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Best Auto Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top auto stocks in 2025 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.

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:

Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD) is the #1 top auto stock out of 33 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: A, Growth: C, Momentum: D, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Blue Bird (NASDAQ:BLBD) has a Due Diligence Score of 61, which is 37 points higher than the auto industry average of 24.

BLBD passed 20 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Blue Bird has seen its stock return 3.18% over the past year, overperforming other auto stocks by 103 percentage points.

Blue Bird has an average 1 year price target of $61.13, an upside of 74.34% from Blue Bird's current stock price of $35.06.

Blue Bird stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Blue Bird, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Niu Technologies (NASDAQ:NIU) is the #2 top auto stock out of 33 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: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: D, and AI: C.

Niu Technologies (NASDAQ:NIU) has a Due Diligence Score of 17, which is -7 points lower than the auto industry average of 24.

NIU passed 5 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Niu Technologies has seen its stock return 43.69% over the past year, overperforming other auto stocks by 144 percentage points.

Ferrari Nv (NYSE:RACE) is the #3 top auto stock out of 33 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 Ferrari Nv (NYSE:RACE) is: Value: D, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Ferrari Nv (NYSE:RACE) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 15 points higher than the auto industry average of 24.

RACE passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Ferrari Nv has seen its stock return 8.99% over the past year, overperforming other auto stocks by 109 percentage points.

Ferrari Nv has an average 1 year price target of $490.00, an upside of 9.58% from Ferrari Nv's current stock price of $447.16.

Ferrari Nv stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Ferrari Nv, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 4 auto stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 auto stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Stellantis Nv (NYSE:STLA) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the auto industry average of 4.28%. Stellantis Nv's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Stellantis Nv's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Stellantis Nv's dividend payout ratio of 84.3% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Ferrari Nv (NYSE:RACE) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the auto industry average of 4.28%. 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 27.4% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Ford Motor Co (NYSE:F) has an annual dividend yield of 7.77%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the auto industry average of 4.28%. 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 shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Ford Motor Co's dividend payout ratio of 52.7% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Auto stocks were up 3.17% in the last day, and up 0.23% over the last week. Zeekr Intelligent Technology Holding was the among the top gainers in the auto manufacturers industry, gaining 6.42% yesterday.

Shares of companies in the broader consumer discretionary sector are trading higher amid Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's remarks about trade de-escalation with China, which may relieve potential cost pressures for the consumer and lead to an uptick in spending.

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:

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

Blue Bird has a valuation score of 43, which is 27 points higher than the auto industry average of 16. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Blue Bird's stock has gained 3.18% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto industry by 103 percentage points.

General Motors Co (NYSE:GM) 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.

General Motors Co has a valuation score of 71, which is 55 points higher than the auto industry average of 16. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

General Motors Co's stock has gained 4.51% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto industry by 104 percentage points.

Stellantis Nv (NYSE:STLA) is the third 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.

Stellantis Nv has a valuation score of 71, which is 55 points higher than the auto industry average of 16. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Stellantis Nv's stock has dropped -61.35% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the auto industry by 39 percentage points.

50% of auto stocks rated by analysts are a hold right now. On average, analysts expect auto stocks to rise by 21.7% over the next year.

0% of auto stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 4.55% of auto stocks are rated B (Buy), 59.09% are rated C (Hold), 22.73% are rated D (Sell), and 13.64% are rated F (Strong Sell).