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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 139th ranked industry out of 145 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 %
BLBD	BLUE BIRD CORP	$62.10	-4.33%	1.35%	15.32%	25.86%	8.64%	84.27%	229.44%	135.94%	475.53%	$65.47	$32.80	5.15%	89.33%	1.16	299,000	-19.41%
NIU	NIU TECHNOLOGIES	$3.04	4.11%	3.75%	-4.40%	-3.49%	-34.34%	-1.62%	-19.58%	-91.16%	N/A	$5.67	$2.71	46.38%	12.38%	1.36	318,000	88.17%
GM	GENERAL MOTORS CO	$77.78	-2.11%	1.36%	6.62%	-3.87%	34.57%	74.63%	121.34%	32.71%	154.52%	$87.62	$43.77	11.23%	77.72%	1.18	6,454,000	38.05%
NIO	NIO INC	$6.43	-2.28%	0.78%	6.63%	38.58%	-5.72%	77.62%	-34.59%	-81.97%	N/A	$8.01	$3.34	19.73%	92.51%	1.64	39,263,000	38.99%
RACE	FERRARI NV	$357.06	-0.30%	1.64%	6.79%	0.70%	-8.34%	-17.72%	27.05%	69.26%	712.05%	$519.10	$312.51	31.22%	14.26%	0.95	405,000	1.25%
TM	TOYOTA MOTOR CORP	$213.18	0.77%	-0.85%	-0.02%	-8.24%	9.70%	22.35%	54.76%	35.52%	105.61%	$248.90	$167.20	14.35%	27.50%	0.82	260,000	52.94%
AIIO	ROBOAI INC	$0.62	-1.43%	-25.39%	-75.16%	-88.60%	-97.91%	-92.37%	-99.72%	-99.69%	N/A	$69.60	$0.56	99.11%	11.51%	0.57	2,531,000	388.61%
LVWR	LIVEWIRE GROUP INC	$1.80	0.56%	8.43%	9.09%	-39.19%	-63.93%	-17.05%	-72.81%	-81.93%	N/A	$9.04	$0.93	80.09%	93.55%	1.25	88,000	14.29%
WKHS	WORKHORSE GROUP INC	$2.84	5.58%	12.25%	-15.98%	-44.96%	-78.48%	-81.65%	-99.92%	-99.99%	-99.99%	$67.32	$2.36	95.78%	20.34%	1.70	128,000	-31.55%
EVTV	ENVIROTECH VEHICLES INC	$1.83	-1.08%	-3.17%	40.77%	-43.34%	22.00%	-29.34%	-93.15%	-97.56%	N/A	$5.07	$0.33	63.91%	451.20%	0.72	836,000	311.82%
XPEV	XPENG INC	$17.66	-1.18%	-0.79%	-12.10%	-15.42%	-18.39%	-10.85%	54.51%	-43.76%	N/A	$28.24	$15.38	37.45%	14.82%	1.55	6,664,000	24.05%
TSLA	TESLA INC	$391.95	7.62%	14.19%	-0.91%	-10.63%	-9.93%	54.24%	109.55%	59.15%	2,210.07%	$498.83	$222.79	21.43%	75.93%	2.00	113,153,000	101.15%
STLA	STELLANTIS NV	$8.30	1.72%	6.96%	26.33%	-17.17%	-17.98%	-11.32%	-55.54%	-53.94%	10.37%	$12.22	$6.28	32.08%	32.17%	1.30	22,926,000	51.77%
PSNY	POLESTAR AUTOMOTIVE HOLDING UK PLC	$21.04	1.01%	2.04%	23.55%	-5.86%	-22.84%	-31.91%	-82.02%	-92.99%	N/A	$42.60	$11.75	50.61%	79.06%	1.30	116,000	30.34%
F	FORD MOTOR CO	$12.71	0.00%	4.35%	8.54%	-7.97%	8.08%	34.50%	0.24%	3.84%	-1.78%	$14.80	$9.35	14.09%	35.94%	1.23	33,476,000	-24.44%
HMC	HONDA MOTOR CO LTD	$24.26	0.41%	-0.98%	-5.60%	-22.02%	-21.23%	-15.09%	-8.11%	-20.69%	-11.91%	$34.89	$23.25	30.47%	4.37%	0.79	1,573,000	-19.13%
