This Legacy Automaker Has a Better One-Year Return Than GM, Tesla, Nio, and Plug Power

A Ford logo is seen on signage at Country Ford in Graham, N.C., on July 27, 2021. Gerry Broome/AP Photo

Investors who added Ford Motor Company stock to their portfolios one year ago know the meaning of “Built Ford Tough.”

Since October 2020, Ford stock’s one-year return has outperformed a number of the world’s most popular automobile, electric vehicle, and clean energy stocks: General Motors Company, Tesla Inc., Nio Inc.-ADR, and Plug Power Inc.