General Motors Company GM
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
General Motors Company is a large-cap company in the Consumer Cyclical sector (Auto Manufacturers), with a market value of $70.8B, based in the USA.
It employs about 156,000 people and has been listed since Nov 18, 2010.
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.
Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group
Price-to-earnings (p/e): 35.4. We have no good comparison group for this stock, so the number stands alone.
Revenue is growing 2% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 5.6 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 104.22, 33% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 65% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • Net debt is 1.7× shareholders' equity — high leverage.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 3 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Buys back its shares (6% fewer shares in a year).
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (20 vs 0).
- ✅ Pays a dividend (0.8% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 5.3% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLY -0.5%).
No notable news about the company was found in the past week.
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.