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General Motors Profile & Fundamentals

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Company Profile & Ownership

General Motors Company designs, builds, and sells trucks, crossovers, cars, and automobile parts worldwide. It operates through GM North America, GM International, and GM Financial segments. The company markets its vehicles primarily under the Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Baojun, and Wuling brand names. In addition, it sells trucks, crossovers, cars, and automobile parts through retail dealers, distributors and dealers, as well as to fleet customers, including daily rental car companies, commercial fleet customers, leasing companies, and governments. Further, the company offers various range of after-sale services through dealer network, such as maintenance, light repairs, collision repairs, vehicle accessories, and extended service warranties. Additionally, it provides automotive financing; and software-enabled services and subscriptions. General Motors Company was founded in 1908 and is based in Detroit, Michigan.

Company profile record

General Motors Company

Common Stock · Consumer Discretionary · Automobile Manufacturers

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Company

Company / asset: General Motors Company
Security type: Common Stock
Sector: Consumer Discretionary
Industry: Automobile Manufacturers
HQ: 🇺🇸 United States
Head office: 1240 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI, United States, 48265

Leadership & scale

Chief executive: Ms. Mary T. Barra
CEO year born: 1962
Full-time employees: 156K
Fiscal year end: December
IPO date: 2010-11-18

Fundamentals snapshot

Updated 2026-09-13

Market Cap: USD 75.6B
P/E: 39.4x
Revenue (Q2 26): USD 48.0B
Profit (Q2 26): USD 1.3B
Dividend Yield: 0.6%
Revenue (FY 25): USD 185.0B
Shares in public float: 874.8M
Insider ownership: 0.17%

Reporting & identifiers

Symbol: GM.NYSE
Listing: 🇺🇸 United States | Dividend Tax: 30%
Ticker Currency: USD
Income Statement Currency: USD
Balance Sheet Currency: USD
Cash Flow Currency: USD
EPS Currency: USD
Contract Type: SPOT
ISIN: US37045V1008
Asset ID: equity_7c3deb24-9789-551f-b5eb-e932aeabaf83

Ownership

Shares Outstanding

Shares outstanding

Annual reported shares outstanding. Values in shares.

Top holders

BlackRock Inc82,657,510 shares · 9.42% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC58,740,593 shares · 6.69% · Reported 2026-03-31
State Street Corp44,511,441 shares · 5.07% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC37,791,920 shares · 4.31% · Reported 2026-03-31
Franklin Templeton Inc36,044,752 shares · 4.11% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard MStar Total Stk Mkt Idx Invest28,708,117 shares · 3.27% · Reported 2026-07-31
Vanguard 500 Index Investor23,668,711 shares · 2.70% · Reported 2026-07-31

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Geode Capital Management, LLC22,024,789 shares · 2.51% · Reported 2026-03-31
Vanguard MStar Mid Cap Index Instl19,513,918 shares · 2.22% · Reported 2026-07-31
Capital World Investors18,507,461 shares · 2.11% · Reported 2026-06-30
FMR Inc15,108,705 shares · 1.72% · Reported 2026-03-31
D. E. Shaw & Co LP15,000,837 shares · 1.71% · Reported 2026-06-30
Dimensional Fund Advisors, Inc.14,096,812 shares · 1.61% · Reported 2026-06-30
AQR Capital Management LLC13,892,622 shares · 1.58% · Reported 2026-03-31
NORGES BANK13,212,040 shares · 1.51% · Reported 2026-06-30

Earnings, Profitability & Valuation

Earnings & Revenue

AI Review

There is a clear split in how experts view the company's earnings. On paper, the company's recent net income looks terrible, dropping significantly due to massive one-time write-offs from shutting down older electric vehicle projects. However, the actual cash coming into the business tells a completely different story. The company is generating a massive amount of free cash flow, which is the actual cash left over after paying for operations. Optimistic views focus on this huge cash pile, pointing out that the company is using it to buy back its own stock, which will make future earnings per share look much stronger. Pessimistic views warn that this is a temporary trick, and that actual sales volumes are flat or falling. They argue that as high interest rates continue to hurt car buyers, the company's core earnings will eventually face severe pressure.

Revenue, Net Income, and Free Cash Flow

Revenue
Free cash flow
Net income

Annual reported financial results, converted using the statement's recorded USD conversion. Missing values are omitted. Values in USD.

Valuation

Historical P/E Ratio

Published P/E

Published valuation snapshots. Trailing four-quarter earnings where available; annual earnings otherwise. Non-positive earnings are omitted. Values in times earnings.

Profitability & Margins

AI Review

The company's profit margins have been highly volatile recently. On paper, operating margins collapsed to very low levels due to massive, one-time charges from restructuring their electric vehicle business. However, the underlying margins for their traditional gas-powered trucks and SUVs remain exceptionally strong and profitable. Experts agree that as the one-time write-offs clear up, reported should bounce back significantly. The main disagreement is whether these strong margins can be sustained. Optimists believe that protectionist taxes on foreign imports and government deregulation will keep margins high by blocking cheap competition. Pessimists argue that rising labor costs from union agreements and expensive raw materials will slowly eat away at profits. They also warn that the company cannot raise prices forever, especially as high interest rates make cars less affordable for everyday buyers.

Profitability Margins

Gross margin
Operating margin
Net margin
Free cash flow margin

Annual gross, operating, net income and free cash flow divided by revenue for matching reporting dates. Values in percent.

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Annual earnings and profitability
Period end	Revenue	Free cash flow	Net income	Gross margin	Operating margin	Net margin	Free cash flow margin
2016-12-31	149,184,000,000	-11,272,000,000	9,427,000,000	18.04	6.88	6.32	-7.56
2017-12-31	145,588,000,000	-10,305,000,000	36,000,000	17.54	6.03	0.02	-7.08
2018-12-31	147,049,000,000	-10,241,000,000	8,084,000,000	14.89	3.32	5.5	-6.96
2019-12-31	137,237,000,000	-8,975,000,000	6,732,000,000	14.14	3	4.91	-6.54
2020-12-31	122,485,000,000	-3,863,000,000	6,427,000,000	16.22	5.42	5.25	-3.15
2021-12-31	127,004,000,000	-6,923,000,000	10,019,000,000	20.3	7.34	7.89	-5.45
2022-12-31	156,735,000,000	-5,144,000,000	9,934,000,000	19.64	6.58	6.34	-3.28
2023-12-31	171,842,000,000	-3,680,000,000	10,022,000,000	17.76	5.41	5.83	-2.14
2024-12-31	187,442,000,000	-5,980,000,000	6,008,000,000	17.39	6.82	3.21	-3.19
2025-12-31	185,019,000,000	11,074,000,000	2,697,000,000	10.86	1.57	1.46	5.99

Published valuation snapshots
Period end	P/E (times earnings)	Earnings basis
2025-12-31	27.72	Trailing four quarters
2024-12-31	10.02	Trailing four quarters
2023-12-31	4.63	Trailing four quarters
2022-12-31	4.83	Annual net income
2021-12-31	8.58	Annual net income

Shares outstanding — chart values
Reporting date	Shares outstanding
2017-01-01	1,408,000,000
2018-01-01	1,417,000,000
2019-01-01	1,433,000,000
2020-01-01	1,432,000,000
2021-01-01	1,467,000,000
2022-01-01	1,427,338,100
2023-01-01	1,306,000,000
2024-01-01	1,130,000,000
2025-01-01	919,444,000
2026-01-01	919,444,000

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