General Motors Company (GM) is overvalued and Tesla Inc (TSLA) is overvalued.
Both trade above our estimate of their intrinsic value. GM is the closer of the two: -40%, against -1287% for TSLA.
Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.
Discounting its cash flows at 8.1% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $59.50; the price of $83.45 is 40% above that value, and 79% of that value comes from beyond year five.
Leak Score 42/100 on 10 of 12 signals
Discounting its cash flows at 13.2% (average of 2 methods) values the shares at $27.32; the price of $378.90 is 1287% above that value.
Leak Score 48/100 on 10 of 12 signals
| Metric | GM | TSLA |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Overvalued | Overvalued |
| Price | $83.45 | $378.90 |
| Intrinsic value | $59.50 | $27.32 |
| Margin of safety | -40% | -1287% |
| Leak Score | 42/100 (10/12) | 48/100 (10/12) |
| Market cap | $73.2B | $1.50T |
| Revenue growth, 5 years | 8.6% | 24.6% |
| Operating margin | 1.0% | 4.6% |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 3.7% |
| Return on equity | 3.0% | 4.6% |
| Debt to equity | 2.06 | 0.19 |
| P/E | 42.1x | 352.0x |
| Forward P/E | 5.5x | 164.6x |
| P/B | 1.2x | 17.2x |
| Dividend yield | 0.9% | — |