Sales down 1.3%, free cash flow up to $17.6B
The latest figures
All key numbers (39) From EDGAR
| EPS (ttm) | 4.57 | Sales (ttm) | 187.0B | Net income (ttm) | 4.0B | Sales growth | -1.3% | EPS growth | -48.7% | Sales Q/Q | +2.9% |
| Free cash flow | 14.4B | Gross margin | - | Oper. margin | 2.3% | Net margin | 2.1% | FCF margin | 7.7% | ROE | 6.3% |
| ROA | 1.4% | R&D / sales | - | Dividend | 0.57 | Debt/Eq | 2.09 | Curr. ratio | 1.09 | Cash | 23.2B |
| Op. cash flow (ttm) | 23.4B | EBITDA | 14.9B | EBITDA margin | 8.0% | Net debt | 108.4B | Quick ratio | 0.95 | Interest cover | 0.44 |
| ROIC | 1.3% | Payout ratio | 17.4% | Tax rate | 10.8% | Stock pay / sales | 0.2% | Shares out. | 843.5M | Shares Y/Y | -13.8% |
| Book / share | 74.45 | Cash / share | 27.50 | Sales / share | 221.63 | Asset turnover | 0.65 | Days sales out. | 26 | Sales 3Y CAGR | +5.7% |
| Sales 5Y CAGR | +8.6% | EPS 3Y CAGR | -18.9% | EPS 5Y CAGR | -5.5% |
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Changes in the numbers
FY2025 against FY2024-
Free cash flow rose 89%$9.3B → $17.6B · Cash from operations − capital expenditure · 10-K ↗
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Revenue growth slowed to -1.3%+9.1% → -1.3% · Revenue FY2025 / revenue FY2024 − 1, against the same a year earlier · 10-K ↗
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Operating margin narrowed to 1.6%6.8% → 1.6% · Operating income / revenue · 10-K ↗
GM against Consumer discretionary peers
Ten years, side by side → · All 47 →Each side 0 to 100, ranked against every company we cover: relative position on reported figures, not a buy score. How
Every dot is one of the 47 companies, the better end on the right. Hover a dot for the company.
| Company | Revenue (ttm) | Sales growth | Gross margin | Net margin | ROE | FCF margin | Debt / equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM General Motors | $187.0B | -1.3% | - | 2.1% | 6.3% | 7.7% | 2.09 |
| F Ford Motor Company | $187.0B | +1.2% | 8.4% | -4.2% | -21.1% | 2.8% | - |
| HD Home Depot | $169.2B | +3.2% | 33.2% | 8.4% | 85.6% | 8.9% | 3.18 |
| TSLA Tesla, Inc. | $103.6B | -2.9% | 19.3% | 3.1% | 3.6% | 3.2% | 0.10 |
| LOW Lowe's | $90.4B | +3.1% | 33.1% | 7.3% | - | 7.7% | - |
| TJX TJX Companies | $62.4B | +7.1% | 32.0% | 9.7% | 57.0% | 9.4% | 0.27 |
From $127.0B of sales to $10.0B of profit
FY2021, from the 10-K income statementSwipe sideways for the whole flow →
Band widths are the money. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue; operating expenses are gross profit less operating profit; R&D is from the income statement and the rest of the operating expenses is everything else; tax includes interest and other items when they are small. Y/Y is the change from the fiscal year before. The full income statement →
Profitability
0 of 3- !Net margin below the peer median2.1% vs 10.8%
- !Return on equity below 15%6.3%
- !A profit in 9 of 10 years
Balance sheet
1 of 4- !Interest covered less than 5 timesOperating income is 0.4× interest expense
- !Debt larger than equityDebt / equity 2.09 on the latest balance sheet (peer median 0.73)
- ✓Current assets cover current liabilitiesCurrent ratio 1.09
- !Net debt over 3 years of free cash flow$101.7B net debt, 7.1 years
Cash and shareholders
4 of 4- ✓Free cash flow positive in every one of 10 years$17.6B last year
- ✓Share count down over 5 years−32.5%
- ✓Dividend per share up over 5 years$0.38 → $0.57
- ✓Cash from operations above net income$26.9B vs $2.7B
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Revenue and net income, FY2016 to FY2025
Revenue 185.0B Net income 2.7BFrom XBRL in each 10-K. Hover a bar for the line item and filing. Full financials →
Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow
GM's income statement, balance sheet and cash flow as reported to the SEC in XBRL, one column per fiscal year. Hover a number to see the line item and filing it comes from. Where a company changed how it tags a line, the first tag it reported for that period is used. A number looks wrong? Tell us.
