Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. GM scored 36.7, DORM scored 60.6 — DORM leads.
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GM
General Motors Company
Auto Manufacturers · Quality-Growth
36.7
$82.73 · $72.6B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
23.9
DORM leads
DORM
Dorman Products, Inc.
Auto Parts · Quality-Growth
60.6
$120.40 · $3.6B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestDORM16.7x
Fastest growthDORM+6.0%
Strongest balance sheetDORM0.35
Highest qualityDORM73 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueGM-60%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
GM
stronger →← stronger
DORM
48
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
73
42
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
24
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
61
DORM is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
GM
DORM
$14.4bA-
FCF
$214mC
-1.1%D+
Rev
+6.0%C+
2.02C+
D/E
0.35A-
36.9xC
P/E
16.7xB
0.29A
PEG
1.17B+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
GM
DORM
60% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
8% above
~-16%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~7%/yr
+134%
1-yr DCF upside
-10%
+149%
5-yr DCF upside
-8%
+170%
10-yr DCF upside
-4%
These two disagree on this pair: the Value pillar ranks cheapness against sector peers, while price-vs-fair-value is an absolute read. A name can be the better value in its sector and still the dearer one on cash flows.
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
GM
Why this score
Buying back stock
Raising its dividend
DORM
Why this score
Buying back stock
Durable high returns
Cyclical growth
The companies
GMGeneral Motors Company
Auto Manufacturers · $82.73 · beta 1.40
Why now
Auto Manufacturers · market cap $72.6b. 10% off the 52-week high of $91.85. PEG 0.29 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 23 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $104.57 (implying +26% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income. $72.6b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
D/E 2.02 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer. Trailing P/E 37x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates. Net margin 1.1% is thin — operating leverage cuts both ways; input-cost inflation or pricing pressure hits the bottom line first.
DORMDorman Products, Inc.
Auto Parts · $120.40 · beta 1.02
Why now
Auto Parts · market cap $3.6b. Down 27% from 52-week high of $164.00 — deep drawdown territory. 8 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $161.63 (implying +34% upside).
Moat
ROE 15% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. FCF converts 98% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where GM and DORM diverge
On the headline score the gap is 23.9 points in favor of DORM. The widest single difference is Value, where DORM leads by 37.1 points.
ValueGM 24.2 · DORM 61.3DORM +37.1
QualityGM 48.2 · DORM 72.5DORM +24.3
GrowthGM 42.5 · DORM 50.0DORM +7.5
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is DORM or GM the better stock?
DORM scores higher: DORM 60.6, GM 36.7 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do DORM and GM differ most?
The widest gap is value, where DORM leads by 37 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. DORM leads all three pillars, so the gap is broad rather than a single-measure difference.
How are DORM and GM scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.