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General Motors Company · GM · FY2025 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2025
GM raises EBIT outlook while managing tariff and EV execution risks
The supplied analysis supports a cautiously constructive operating thesis: GM paired strong U.S. demand and market-share gains with a raised EBIT outlook, but the durability of that trajectory depends on tariff mitigation, EV profitability, pricing, and supply-chain execution.
Reported Before market openNYSEConsumer Cyclical
$74.50B market cap
80quality score
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Consensus $2.63
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Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
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Consensus $43.05B
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Market reaction
prior-close to event-session close
Stock move
-0.6%
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-1.3%
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Subsequent drift
+2.5%
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What changed
Compared with the prior-quarter analysis, the current analysis shows a raised guidance stance and greater emphasis on tariff mitigation, while continuing the EV, Super Cruise, battery-supply, and software priorities. The current analysis also identifies the sale of GM's share in the Ultium Cells plant to LG Energy Solution and a new head of AI as novel information.
Guidance delta
Management raised full-year adjusted EBIT guidance to $10–12.5 billion while identifying a $4–5 billion tariff exposure and targeting partial mitigation.
Key takeaways
- Management highlighted strong U.S. demand, nearly two points of U.S. market-share gains, and EV share of 10–12% in March.
- The company is pursuing tariff mitigation through higher U.S. content, cost reductions, and volume shifts.
- EV scale, Super Cruise expansion, battery supply, and software-defined vehicles remain central to the operating plan.
Management priorities
- Execute tariff mitigation and increase U.S.-content sourcing.
- Scale EV production and improve battery and fixed-cost economics.
- Expand Super Cruise and advance vehicle software, AI, and autonomous-driving initiatives.
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$82.37Previous close
$36Low
$80.61Average
$130High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted previous close from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 13, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Oct 12, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Oct 12, 2026 |
| UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Tigress Financial | Strong Buy | Strong Buy | Maintain | Jul 28, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Jul 27, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Underweight | Underweight | Maintain | Jul 22, 2026 |
| TD Cowen | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Barclays | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jun 1, 2026 |
| Wedbush | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 11, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 4, 2026 |
| Mizuho | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Apr 29, 2026 |
| Deutsche Bank | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Apr 14, 2026 |
| Wolfe Research | Outperform | Peer Perform | Upgrade | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Benchmark | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Feb 10, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jan 28, 2026 |
| HSBC | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Jan 13, 2026 |
| B of A Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 23, 2025 |
| Bernstein | Underperform | Market Perform | Downgrade | Apr 7, 2025 |
| Nomura | Reduce | Neutral | Downgrade | Aug 5, 2024 |
| CFRA | Sell | Strong Sell | Maintain | Oct 4, 2023 |
| Berenberg | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Jan 30, 2023 |
| Exane BNP Paribas | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Apr 11, 2022 |
| Nomura Instinet | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Feb 9, 2022 |
| Daiwa Capital | Neutral | Outperform | Downgrade | Dec 14, 2021 |
| Credit Suisse | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Aug 5, 2021 |