SEV	APTERA MOTORS CORP	$3.27	4.47%	17.63%	27.24%	-27.81%	-44.01%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$11.24	$1.29	70.89%	153.49%	1.27	444,000	79.03%
LI	LI AUTO INC	$18.16	-3.09%	-2.52%	-0.44%	10.80%	-20.07%	-22.53%	-30.50%	-7.72%	N/A	$32.03	$15.71	43.29%	15.60%	1.07	3,802,000	63.25%
EMPD	EMPERY DIGITAL INC	$4.89	-0.20%	6.30%	3.16%	1.45%	-32.74%	-26.36%	-100.00%	N/A	N/A	$44.09	$3.19	88.91%	53.53%	1.16	743,000	-0.27%
RIVN	RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE INC	$16.41	2.63%	8.39%	7.05%	-3.81%	22.37%	37.78%	19.52%	N/A	N/A	$22.69	$10.85	27.68%	51.24%	1.94	21,242,000	-24.61%
SBLX	STABLEX TECHNOLOGIES INC	$2.61	8.75%	27.94%	-3.33%	-20.67%	-53.56%	-67.38%	-96.59%	-99.60%	-99.99%	$10.72	$1.64	75.65%	59.15%	1.32	43,700	-54.00%
LCID	LUCID GROUP INC	$8.21	-6.70%	-6.92%	-16.99%	-18.31%	-62.11%	-66.35%	-89.67%	-95.92%	N/A	$33.70	$8.11	75.64%	1.23%	1.79	31,243,000	5.39%
VFS	VINFAST AUTO LTD	$4.27	3.14%	7.29%	41.39%	22.70%	32.61%	31.38%	-58.30%	N/A	N/A	$4.88	$2.78	12.50%	53.60%	0.15	687,000	-4.85%
SSM	SONO GROUP NV	$6.00	-9.09%	-9.23%	-17.01%	-16.67%	-33.63%	41.18%	-72.51%	N/A	N/A	$27.73	$4.00	78.36%	50.00%	-0.01	2,800	-45.10%
GP	GREENPOWER MOTOR CO INC	$0.95	-0.94%	-1.04%	-13.64%	-18.10%	-71.21%	-78.54%	-96.79%	-99.50%	-93.38%	$35.65	$0.74	97.34%	28.38%	1.55	25,600	118.80%
LOBO	LOBO TECHNOLOGIES LTD	$0.60	0.00%	29.87%	13.21%	3.27%	-35.48%	-15.49%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.41	$0.35	75.10%	69.97%	0.07	47,300	-60.91%
DCX	DIGITAL CURRENCY X TECHNOLOGY INC	$2.00	-2.44%	-1.96%	16.96%	-64.01%	-98.58%	-99.91%	-100.00%	N/A	N/A	$3.43k	$1.43	99.94%	39.86%	0.32	13,400	83.56%
CENN	CENNTRO INC	$4.02	3.34%	-46.40%	-40.29%	-56.15%	-69.81%	-91.24%	-98.39%	-99.91%	-99.49%	$66.00	$3.65	93.91%	10.14%	1.56	81,000	-2.41%
LOT	LOTUS TECHNOLOGY INC	$1.44	6.67%	14.29%	30.91%	1.41%	-29.06%	8.76%	-86.02%	-85.69%	N/A	$2.75	$1.00	47.64%	44.00%	0.35	105,000	-24.46%
FFAI	FARADAY FUTURE INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC INC	$0.30	-1.94%	40.74%	-14.85%	-71.59%	-79.32%	-70.20%	-99.99%	-100.00%	N/A	$3.61	$0.21	91.58%	47.57%	1.90	22,845,000	11.72%
FLYE	FLY-E GROUP INC	$2.22	0.00%	-3.06%	13.27%	-69.46%	-78.57%	-94.73%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$161.80	$1.68	98.63%	32.14%	1.56	13,700	204.44%
GGR	GOGORO INC	$4.13	0.00%	1.72%	13.15%	33.23%	-8.83%	-46.17%	-93.91%	-97.90%	N/A	$8.30	$2.72	50.24%	51.84%	0.92	4,600	-8.00%

