General Motors (NYSE:GM) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.01 EPS

General Motors (NYSE:GM – Get Free Report) (TSE:GMM.U) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday. The auto manufacturer reported $3.70 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.69 by $0.01, Zacks reports. General Motors had a net margin of 1.05% and a return on equity of 18.18%.

General Motors Price Performance

NYSE:GM opened at $82.60 on Tuesday. General Motors has a 52 week low of $57.68 and a 52 week high of $91.85. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $84.23 and its two-hundred day moving average is $81.22. The company has a market capitalization of $72.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.72, a P/E/G ratio of 0.46 and a beta of 1.40. The company has a quick ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 1.14 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.42.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have commented on GM shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on shares of General Motors from $120.00 to $110.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, October 12th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of General Motors in a report on Thursday. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on General Motors from $100.00 to $101.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 22nd. Tigress Financial lifted their price objective on General Motors from $92.00 to $130.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on General Motors from $60.00 to $61.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 22nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty have assigned a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $101.18.

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Insider Transactions at General Motors

In other news, EVP Grant Dixton sold 40,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $88.44, for a total transaction of $3,537,600.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 54,992 shares in the company, valued at $4,863,492.48. This trade represents a 42.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Rory Harvey sold 8,882 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, July 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $86.95, for a total value of $772,289.90. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 28,513 shares in the company, valued at $2,479,205.35. This represents a 23.75% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 549,665 shares of company stock worth $49,010,828 in the last three months. Company insiders own 0.44% of the company’s stock.

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General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) is a global automotive company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1908, GM designs, manufactures and sells vehicles and related services through brands including Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac.

GM’s product lineup includes passenger cars, pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles, commercial vehicles and electric vehicles. The company is also developing connected-vehicle technologies, driver-assistance systems and charging and energy-management solutions.

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