| Tudor Pickering | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 19, 2021 |
| Argus Research | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Jan 14, 2021 |
| Buckingham Research | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Oct 15, 2019 |
| Buckingham | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Oct 15, 2019 |
| Citi | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 2, 2019 |
| Seaport Global | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Feb 13, 2019 |
| BMO Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jan 14, 2019 |
| Argus | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | May 5, 2018 |
| Bank of America | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Feb 7, 2018 |
| Guggenheim | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Nov 20, 2017 |
| Standpoint Research | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Sep 14, 2017 |
| Macquarie | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Dec 1, 2016 |
| Craig-Hallum | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Oct 25, 2016 |
| PiperJaffray | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jun 9, 2016 |
| Susquehanna | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Aug 5, 2015 |
| CLSA | Outperform | Buy | Maintain | Jul 25, 2014 |
| S&P Capital IQ | Strong Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Mar 6, 2014 |
| ISI Group | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Jan 13, 2014 |
| Credit Agricole | Buy | Underperform | Upgrade | May 17, 2013 |
| Sterne Agee | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Dec 28, 2012 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Sep 27, 2012 |
| Bank oferica | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jun 4, 2012 |
| Oxen Group | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Feb 17, 2012 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted previous close $82.37. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $102 | $82.33 | +23.8% | Oct 12, 2026 |
| Deutsche Bank | Analyst unavailable | $101 | $81.98 | +22.6% | Oct 9, 2026 |
| Truist Financial | Analyst unavailable | $105 | $81.3 | +27.5% | Oct 7, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $112 | $82.01 | +36.0% | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Industrial Alliance Securities | Mark Delaney | $112 | $80.23 | +36.0% | Oct 6, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $33 | $81.95 | -59.9% | Sep 24, 2026 |
| UBS | Joseph Spak | $114 | $85.62 | +38.4% | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth | $130 | $90.3 | +57.8% | Jul 28, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Analyst unavailable | $99 | $82.64 | +20.2% | Jul 27, 2026 |
| Deutsche Bank | Edison Yu | $100 | $82.46 | +21.4% | Jul 22, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Tom Narayan | $100 | $79.52 | +21.4% | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $101 | $79.52 | +22.6% | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $103 | $79.52 | +25.0% | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Colin Langan | $61 | $79.52 | -25.9% | Jul 22, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $94 | $77.84 | +14.1% | Jul 13, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $100 | $76.62 | +21.4% | May 4, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Alexander Potter | $102 | $76.22 | +23.8% | Apr 29, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Tom Narayan | $95 | $78.95 | +15.3% | Apr 29, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $59 | $78.95 | -28.4% | Apr 29, 2026 |
| Deutsche Bank | Edison Yu | $90 | $76.83 | +9.3% | Apr 14, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $91 | $76.83 | +10.5% | Apr 14, 2026 |
| UBS | Joseph Spak | $105 | $76.83 | +27.5% | Apr 14, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $107 | $85.51 | +29.9% | Jan 28, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $100 | $85.92 | +21.4% | Jan 28, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $102 | $84.76 | +23.8% | Jan 28, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $105 | $86.38 | +27.5% | Jan 28, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $105 | $86.38 | +27.5% | Jan 28, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $57 | $86.38 | -30.8% | Jan 28, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $110 | $86.38 | +33.5% | Jan 28, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $104 | $86.38 | +26.3% | Jan 27, 2026 |
