In the last trading session, 15.94 million General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.51. With the company’s per share price at $44.00 changed hands at $0.45 or 1.03% during last session, the market valuation stood at $50.79B. GM’s last price was a premium, traded about 0.09% off its 52-week high of $43.96. The share price had its 52-week low at $26.30, which suggests the last value was 40.23% up since then. When we look at General Motors Company’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 22.41 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 18.09 million.
General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) trade information
Instantly GM was in green as seen at the end of in last trading. With action 6.00%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The jump to weekly highs of 44.57 added 1.03% to the stock’s daily price. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 22.49%, with the 5-day performance at 6.00% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) is 10.58% up. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 94.66 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 4.93 days.
General Motors Company (GM) estimates and forecasts
Data shows that the General Motors Company share is performing relatively much better than most of its peers within the same industry. As can be gleaned from the statistics, the company’s share value shot 33.09% over the past 6 months, a 17.19% in annual growth rate that is considerably higher than the industry average of 12.80%. Moreover, analysts have looked to lower expectations by upgrading its fiscal year 2024 revenue estimates. The rating firms predict current quarter revenue for General Motors Company will fall -14.90%, while the growth in revenue is estimated to hit 11.00% for the next quarter. Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 2.30% up from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 10 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of $38.47 billion. 10 analysts are of the opinion that General Motors Company’s revenue for the quarter ending Jun 2024 will be $41.34 billion. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was $39.98 billion and $44.75 billion respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at -3.80%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at -7.60%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of 5.58%. The 2024 estimates are for General Motors Company earnings to increase by 13.60%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 11.35% per year.
GM Dividends
General Motors Company is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report on April 23. The 0.89% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.39. It is important to note, however, that the 0.89% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.
General Motors Company (NYSE:GM)’s Major holders
If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 0.29% of General Motors Company shares while 96.54% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 96.82%. There are 96.54% institutions holding the General Motors Company stock share, with Blackrock Inc. the top institutional holder. As of Dec 30, 2023, the company held 11.86% of the shares, roughly 136.95 million GM shares worth $6.03 billion.
Vanguard Group Inc holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 9.67% or 111.62 million shares worth $4.91 billion as of Dec 30, 2023.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Dec 30, 2023 were Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund. With 42.99 million shares estimated at $1.89 billion under it, the former controlled 3.72% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard 500 Index Fund held about 2.90% of the shares, roughly 33.45 million shares worth around $1.47 billion.
