All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2026-10-27.
From the record
General Motors Company's filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2026-10-27); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2018-02-12) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+2.4% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.
From the record
General Motors Company's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $149 billion in fiscal 2016 to $185 billion in fiscal 2025, up 2.4% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 18% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count shrank 12.5% a year. 38% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 34 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, General Motors Company's diluted share count shrank about 12.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 38% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 34 sales (34 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-06 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 4%: 4¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 78%: owes 78¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, General Motors Company earned about 4 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 78 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 13.8% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 36% of 27 in its family; net margin 1.5%.
From the record
General Motors Company's standing among 27 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $185 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 8% by size; a net margin of 1.5% ranks in the top 28%; revenue growth of 5.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 29% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 32% of 10 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2014.
From the record
General Motors Company's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Barra, Mary T (Chair & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2014-02-18, 12.7 years (top 19% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.9 years (top 35%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (top 41%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
top 30% of 26 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
General Motors Company's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $21 billion against no long-term debt tagged leaves 7.4% of its assets as net cash, top 46% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 9.5% of revenue (top 13%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 43% of 27 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
General Motors Company's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 5.7% a year over the last three filed years against 2.4% over all 10, speeding up (top 18% of its family); the newest year grew -1.3% (top 50%); research spending grew 1.1% a year (bottom 48%); capital spending grew 0.2% a year (bottom 48%) (its annual reports). General Motors Company reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2025: GM North America at $154 billion, GM Financial at $17 billion, GMI at $13 billion, and 1 more. 1 of 4 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 84% of revenue (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 36% of 26 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
General Motors Company's newest year against its own record: revenue of $185 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 9.7% below the $205 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 50% of its family); net income of $2.7 billion against a prior three-year average of $8.7 billion (bottom 25%); a net margin of 1.5% against 5.1% before (bottom 33%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made