| Barclays | Dan Levy | $100 | $81.14 | +21.4% | Jan 23, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Mark Delaney | $98 | $81.23 | +19.0% | Jan 15, 2026 |
| HSBC | Analyst unavailable | $75 | $83.09 | -8.9% | Jan 13, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Vijay Rakesh | $100 | $85.13 | +21.4% | Jan 9, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $98 | $81.91 | +19.0% | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Wedbush | Analyst unavailable | $95 | $80.51 | +15.3% | Dec 18, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $90 | $81.98 | +9.3% | Dec 16, 2025 |
| UBS | Joseph Spak | $97 | $80.89 | +17.8% | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | Mark Delaney | $93 | $75.71 | +12.9% | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $90 | $76.05 | +9.3% | Dec 8, 2025 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $74 | $70.9 | -10.2% | Nov 24, 2025 |
| Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth | $92 | $68.58 | +11.7% | Oct 24, 2025 |
| Argus Research | Bill Selesky | $78 | $67.58 | -5.3% | Oct 23, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $76 | $66.62 | -7.7% | Oct 22, 2025 |
| UBS | Joseph Spak | $85 | $66.62 | +3.2% | Oct 22, 2025 |
| RBC Capital | Tom Narayan | $86 | $66.62 | +4.4% | Oct 22, 2025 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $85 | $66.62 | +3.2% | Oct 22, 2025 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $66 | $67.05 | -19.9% | Oct 21, 2025 |
| Wedbush | Analyst unavailable | $75 | $67 | -8.9% | Oct 21, 2025 |
| Evercore ISI | Chris McNally | $68 | $55.68 | -17.4% | Oct 13, 2025 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $77 | $55.6 | -6.5% | Oct 10, 2025 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $77 | $55.92 | -6.5% | Oct 10, 2025 |
| Jefferies | Analyst unavailable | $55 | $60.13 | -33.2% | Oct 6, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Colin Langan | $40 | $59.69 | -51.4% | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $74 | $61.24 | -10.2% | Sep 29, 2025 |
| UBS | Joseph Spak | $81 | $59.69 | -1.7% | Sep 24, 2025 |
| Industrial Alliance Securities | Mark Delaney | $70 | $53.15 | -15.0% | Jul 11, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Vijay Rakesh | $58 | $50.37 | -29.6% | May 16, 2025 |
| Bernstein | Daniel Roeska | $36 | $45.38 | -56.3% | May 5, 2025 |
| UBS | Joseph Spak | $50 | $45.3 | -39.3% | May 2, 2025 |
| Piper Sandler | Alexander Potter | $48 | $49.44 | -41.7% | Mar 20, 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $73 | $49.13 | -11.4% | Mar 1, 2025 |
| Jefferies | Philippe Houchois | $52 | $51.54 | -36.9% | Oct 30, 2024 |
| Wedbush | Daniel Ives | $60 | $53.38 | -27.2% | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Barclays | Dan Levy | $70 | $53.73 | -15.0% | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Mizuho Securities | Vijay Rakesh | $54 | $48.63 | -34.4% | Oct 15, 2024 |
| Evercore ISI | Chris McNally | $55 | $47.87 | -33.2% | Oct 14, 2024 |
| Bernstein | Adrian Yanoshik | $53 | $48.88 | -35.7% | Sep 23, 2024 |
| Bank of America Securities | John Murphy | $85 | $48.14 | +3.2% | Sep 20, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Joseph Spak | $54 | $42.73 | -34.4% | Aug 9, 2024 |
| Argus Research | William Selesky | $54 | $44.12 | -34.4% | Jul 25, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Adam Jonas | $47 | $45.28 | -42.9% | Jul 24, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | Colin Langan | $34 | $46.38 | -58.7% | Jul 24, 2024 |
| Citigroup | Itay Michaeli | $98 | $46.38 | +19.0% | Jul 23, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Joseph Spak | $58 | $48.46 | -29.6% | Jun 11, 2024 |
| Argus Research | William Selesky | $52 | $45.05 | -36.9% | May 9, 2024 |
| Bernstein | Daniel Roeska | $55 | $45.08 | -33.2% | Apr 25, 2024 |
| Goldman Sachs | Mark Delaney | $52 | $45.08 | -36.9% | Apr 24, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Alexander Potter | $45 | $45.06 | -45.4% | Apr 24, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Adam Jonas | $46 | $44.73 | -44.2% | Apr 10, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Alexander Potter | $44 | $39.38 | -46.6% | Mar 14, 2024 |
| Wedbush | Daniel Ives | $40 | $39.54 | -51.4% | Jan 31, 2024 |
