Posted on 12/30/2025 9:42:06 PM PST by SeekAndFind
DETROIT — General Motors is on pace to be the top U.S.-traded automaker stock of 2025, as shares of GM are having their best year since the Detroit company’s reemergence from bankruptcy in 2009.
GM stock is up over 55% to a record of more than $80 per share, as of Friday’s close, topping the company’s previous annual increase of 48.3% last year. That includes a nearly 13% rise so far in December, adding to five consecutive months of share gains, according to FactSet.
Several factors have been driving the share increase. But GM CEO Mary Barra and other executives have contended for years that the automaker’s stock has been significantly undervalued given its consistent earnings performance.
“Great vehicles, innovative technology, a rewarding customer experience, along with strong financial results, will continue to set GM apart in an increasingly competitive landscape,” Barra said during the company’s last quarterly earnings call in October.
Amid the stock’s run-up, Barra has significantly cut her position in the company. She has exercised options or sold roughly 1.8 million shares this year, valued at more than $73 million, according to public filings confirmed by GM.
As of the last public filing in September, Barra still owned more than 433,500 shares valued at over $35 million, with much of her annual awards granted in options and stock.
GM’s stock performance compares with a 17% yearly increase for Tesla as of Friday’s close, a 34% jump for Ford Motor and a 15% loss for Chrysler parent Stellantis. Other U.S.-traded automakers such as Honda Motor and Toyota Motor have had smaller annual gains.
GM ’s most recent quarterly earnings were a major catalyst for Wall Street analyst bullishness that led to reratings and price target increases after the third quarter.
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GM has potential and if they listen to the “voice of the customer” they just might realize it.
Is GM benefitting from Climate Realism?
I had to watch a FORD video a couple of years back where the CEO stared down the audience with a menacing, serious glare and a creepy smile to remind us that FORD will not continue hybrid technology as it only delays the inevitable transformation to all EV battery powered products.
Then China and Japan announced that they would listen to the voice of the customer and market. The slimy executives drove the company over a cliff several times but knew they would be getting Federal (Santa Claus) funding. I hope GM is winning now by making and selling what ordinary Americans
want. (Not what coastal and euro elites dictate)
Two words: Fleet sales.
If you’ve got the public sector in your pocket, who needs customers?
GM Reports Highest Commercial Fleet Sales in US
Note this bit...
Still, in December 2023, data collected by Bobit revealed fleet sales for all automakers were up across all three segments:
Commercial: 4.1%
Government: 35.5%
Rental: 58.1%
Who needs private sector customers?
They might want to think about what they can do for the military.
Very hard to believe with the engine and transmission problems and recalls. I would not be buying anything GM for the immediate future.
Yeah, they made their “Profits” by denying warranty claims, selling complete garbage at exorbitant prices, 7-8-9 year loans for their crap, and stupid people still buying their garbage.
I wouldn’t give you a warm cup of spit for one of their products.
Time to buy American no matter what.
Monte Hall grins
Mary Barra is leaving, and Sterling Anderson will take over - right now he is chief product officer.
You may not be familiar with that name, but he was Lead Product Manager and Director of Autopilot operations at Tesla.
That’s the “secret” info that has raised the price of the beaten down GM.
GM and Ford can’t get out of their own way to innovate. Decades of “Parts Bin” engineering has led to this.
Time to buy American no matter what?
Google “Most American car manufacturer” and get back to me.
Yeah, it is so fashionable for Americans to hate American car companies and buy German or Japan. What part of MAGA do we ignore?
And yet they just fired a huge number of designers.
A buddy of mine was a design manager, mostly working on their super high end performance models.
Barra is keeping her Blackrock and Vanguard masters happy.
Exactly, plenty of YouTubers who happen to be in the business of selling cars and trucks say the lots are filling up (some still have new ‘23 stock), prices are just too ridiculous for the average family. Those reported sales (referenced to stock price) are to the dealers themselves, not necessarily what is being sold to consumers off the lot...and of course fleet sales mentioned here.
I recently bought my first Chevy in 30 years. I had driven Chevys for many years but my last one, a 1995 Blazer, was a bust and I vowed that was my last Chevy. However, I recently looked at a 2025 Chevy Trax and quickly traded my Ford. In my opinion Chevy has a winner… a moderately priced crossover with lots of features that exactly fits my needs. Maybe GM has finally figured things out.
“ GM has potential and if they listen to the “voice of the customer” they just might realize it.”
You mean how GM is starting up production of the Chevy Bolt again?
Chevy Trax are made in either (1) Korea (2) China or (3) Mexico. If your VIN starts with K it’s Korea, 3G is for Mexico, and Chinese versions are not sold in the USA, so no VIN assignment for them.
Tesla = 100% of cars sold in USA are of USA origin, with the highest USA content.
GM = 52% sold in USA are made in USA, with a much lower USA parts content.
Meh. I have no desire to buy a Gov’t Motors vehicle. Nope.
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