NYSE:GM - General Motors Stock Price, News, & Analysis

General Motors trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GM."

General Motors announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, February 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.38 per share on Friday, March 22nd. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.80%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 7th. View General Motors' Dividend History.

General Motors announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase program on Friday, April 7th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $5,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 8.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

General Motors (NYSE:GM) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 6th. The auto manufacturer reported $1.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.21 by $0.22. The auto manufacturer earned $38.40 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $36.31 billion. General Motors had a net margin of 5.45% and a return on equity of 23.99%. The business's revenue was up 1.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.65 EPS. View General Motors' Earnings History.

General Motors is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for General Motors.

General Motors issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $6.50-7.00 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $6.31.

16 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for General Motors' shares. Their forecasts range from $34.00 to $67.00. On average, they expect General Motors' share price to reach $48.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 20.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for General Motors.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for General Motors in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for General Motors.

News stories about GM stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. General Motors earned a media sentiment score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the auto manufacturer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other General Motors investors own include Ford Motor (f), General Electric (GE), AT&T (T), Bank of America (BAC), Intel (INTC), Citigroup (C), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Micron Technology (MU), Alibaba Group (BABA) and Twitter (TWTR).

General Motors' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (5.54%), Harris Associates L P (4.43%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (2.41%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.16%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.06%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.00%). Company insiders that own General Motors stock include Alan S Batey, Alicia S Boler-Davis, Barry L Engle II, Charles K Stevens III, Craig B Glidden, Daniel Ammann, Jane L Mendillo, John J Quattrone, Karl-Thomas Neumann, Mark L Reuss, Nysschen Carel J De, Patricia F Russo, Retiree Medical Benefits T Uaw, Stefan Jacoby and Thomas S Timko. View Institutional Ownership Trends for General Motors.

GM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Voloridge Investment Management LLC, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, BlackRock Inc., Prudential PLC, KBC Group NV, Levin Capital Strategies L.P., Pzena Investment Management LLC and Hamlin Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold General Motors company stock in the last year include Alan S Batey, Charles K Stevens III and Retiree Medical Benefits T Uaw. View Insider Buying and Selling for General Motors.

GM stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Harris Associates L P, Ruffer LLP, Millennium Management LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, Alps Advisors Inc. and Gotham Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought General Motors stock in the last two years include Jane L Mendillo and Patricia F Russo. View Insider Buying and Selling for General Motors.

Shares of GM can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $39.99.

General Motors has a market capitalization of $56.37 billion and generates $147.05 billion in revenue each year. The auto manufacturer earns $8.01 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.54 on an earnings per share basis. General Motors employs 173,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for General Motors is http://www.gm.com.

General Motors' mailing address is 300 Renaissance Center, Detroit MI, 48265. The auto manufacturer can be reached via phone at 313-667-1500 or via email at [email protected]