General Motors (GM) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $3.70
- Estimate
- $3.63
- Surprise
- +1.9%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $45.71B
- Score today
- 4.9/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
General Motors (GM) beat the $3.63 estimate with adjusted EPS of $3.70 — a modest 1.9% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- Robinhood To Rally Over 28%? Here Are 10 Top Analyst Forecasts For Wednesday — benzinga, 2026-10-21
- Morgan Stanley Maintains Overweight on General Motors, Lowers Price Target to $95 — benzinga, 2026-10-21
- Mary Barra Says GM Can Win the Truck War Without Matching Rivals' Bigger Discounts: Wall Street Sees ‘Strong Execution’ — benzinga, 2026-10-21
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates GM Sell at 4.9/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +1.9% surprise compares with a +16.2% four-quarter average.
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Geographic: GMNA (86.8%)
- Concentration risk — Product: full-size ICE SUVs and pickup trucks
- Quality below floor (3.0 < 4.0)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $77.09
- Price target
- $92.19
- Stop
- $72.83
- Upside to target
- +19.6%
- Reward-to-risk
- 3.3:1
The stock trades at 16.9× trailing but 5.2× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: trading volume is running 3.2× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-21 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
GM at TrendMatrix's latest read
Cyclical consumer names live and die on demand momentum — same-quarter comps and guidance carry more weight than the headline surprise.
- Industry
- Auto Manufacturers
- Market cap
- $67.64B
- P/E (fwd)
- 5.2
- P/E (ttm)
- 16.9
- 52-week range
- $65.89–$91.85
- Off 52-week high
- 16.1%
- RSI (14)
- 50
- Volume vs avg
- 3.18×
- Score today
- 4.9/10