How have General Motors Company (GM)’s performance and profitability changed over the time?

General Motors Company [GM] stock prices are up 3.75% to $48.46 at the moment. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The GM shares have gain 1.38% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -11.76%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

General Motors Company [NYSE: GM] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 21, 2025, when Deutsche Bank upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $60 for it. Previously, HSBC Securities downgraded its rating to Hold on December 11, 2024, and kept the price target unchanged to $58. On December 10, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Equal-Weight and revised its price target to $54 on the stock. DZ Bank downgraded its rating to a Hold but stick to its price target of $49 on October 11, 2024. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Underweight and reduced its price target to $42 on September 25, 2024. Bernstein downgraded its rating to Mkt Perform for this stock on September 23, 2024, but kept the price target unchanged to $53.

The stock price of General Motors Company [GM] has been fluctuating between $38.94 and $61.24 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $61.29 within the next 12 months. General Motors Company [NYSE: GM] shares were valued at $48.46 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 26.48% based on the average GM price forecast.

Analyzing the GM fundamentals

The General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] reported sales of 187.44B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 10.99%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.12% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.07%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.05%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.03%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.02, Equity is 0.09 and Total Capital is 0.07. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 2.07.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 47.68 points at the first support level, and at 46.90 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 49.72, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 50.97.

Ratios To Look Out For

It’s worth pointing out that General Motors Company [NYSE:GM]’s Current Ratio is 1.13. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.98, while the Cash Ratio is 0.21. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.26, the price to book ratio is 0.77 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 7.89.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved CRAIG GLIDDEN, Officer, that happened on Feb 26 ’25 when 68687.0 shares were purchased. Director, KELLY ALFRED F JR completed a deal on Jan 30 ’25 to buy 12000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Executive Vice President Harvey Rory sold 8919.0 shares on Nov 25 ’24.

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