| Barclays | Dan Levy | $37 | $28.2 | -55.1% | Nov 1, 2023 |
| Mizuho Securities | Vijay Rakesh | $38 | $29.01 | -53.9% | Oct 25, 2023 |
| Roth Capital | Craig Irwin | $85 | $29.66 | +3.2% | Oct 19, 2023 |
| Morgan Stanley | Adam Jonas | $38 | $37.16 | -53.9% | Jun 14, 2023 |
| Mizuho Securities | Vijay Rakesh | $39 | $34.5 | -52.7% | Apr 13, 2023 |
| Citigroup | Analyst unavailable | $82 | $39.3 | -0.4% | Feb 2, 2023 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $35 | $38.92 | -57.5% | Feb 1, 2023 |
| Guggenheim | Ronald Jewsikow | $89 | $36.62 | +8.0% | Jan 13, 2023 |
| Wedbush | Daniel Ives | $42 | $37.02 | -49.0% | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Jeff Chung | $51.59 | $34.06 | -37.4% | Oct 21, 2022 |
| UBS | Patrick Hummel | $38 | $31.3 | -53.9% | Oct 10, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Analyst unavailable | $78 | $34.67 | -5.3% | Sep 28, 2022 |
| Wolfe Research | Analyst unavailable | $50 | $38.54 | -39.3% | Sep 6, 2022 |
| J.P. Morgan | Analyst unavailable | $61 | $33.46 | -25.9% | Jul 26, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Adam Jonas | $42 | $34.67 | -49.0% | Jul 23, 2022 |
| Barclays | Brian Johnson | $52 | $31.53 | -36.9% | Jul 13, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $29 | $31.91 | -64.8% | Jul 11, 2022 |
| Goldman Sachs | Mark Delaney | $46 | $37.61 | -44.2% | Jun 6, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Colin Langan | $33 | $35.56 | -59.9% | May 13, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Adam Jonas | $50 | $38.87 | -39.3% | Apr 27, 2022 |
| Wedbush | Daniel Ives | $50 | $38.1 | -39.3% | Apr 27, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $74 | $38.04 | -10.2% | Apr 27, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $58 | $38.04 | -29.6% | Apr 27, 2022 |
| J.P. Morgan | Ryan Brinkman | $71 | $38.12 | -13.8% | Apr 26, 2022 |
| Deutsche Bank | Emmanuel Rosner | $56 | $39.84 | -32.0% | Apr 22, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Itay Michaeli | $95 | $42.96 | +15.3% | Apr 2, 2022 |
| Wolfe Research | Rod Lache | $70 | $44.22 | -15.0% | Mar 28, 2022 |
| Benchmark Co. | Michael Ward | $75 | $40.83 | -8.9% | Mar 14, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Adam Jonas | $55 | $48.4 | -33.2% | Feb 14, 2022 |
| Nomura | Anindya Das | $56 | $50.72 | -32.0% | Feb 9, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Joseph Spak | $85 | $51.29 | +3.2% | Feb 6, 2022 |
| Wedbush | Daniel Ives | $85 | $53.5 | +3.2% | Feb 2, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Dan Levy | $75 | $53.5 | -8.9% | Feb 2, 2022 |
| Evercore ISI | Chris McNally | $65 | $53.5 | -21.1% | Feb 2, 2022 |
| Bank of America Securities | John Murphy | $100 | $53.5 | +21.4% | Feb 2, 2022 |
| Deutsche Bank | Emmanuel Rosner | $71 | $61.1 | -13.8% | Jan 17, 2022 |
| CFRA | Garrett Nelson | $65 | $65.74 | -21.1% | Jan 4, 2022 |
| Daiwa | Jairam Nathan | $65 | $58.4 | -21.1% | Dec 14, 2021 |
| Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth | $86 | $58 | +4.4% | Oct 15, 2021 |
| UBS | Patrick Hummel | $79 | $58.83 | -4.1% | Jun 29, 2021 |
| Argus Research | Bill Selesky | $66 | $55.89 | -19.9% | May 18, 2021 |
| Tudor Pickering | Matthew Portillo | $76 | $55.89 | -7.7% | May 18, 2021 |
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Snapshot as of publicationGeneral Motors Company, a prominent global automotive enterprise, is engaged in the design, manufacturing, and distribution of a wide array of vehicles—including trucks, crossovers (SUVs), and passenger cars—along with related parts and accessories. Its expansive reach covers numerous regions such as North America, the Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, South America, with significant operations in the United States and China. The company organizes its business into distinct segments: GM North America, GM International, Cruise, and GM Financial. It markets its diverse vehicle lineup under well-known brand names like Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Baojun, and Wuling. Beyond selling to individual consumers through dealerships, GM also supplies its vehicles—including specialized models—to a variety of fleet clients, such as daily rental companies, commercial businesses, leasing firms, and government agencies.…
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