Tesla, Inc. vs XPeng Inc., two Auto Manufacturers stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Growth is the entire thesis at both, priced very differently: Tesla at 347.7 times earnings for autonomy and robotics beyond its cars, XPeng at no clean multiple for Chinese EV volume, two valuations resting on the future rather than the trailing year. Tesla nets 4.5% of revenue and earns 5.19% on equity, XPeng negative 1.49% and negative 3.75%, Tesla thinly profitable where XPeng is not quite. Both carry light debt near 0.1-0.4 turns. Tesla yields 0.52% in free cash, XPeng 3.06%. The pair prices two EV makers on their ambitions: Tesla's on a suite of moonshots at an extraordinary multiple, XPeng's on scaling Chinese volume, and both ask the buyer to fund a story the current income statement cannot yet support.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | TSLA | XPEV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $379.00 | $12.08 |
| Market cap | $1.34T | $23.0B |
| Sector | Auto Manufacturers | Auto Manufacturers |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| P/E | 347.7 | — |
| P/B | 15.82 | 5.49 |
| P/S | 13.70 | 2.17 |
| EV/EBITDA | 131.8 | — |
| Revenue growth | +3.1% | +40.8% |
| Gross margin | 21.1% | 18.9% |
| Operating margin | 4.2% | -3.6% |
| Net margin | 4.5% | -1.5% |
| Return on equity | 5.2% | -3.8% |
| Return on assets | 3.1% | -1.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 3.4% | -5.1% |
| FCF yield | 0.5% | 3.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.11 | 0.42 |
| Current ratio | 2.04 | 1.09 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.38 | 1.51 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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