Tesla, Inc. is a U.S.-based electric vehicle and energy company that designs, manufactures and sells battery EVs, energy storage systems and charging solutions, alongside software and autonomous driving features. It competes globally with legacy automakers shifting to EVs (Volkswagen, Toyota, GM, Ford), high-volume EV leaders (BYD), and newer pure-play peers (NIO, Rivian, Lucid), while also contending with tech-led competition in autonomy and AI capabilities.

Financially, Tesla reports trailing-12-month revenue of $92.72B and net income of $5.88B (profit margin 6.34%), supported by $16.21B gross profit and $11.44B EBITDA. Growth has cooled, with quarterly revenue down 11.80% year over year and quarterly earnings down 16.30%. Liquidity remains solid with $36.78B cash versus $13.13B total debt, a 2.04 current ratio, and $15.77B operating cash flow ($1.4B levered free cash flow). Diluted EPS is 1.69; ROE is 8.18% and ROA is 2.96%. Shares outstanding total 3.33B; the stock’s beta is 2.07. Over the past 52 weeks, TSLA is up 74.18% (S&P 500 +15.54%), trading in a 212.11–488.54 range.

CSL Limited (ASX: CSL) is an Australian biopharmaceutical company focused on plasma‑derived therapies (CSL Behring), influenza vaccines (CSL Seqirus) and specialty medicines for cardio‑renal and iron deficiency (CSL Vifor). It competes with global plasma and vaccine players such as Grifols, Takeda, Sanofi and Pfizer across key therapeutic markets.

Financially, CSL reports revenue (ttm) of 15.56B and net income of 3.00B, supported by a 19.30% profit margin and 18.83% operating margin. EBITDA totals 4.91B, operating cash flow 3.56B and levered free cash flow 1.88B. The balance sheet shows 2.16B in cash versus 11.5B in total debt (debt/equity 53.71%) and a 2.46 current ratio; ROE is 15.37%. Quarterly revenue grew 4.90% year over year and quarterly earnings increased 34.30% year over year. The forward dividend yield is 2.28% on a 4.52 distribution with a 45.49% payout ratio, and the shares have fallen 32.00% over 52 weeks with low beta at 0.26.

BYD Company Limited (1211.HK) is a Chinese new‑energy manufacturer spanning passenger electric and plug‑in hybrid vehicles, batteries, energy storage and electronics. It sells mass‑market to premium models domestically and abroad, and competes with Tesla, Geely/SAIC, Li Auto, NIO, XPeng and global legacy automakers.

Financially, BYD reports trailing‑12‑month revenue of 847.26B and net income of 41.92B, implying a 4.97% profit margin and 2.00% operating margin. ROE stands at 21.79%. Quarterly revenue grew 14.00% year over year, while quarterly earnings fell 29.90% yoy. Cash totals 147.43B versus 50.19B debt (current ratio 0.76). Operating cash flow is 151.11B with levered free cash flow at -2.95B. The stock’s forward dividend yield is 1.36% with a 17.58% payout ratio.

Toyota Motor Corp. (7203.T) is a Japanese global automaker that designs, manufactures and sells passenger cars, SUVs, pickup trucks and commercial vehicles under the Toyota and Lexus brands. The company competes with Volkswagen Group, General Motors, BYD, Tesla, Hyundai–Kia, Honda and Nissan across internal combustion, hybrid, battery‑electric and fuel‑cell segments.

Financially, Toyota reports trailing 12‑month revenue of 48.45T, gross profit of 8.5T, EBITDA of 6.87T and net income attributable to common of 4.27T; trailing profit and operating margins are 8.82% and 9.52%. Return on equity is 11.65% and return on assets 3.10%. The balance sheet shows total cash of 15.97T versus total debt of 38.44T, with a current ratio of 1.27. Operating cash flow stands at 4.89T and levered free cash flow at 1.31T. The forward annual dividend yield is 3.21% on a forward rate of 95, with a payout ratio of 27.68% and an ex‑dividend date of 9/29/2025.