GM · Consumer Cyclical
What a holder would want to know before buying GM: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.
Today’s price is 49% above the lowest point of the past year and 8% below the highest.
Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 73% of days and more expensive on 27%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 97% of days.
3% above its average price of the last 200 trading days.
Fell 20% or more 3 times in 10 years. The deepest fall was 64%; the longest took 3.8 years to get back to its peak. Every one recovered.
Now 8% below the Jul 2026 peak.
General Motors Company · Consumer Cyclical · Auto Manufacturers · a large company worth $72.59B
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…
revenue profit
Sales of $185.02B in 2025, with $2.70B of profit. Sales grew in 2 of the last 3 years.
Keeps about 1 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.
Would need about 5.9 years of free cash flow to repay all its debt.
You pay $37 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $5 for every $1 of profit expected next year.
A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.
Pays 0.88% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Sep 4.
24 analysts: 20 say buy, 4 hold, 0 sell. Their average 12-month target is $104.57 (range $75.00–$132.00).
Insiders made 0 purchases and 13 sales in the last 6 months. Executives routinely sell shares they were paid in; buying with their own money is the rarer signal.
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