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General Motors GM Return on assets

Return on assets at other companies

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-2.1%-3.9pp
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Tesla, Inc.TSLA
2.9%-2.3pp
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Rivian Automotive, Inc.RIVN
-23.7%-0.9pp
Penske Automotive Group logo
Penske Automotive GroupPAG
5.2%-0.9pp
Carvana logo
CarvanaCVNA
12.7%+7.7pp
Ally Financial logo
Ally FinancialALLY
0.7%+0.6pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$43.6B-0.9%
Gross profit$6.6B
Operating income$2.9B-12.7%
Net income$2.6B-5.6%
EPS (diluted)$2.82-15.8%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$24.1B+0.1%
Total debt$266.0M+4.7%
Total equity$62.7B-2.7%
Total assets$280.97B-0.4%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$3.0B-51.3%
CapEx$1.5B-16.7%
Free cash flow$1.4B-66.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$71.49B+43.9%
P/E8.3×0.0×
P/S0.4×+0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin20.8%
Operating margin4.3%-2.4pp
Net margin6.1%+0.2pp
FCF margin8%+1.0pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity15.2%+0.9pp
Debt / equity0.0×
Current ratio1.2×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from General Motors’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: General Motors’s 10-Q, filed October 21, 2025, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is General Motors's return on assets?
General Motors (GM) reported return on assets of 3.9% in Q3 2024.
How has General Motors's return on assets changed year-over-year?
General Motors's return on assets increased by 4.9% year-over-year, from 3.7% to 3.9%.
What is the long-term trend for General Motors's return on assets?
Over 3 years (2020 to 2023), General Motors's return on assets has grown at a 10.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 2.8% to 3.8%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.