Metric Analysis: General Motors Company (GM)’s Key Ratios in the Limelight

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In the latest session, General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) closed at $55.04 down -0.99% from its previous closing price of $55.59. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.99 from its previous closing price. On the day, 10.59 million shares were traded. GM stock price reached its highest trading level at $55.62 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $54.69.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of General Motors Company’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.03 and its Current Ratio is at 1.21. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.80 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.29.

On September 25, 2024, Morgan Stanley Downgraded its rating to Underweight which previously was Equal-Weight and also lowered its target price recommendation from $47 to $42.

Bernstein Downgraded its Outperform to Mkt Perform on September 23, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $53.

Insider Transactions:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 25 ’24 when Harvey Rory sold 8,919 shares for $60.01 per share. The transaction valued at 535,229 led to the insider holds 8,513 shares of the business.

RORY HARVEY bought 8,919 shares of GM for $535,217 on Nov 25 ’24. On Nov 18 ’24, another insider, Glidden Craig B., who serves as the Executive Vice President & GC of the company, sold 383,142 shares for $56.63 each. As a result, the insider received 21,696,752 and left with 122,465 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, GM now has a Market Capitalization of 60521984000 and an Enterprise Value of 165900763136. As of this moment, General’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 5.88, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 5.20. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.37. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.33 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.85. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.908 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.031.

Stock Price History:

Over the past 52 weeks, GM has reached a high of $61.24, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $31.52. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 6.76%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 18.41%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, GM has traded an average of 13.40M shares per day and 14815160 over the past ten days. A total of 1.10B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 1.10B. Insiders hold about 0.16% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 86.50% stake in the company. Shares short for GM as of 1731628800 were 34716920 with a Short Ratio of 2.59, compared to 1728950400 on 32760278. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 34716920 and a Short% of Float of 3.6199997999999995.

Dividends & Splits

According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for GM is 0.36, from 0.45 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.008094981The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.06.

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