Auto Stocks FAQ

What are the best auto stocks to buy right now in Apr 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. Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD)

Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD) is the #1 top auto stock out of 32 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: C.

Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD) has a Due Diligence Score of 53, which is 31 points higher than the auto industry average of 22.

BLBD passed 17 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Blue Bird has seen its stock return 84.27% over the past year, overperforming other auto stocks by 148 percentage points.

Blue Bird has an average 1 year price target of $68.00, an upside of 9.5% from Blue Bird's current stock price of $62.10.

Blue Bird stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Blue Bird, 83.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Niu Technologies (NASDAQ:NIU)

Niu Technologies (NASDAQ:NIU) is the #2 top auto stock out of 32 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 Niu Technologies (NASDAQ:NIU) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: D, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Niu Technologies (NASDAQ:NIU) has a Due Diligence Score of 31, which is 9 points higher than the auto industry average of 22.

NIU passed 10 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Niu Technologies has seen its stock lose -1.62% over the past year, overperforming other auto stocks by 63 percentage points.

Niu Technologies has an average 1 year price target of $3.50, an upside of 15.13% from Niu Technologies's current stock price of $3.04.

Niu Technologies stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Niu Technologies, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. General Motors Co (NYSE:GM)

General Motors Co (NYSE:GM) is the #3 top auto stock out of 32 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 General Motors Co (NYSE:GM) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

General Motors Co (NYSE:GM) has a Due Diligence Score of 43, which is 21 points higher than the auto industry average of 22.

GM passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. General Motors Co has seen its stock return 74.63% over the past year, overperforming other auto stocks by 139 percentage points.

General Motors Co has an average 1 year price target of $94.37, an upside of 21.33% from General Motors Co's current stock price of $77.78.

General Motors Co stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 19 analysts covering General Motors Co, 57.89% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 26.32% have issued a Buy, 10.53% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 5.26% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the auto stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 2 auto stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 2 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 3.54%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the auto industry average of 2.18%. 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 -36.4% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. General Motors Co (NYSE:GM)

General Motors Co (NYSE:GM) has an annual dividend yield of 0.81%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the auto industry average of 2.18%. 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 17.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are auto stocks up?

Auto stocks were up 1.86% in the last day, and up 4.4% over the last week. Stellantis Nv was the among the top gainers in the auto manufacturers industry, gaining 1.72% yesterday.

Stellantis shares are trading higher following reports suggesting the company may entered into a carmaking with Dongfeng Motor for joint car production in Europe and China.

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 71, which is 57 points higher than the auto industry average of 14. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

General Motors Co's stock has gained 74.63% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto industry by 139 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 43 points higher than the auto industry average of 14. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Blue Bird's stock has gained 84.27% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto industry by 148 percentage points.

3. Ford Motor Co (NYSE:F)

Ford Motor Co (NYSE:F) 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.

Ford Motor Co has a valuation score of 14, which is 0 points higher than the auto industry average of 14. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ford Motor Co's stock has gained 34.5% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto industry by 99 percentage points.

Are auto stocks a good buy now?

37.5% of auto stocks rated by analysts are a hold right now. On average, analysts expect auto stocks to rise by 15.31% over the next year.

0% of auto stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 4.35% of auto stocks are rated B (Buy), 52.17% are rated C (Hold), 30.43% are rated D (Sell), and 13.04% 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 237.61x.

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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.

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1. Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD)

2. Niu Technologies (NASDAQ:NIU)

3. General Motors Co (NYSE:GM)

1. Ford Motor Co (NYSE:F)

2. General Motors Co (NYSE:GM)

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1. Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD)

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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.