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Best Auto Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top auto stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best auto stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Auto Manufacturers

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Auto is Zen Rated F and is the 133rd ranked industry out of 146 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
GM	GENERAL MOTORS CO	$83.24	-1.32%	5.65%	8.64%	7.05%	14.11%	71.31%	149.52%	39.55%	166.11%	$87.62	$46.82	5.00%	77.79%	1.19	15,440,000	101.62%
BLBD	BLUE BIRD CORP	$67.77	-3.45%	2.22%	10.30%	17.62%	34.12%	73.02%	154.20%	156.22%	518.90%	$81.51	$37.68	16.86%	79.86%	1.15	308,000	-16.53%
F	FORD MOTOR CO	$17.44	4.74%	16.81%	42.48%	30.25%	32.52%	70.65%	38.52%	17.76%	29.28%	$17.78	$9.88	1.91%	76.52%	1.25	149,713,000	64.80%
NIO	NIO INC	$5.60	0.90%	7.69%	-12.36%	18.64%	8.11%	52.17%	-24.43%	-86.77%	N/A	$8.01	$3.34	30.09%	67.66%	1.63	41,458,000	8.86%
EMPD	EMPERY DIGITAL INC	$4.50	0.67%	-9.46%	-1.96%	8.70%	-6.15%	-2.93%	-100.00%	N/A	N/A	$44.09	$3.19	89.79%	41.29%	1.17	128,000	-10.49%
TM	TOYOTA MOTOR CORP	$189.95	-0.99%	0.46%	-0.68%	-22.04%	-4.65%	2.06%	37.91%	10.22%	83.69%	$248.90	$167.20	23.68%	13.61%	0.83	595,000	59.09%
RACE	FERRARI NV	$340.23	-1.77%	-2.30%	0.80%	-6.21%	-12.07%	-28.97%	18.40%	59.96%	701.86%	$519.10	$312.51	34.46%	8.87%	0.96	740,000	-43.90%
TSLA	TESLA INC	$435.79	-1.43%	2.30%	16.90%	8.05%	1.31%	21.58%	116.64%	109.55%	2,828.30%	$498.83	$273.21	12.64%	59.51%	2.01	44,968,000	39.69%
STLA	STELLANTIS NV	$7.98	-2.68%	4.86%	3.64%	4.59%	-25.07%	-22.60%	-49.30%	-60.04%	11.30%	$12.22	$6.28	34.70%	27.07%	1.31	19,716,000	41.44%
NIU	NIU TECHNOLOGIES	$2.35	-3.69%	-2.08%	-22.70%	-37.33%	-32.08%	-39.90%	-35.79%	-93.09%	N/A	$5.67	$2.31	58.55%	1.95%	1.35	618,000	27.69%
HMC	HONDA MOTOR CO LTD	$26.99	-1.10%	1.96%	12.46%	-7.85%	-9.34%	-11.62%	-6.51%	-13.30%	-3.54%	$34.89	$23.25	22.64%	16.11%	0.79	1,899,000	34.78%
PSNY	POLESTAR AUTOMOTIVE HOLDING UK PLC	$23.08	-0.39%	3.73%	28.94%	9.49%	28.14%	-28.77%	-77.31%	-92.12%	N/A	$42.60	$11.75	45.82%	96.43%	1.30	1,007,000	495.86%
LVWR	LIVEWIRE GROUP INC	$1.41	-6.00%	1.44%	-22.53%	-7.24%	-65.10%	-50.87%	-82.80%	-85.61%	N/A	$9.04	$1.20	84.40%	17.50%	1.28	104,000	-30.20%
EVTV	ENVIROTECH VEHICLES INC	$2.06	-12.71%	-5.94%	23.35%	29.56%	67.48%	3.52%	-90.42%	-95.91%	N/A	$5.07	$0.33	59.37%	520.48%	0.69	915,000	7.02%