The segments changed
10-K filed 2026-01-27Compared with the 10-K of Jan 28, 2025: new segments GMI, GM North America .
When a company changes its segments, the years before are usually recast, so growth by segment is not comparable with what earlier 10-Ks showed. Found by comparing the segments with revenue in the last two 10-Ks (XBRL) and by the 10-K's own words, without AI.
Revenue by business segment
year to Dec 31, 2025| Revenue | Share | vs year before | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GM North America | 154.3B | 83.4% | -2.0% |
| GM Financial | 17.1B | 9.2% | +7.5% |
| GMI | 13.4B | 7.3% | -3.3% |
| Cruise | 1.0M | 0.0% | -99.6% |
10-K 0001467858-26-000013, segment and revenue notes (XBRL).
Revenue by product or service
year to Dec 31, 2025| Revenue | Share | vs year before | |
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| Vehicle, parts, and accessories | 160.5B | 86.8% | -2.8% |
| Services and other | 5.7B | 3.1% | +11.2% |
| Used vehicles | 1.7B | 0.9% | +34.7% |
10-K 0001467858-26-000013, segment and revenue notes (XBRL).
Income statement
From EDGAR| FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 149.2B | 145.6B | 147.0B | 137.2B | 122.5B | 127.0B | 156.7B | 171.8B | 187.4B | 185.0B |
| Cost of revenue | 121.8B | 116.2B | 120.7B | 110.7B | 97.5B | 100.5B | - | - | - | - |
| SG&A | 10.3B | 9.6B | 9.7B | 8.5B | 7.0B | 8.6B | - | - | - | - |
| Operating income | 8.7B | 8.7B | 4.4B | 5.5B | 6.6B | 9.3B | 10.3B | 9.3B | 12.8B | 2.9B |
| Interest expense | 2.5B | 3.1B | 3.9B | 4.4B | 4.1B | 3.4B | 3.6B | 5.5B | 6.2B | 6.6B |
| Pretax income | 12.0B | 11.9B | 8.5B | 7.4B | 8.1B | 12.7B | 11.6B | 10.4B | 8.5B | 3.1B |
| Income tax | 2.7B | 11.5B | 474.0M | 769.0M | 1.8B | 2.8B | 1.9B | 563.0M | 2.6B | 338.0M |
| Net income | 9.4B | -3.9B | 8.0B | 6.7B | 6.4B | 10.0B | 9.9B | 10.1B | 6.0B | 2.7B |
| EPS (diluted) | 6.00 | -2.60 | 5.53 | 4.57 | 4.33 | 6.70 | 6.13 | 7.32 | 6.37 | 3.27 |
| Diluted shares | 1.6B | 1.5B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.5B | 1.5B | 1.4B | 1.1B | 973.0M |
| Depreciation & amortization | 9.7B | 12.0B | 13.1B | 14.1B | 12.7B | 12.0B | 11.3B | 11.7B | 11.5B | 12.0B |
| EBITDA | 18.4B | 20.6B | 17.6B | 19.5B | 19.3B | 21.4B | 21.6B | 21.0B | 24.2B | 14.9B |
| Operating margin | 5.8% | 5.9% | 3.0% | 4.0% | 5.4% | 7.3% | 6.6% | 5.4% | 6.8% | 1.6% |
| Net margin | 6.3% | -2.7% | 5.4% | 4.9% | 5.2% | 7.9% | 6.3% | 5.9% | 3.2% | 1.5% |
| Revenue growth | - | -2.4% | +1.0% | -6.7% | -10.7% | +3.7% | +23.4% | +9.6% | +9.1% | -1.3% |
| EPS growth | - | -143% | - | -17.4% | -5.3% | +54.7% | -8.5% | +19.4% | -13.0% | -48.7% |
Balance sheet
From EDGAR| FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | 12.6B | 15.5B | 20.8B | 19.1B | 20.0B | 20.1B | 19.2B | 18.9B | 19.9B | 20.9B |
| Short-term investments | 11.8B | 8.3B | 6.0B | 4.2B | 9.0B | 8.6B | 12.2B | 7.6B | 7.3B | 6.7B |
| Receivables | - | - | - | 6.8B | 8.0B | 7.4B | 13.3B | 12.4B | 12.8B | 13.1B |
| Inventory | 11.0B | 10.7B | 9.8B | 10.4B | 10.2B | 13.0B | 15.4B | 16.5B | 14.6B | 14.5B |
| Current assets | 76.2B | 68.7B | 75.3B | 75.0B | 80.9B | 82.1B | 100.5B | 101.6B | 108.5B | 108.8B |
