General Motors (NYSE:GM) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

General Motors (NYSE:GM) (TSE:GMM.U) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 11.000-12.000 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 10.840. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on GM shares. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on General Motors from $53.00 to $61.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 1st. Sanford C. Bernstein raised their price objective on General Motors from $53.00 to $55.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on General Motors from $38.00 to $35.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, December 16th. StockNews.com raised shares of General Motors from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Finally, Barclays lifted their price target on shares of General Motors from $64.00 to $70.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 23rd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating, eleven have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $61.17.

General Motors Stock Performance

NYSE GM opened at $50.07 on Wednesday. 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 1-year low of $34.93 and a 1-year high of $61.24. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $53.14 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $49.95. The stock has a market capitalization of $55.06 billion, a PE ratio of 5.34, a P/E/G ratio of 0.38 and a beta of 1.42.

General Motors (NYSE:GM) (TSE:GMM.U) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 28th. The auto manufacturer reported $1.92 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.75 by $0.17. General Motors had a net margin of 6.06% and a return on equity of 16.30%. On average, research analysts predict that General Motors will post 10.34 EPS for the current fiscal year.

General Motors Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 20th. Investors of record on Friday, March 7th will be issued a $0.12 dividend. This represents a $0.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.96%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 7th. General Motors’s payout ratio is 5.12%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP Craig B. Glidden sold 383,142 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $56.63, for a total value of $21,697,331.46. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 122,465 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,935,192.95. This represents a 75.78 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Rory Harvey sold 8,919 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 25th. The shares were 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. This trade represents a 51.16 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 514,344 shares of company stock valued at $28,977,691 over the last ninety days. 0.72% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About General Motors

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.