SEV	APTERA MOTORS CORP	$2.30	-6.12%	-7.63%	-18.44%	-4.56%	-54.18%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$11.24	$1.29	79.53%	78.29%	1.21	256,000	59.01%
WKHS	WORKHORSE GROUP INC	$3.83	-16.01%	20.06%	63.68%	9.74%	-62.09%	-66.75%	-99.86%	-99.99%	-99.98%	$67.32	$2.31	94.31%	65.80%	1.78	431,000	-33.28%
RIVN	RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE INC	$16.30	7.24%	14.63%	1.49%	8.59%	-5.01%	8.63%	9.62%	N/A	N/A	$22.69	$11.57	28.16%	40.88%	1.94	59,281,000	165.60%
AIIO	ROBOAI INC	$2.37	-12.55%	-8.14%	301.69%	-29.25%	-80.57%	-93.73%	-98.87%	-98.82%	N/A	$56.30	$0.54	95.79%	338.89%	0.73	2,694,000	35.65%
LI	LI AUTO INC	$15.01	-3.41%	-5.54%	-15.44%	-14.57%	-16.33%	-47.31%	-48.51%	-36.96%	N/A	$32.03	$14.91	53.13%	0.70%	1.07	7,189,000	-15.21%
XPEV	XPENG INC	$16.45	0.06%	5.52%	3.72%	-3.18%	-22.95%	-18.16%	109.02%	-52.46%	N/A	$28.24	$14.72	41.74%	11.75%	1.56	6,657,000	-34.07%
VFS	VINFAST AUTO LTD	$3.49	-1.97%	-2.24%	-14.25%	8.39%	5.12%	-1.13%	-66.15%	N/A	N/A	$5.29	$2.78	33.96%	25.54%	0.15	472,000	62.20%
LCID	LUCID GROUP INC	$6.55	1.39%	12.16%	13.72%	-34.70%	-47.93%	-72.82%	-91.50%	-96.96%	N/A	$33.70	$5.55	80.56%	18.02%	1.78	14,953,000	-5.38%
SSM	SONO GROUP NV	$3.80	2.26%	0.37%	-41.48%	-47.39%	-41.57%	-65.26%	-70.60%	N/A	N/A	$27.73	$3.42	86.28%	11.23%	-0.06	2,000	-72.22%
GGR	GOGORO INC	$4.00	0.00%	-0.25%	-6.10%	21.95%	4.30%	-18.73%	-93.34%	-97.94%	N/A	$8.30	$2.72	51.81%	47.06%	0.92	10,400	-15.45%
GP	GREENPOWER MOTOR CO INC	$1.11	5.71%	3.74%	9.90%	-4.31%	13.27%	-74.14%	-95.54%	-99.35%	-95.97%	$35.65	$0.74	96.89%	50.00%	1.53	240,000	220.00%
FLYE	FLY-E GROUP INC	$2.01	11.05%	4.69%	1.52%	0.50%	-87.27%	-95.47%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$161.80	$1.65	98.76%	21.82%	1.53	60,600	2,930.00%
LOT	LOTUS TECHNOLOGY INC	$1.28	0.00%	-5.19%	-1.54%	15.32%	0.00%	-40.74%	-87.63%	-87.01%	N/A	$2.75	$1.00	53.45%	28.00%	0.35	18,600	-75.53%
DCX	DIGITAL CURRENCY X TECHNOLOGY INC	$2.49	2.89%	5.96%	19.71%	47.34%	-81.47%	-99.87%	-100.00%	N/A	N/A	$3.43k	$1.43	99.93%	74.13%	0.32	20,500	688.46%
CENN	CENNTRO INC	$4.50	-1.53%	7.91%	15.68%	-36.49%	-51.71%	-91.20%	-97.46%	-99.92%	-99.49%	$61.80	$3.65	92.72%	23.29%	1.58	8,900	-34.07%
FFAI	FARADAY FUTURE INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC INC	$0.36	15.56%	14.83%	-5.21%	-21.04%	-65.33%	-70.65%	-99.98%	-100.00%	N/A	$3.61	$0.21	89.92%	76.70%	1.88	32,982,000	493.09%
LOBO	LOBO TECHNOLOGIES LTD	$0.79	0.00%	13.18%	20.06%	41.32%	8.82%	-1.25%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.35	$0.35	41.48%	123.80%	0.00	199,000	-41.12%

