General Motors (NYSE:GM) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.17 EPS

General Motors (NYSE:GM) (TSE:GMM.U) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday. The auto manufacturer reported $1.92 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.75 by $0.17, Zacks reports. General Motors had a net margin of 6.06% and a return on equity of 16.30%. General Motors updated its FY 2025 guidance to 11.000-12.000 EPS.

General Motors Trading Up 2.0 %

Shares of NYSE:GM opened at $54.99 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $60.47 billion, a PE ratio of 5.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.38 and a beta of 1.42. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $53.17 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $49.90. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.24, a current ratio of 1.21 and a quick ratio of 1.03. General Motors has a one year low of $34.93 and a one year high of $61.24.

General Motors Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 7th will be paid a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.87%. General Motors’s payout ratio is currently 5.12%.

Insider Activity at General Motors

In other news, President Mark L. Reuss sold 122,283 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $55.16, for a total value of $6,745,130.28. Following the sale, the president now directly owns 126,907 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,000,190.12. This represents a 49.07 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Rory Harvey sold 8,919 shares of General Motors stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $60.01, for a total value of $535,229.19. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 8,513 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $510,865.13. The trade was a 51.16 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 514,344 shares of company stock valued at $28,977,691. 0.72% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently commented on GM. UBS Group lifted their price objective on General Motors from $62.00 to $64.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. Hsbc Global Res downgraded shares of General Motors from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 11th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised shares of General Motors from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $56.00 to $60.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. DZ Bank downgraded General Motors from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $49.00 price target on the stock. in a research note on Friday, October 11th. Finally, Wedbush lifted their price objective on General Motors from $55.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 23rd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating, ten have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, General Motors has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $61.17.

General Motors Company Profile

General Motors Company designs, builds, and sells trucks, crossovers, cars, and automobile parts; and provide software-enabled services and subscriptions worldwide. The company operates through GM North America, GM International, Cruise, and GM Financial segments. It markets its vehicles primarily under the Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Baojun, and Wuling brand names.