| Property & equipment | 32.6B | 36.3B | 38.8B | 38.8B | 37.6B | 41.1B | 45.2B | - | - | - |
| Goodwill | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.9B | 1.9B |
| Total assets | 221.7B | 212.5B | 227.3B | 228.0B | 235.2B | 244.7B | 264.0B | 273.1B | 279.8B | 281.3B |
| Accounts payable | 23.3B | 23.9B | 22.3B | 21.0B | 19.9B | 20.4B | 27.5B | 28.1B | 25.7B | 23.9B |
| Current liabilities | 85.2B | 76.9B | 82.2B | 84.9B | 79.9B | 74.4B | 91.2B | 94.4B | 96.3B | 93.3B |
| Total debt | 85.6B | 95.3B | 106.1B | 104.0B | 110.0B | 109.9B | 116.2B | 123.5B | 131.8B | 131.6B |
| Total liabilities | 177.6B | 176.3B | 184.6B | 182.1B | 185.5B | 178.9B | 191.8B | 204.8B | 214.2B | 218.1B |
| Shareholders' equity | 43.8B | 35.0B | 38.9B | 41.8B | 45.0B | 59.7B | 67.8B | 64.3B | 63.1B | 61.1B |
| Retained earnings | 26.2B | 17.6B | 22.3B | 26.9B | 32.0B | 41.9B | 49.3B | 55.4B | 53.5B | 51.5B |
Cash flow
From EDGAR| FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 16.6B | 17.3B | 15.3B | 15.0B | 16.7B | 15.2B | 16.0B | 20.9B | 20.1B | 26.9B |
| Capital spending | 8.4B | 8.5B | 8.8B | 7.6B | 5.3B | 7.5B | 9.2B | 11.0B | 10.8B | 9.3B |
| Free cash flow | 8.2B | 8.9B | 6.5B | 7.4B | 11.4B | 7.7B | 6.8B | 10.0B | 9.3B | 17.6B |
| Stock-based pay (added back) | 627.0M | 585.0M | 316.0M | 456.0M | 351.0M | 391.0M | 419.0M | 340.0M | 332.0M | 334.0M |
| Dividends paid | 2.4B | 2.2B | 2.2B | 2.4B | 669.0M | 186.0M | 397.0M | 597.0M | 653.0M | 657.0M |
| Buybacks | 2.5B | 4.5B | 190.0M | 0 | 90.0M | 0 | 2.5B | 11.1B | 7.1B | 6.0B |
| Acquisitions | 804.0M | 41.0M | 83.0M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Investing cash flow | -35.6B | -27.6B | -20.8B | -10.9B | -21.8B | -16.4B | -17.9B | -14.7B | -20.5B | -16.1B |
| Financing cash flow | 17.1B | 12.6B | 11.5B | -4.7B | 5.6B | 1.7B | 383.0M | -6.4B | 1.9B | -9.6B |
| Dividend per share | 1.52 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 0.38 | - | 0.18 | 0.36 | 0.48 | 0.57 |
Stock-based pay and leases
From EDGAR| FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock-based pay (expense) | 627.0M | 585.0M | 316.0M | 456.0M | 351.0M | 391.0M | 419.0M | 340.0M | 332.0M | 334.0M |
| Stock-based pay / revenue | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Operating lease cash paid | - | - | - | 337.0M | 309.0M | 301.0M | 314.0M | 359.0M | 416.0M | 393.0M |
| Finance lease principal paid | - | - | - | 183.0M | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Right-of-use assets | - | - | - | - | - | 1.1B | 1.1B | 979.0M | 919.0M | 33.7B |
| Operating lease liabilities | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.2B | 1.3B |
From SEC's XBRL company facts (data.sec.gov). EBITDA = operating income + depreciation and amortization; free cash flow = operating cash flow - capital spending; total debt = long-term debt (with its current part) + short-term borrowings. Stock-based pay and leases are shown as the company reports them; Tickdelta does not take them out of earnings or add leases to debt. Click a number to open the filing in SEC's Inline XBRL viewer, where you can click the same number to see how it is tagged. Values a company later revised show as revised; the Revised numbers tab lists the changes.