ratio | 1.26 | 1.09 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.68 | 1.51 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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