Auto Stocks FAQ

What are the best auto stocks to buy right now in May 2026?

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best car stocks to buy right now are:

1. General Motors Co (NYSE:GM)

General Motors Co (NYSE:GM) is the #1 top auto stock out of 31 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for General Motors Co (NYSE:GM) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

General Motors Co (NYSE:GM) has a Due Diligence Score of 32, which is 10 points higher than the auto industry average of 22.

GM passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. General Motors Co has seen its stock return 71.31% over the past year, overperforming other auto stocks by 133 percentage points.

General Motors Co has an average 1 year price target of $95.94, an upside of 15.26% from General Motors Co's current stock price of $83.24.

General Motors Co stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 18 analysts covering General Motors Co, 55.56% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 27.78% have issued a Buy, 11.11% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 5.56% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD)

Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD) is the #2 top auto stock out of 31 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD) has a Due Diligence Score of 51, which is 29 points higher than the auto industry average of 22.

BLBD passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Blue Bird has seen its stock return 73.02% over the past year, overperforming other auto stocks by 134 percentage points.

Blue Bird has an average 1 year price target of $78.25, an upside of 15.46% from Blue Bird's current stock price of $67.77.

Blue Bird stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Blue Bird, 75% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Ford Motor Co (NYSE:F)

Ford Motor Co (NYSE:F) is the #3 top auto stock out of 31 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Ford Motor Co (NYSE:F) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Ford Motor Co (NYSE:F) has a Due Diligence Score of 17, which is -5 points lower than the auto industry average of 22.

F passed 6 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ford Motor Co has seen its stock return 70.65% over the past year, overperforming other auto stocks by 132 percentage points.

Ford Motor Co has an average 1 year price target of $13.91, a downside of -20.22% from Ford Motor Co's current stock price of $17.44.

Ford Motor Co stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 14 analysts covering Ford Motor Co, 28.57% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 64.29% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 7.14% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the auto stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 3 auto stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 auto stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Ford Motor Co (NYSE:F)

Ford Motor Co (NYSE:F) has an annual dividend yield of 3.44%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the auto industry average of 1.82%. Ford Motor Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% six times in the last 10 years. Ford Motor Co's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Ford Motor Co's dividend payout ratio of -39% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Ferrari Nv (NYSE:RACE)

Ferrari Nv (NYSE:RACE) has an annual dividend yield of 1.25%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the auto industry average of 1.82%. Ferrari Nv's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Ferrari Nv's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Ferrari Nv's dividend payout ratio of 40.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. General Motors Co (NYSE:GM)

General Motors Co (NYSE:GM) has an annual dividend yield of 0.76%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the auto industry average of 1.82%. General Motors Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. General Motors Co's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

General Motors Co's dividend payout ratio of 22.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are auto stocks down?

Auto stocks were down -1.39% in the last day, and up 1.26% over the last week. Roboai was the among the top losers in the auto manufacturers industry, dropping -12.55% yesterday.

Robo.ai shares are trading lower. The company announced it regained compliance with the Nasdaq.

What are the most undervalued auto stocks?

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued auto stocks right now are:

1. General Motors Co (NYSE:GM)

General Motors Co (NYSE:GM) is the most undervalued auto stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

General Motors Co has a valuation score of 57, which is 44 points higher than the auto industry average of 13. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

General Motors Co's stock has gained 71.31% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto industry by 133 percentage points.

2. Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD)

Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD) is the second most undervalued auto stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Blue Bird has a valuation score of 57, which is 44 points higher than the auto industry average of 13. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Blue Bird's stock has gained 73.02% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto industry by 134 percentage points.

3. Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM)

Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM) is the third most undervalued auto stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Toyota Motor has a valuation score of 43, which is 30 points higher than the auto industry average of 13. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Toyota Motor's stock has gained 2.06% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto industry by 63 percentage points.

Are auto stocks a good buy now?

35.71% of auto stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect auto stocks to rise by 12.32% over the next year.

0% of auto stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 9.09% of auto stocks are rated B (Buy), 50% are rated C (Hold), 22.73% are rated D (Sell), and 18.18% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the auto manufacturers industry?

The average P/E ratio of the auto manufacturers industry is 266.6x.

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Best Auto Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
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1. General Motors Co (NYSE:GM)

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1. Ford Motor Co (NYSE:F)

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1. General Motors Co (NYSE:GM)

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