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GM earnings date & Q2 2026 results · General Motors
US GAAP · $M · vs Q2 2025 · quarter ended 06/30/2026
General Motors Company (GM) is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. · Wikipedia
More about the company
The company is most known for owning and manufacturing four automobile brands: Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac, each a separate division of GM. By total sales, it has continuously been the largest automaker in the United States, and was the largest in the world for 77 years before losing the title to Toyota in 2008.
Key growth driver: Full-size truck and SUV pricing and mix; EV ramp without margin loss; share buybacks. · by the Q2 2026 report
When is GM’s next earnings date?
Tuesday, October 20, 2026confirmed · before market open
General Motors (GM) is scheduled to report results for the quarter ending Sep 2026 on Oct 20, 2026. Consensus EPS forecast: $3.41 (8 analysts), vs $2.80 in the same quarter last year.
What time does GM report? Usually before market open: the last 4 results releases reached the SEC at 7:14 am, 7:25 am, 7:25 am, 7:38 am ET.
Last report: Jul 21, 2026 (Q2 2026) — broken down in the Sankey chart below. Dates and consensus: Nasdaq / Zacks Investment Research; companies do reschedule. Who else reports this week →
All figures in $M.
Revenue
$48,026
+1.9%
Operating income
$1,459
-31.4%
3.0% margin (было 4.5%)
Net income
$1,354
-28.5%
Verdict: a margin story, not a demand story — revenue grew 1.9% while automotive cost of sales grew 3.6%, and that gap alone erased a third of operating income; buybacks (share count down 7% y/y) and a 13.6% tax rate softened the blow to $1.41 per share.
Diluted EPS $1.41 (−26.2%). Basic share count fell from 963M to 896M year over year. GM Financial runs as a separate cost block: $3,674M of interest and operating expenses.
Source and notation
* marks non-cash / ≈ estimated. Preferred dividends ($18M) sit between net income to stockholders and to common. Source: General Motors 10-Q (SEC EDGAR).
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Heads-up
- net income fell 28% y/y in Q2 2026
Most likely because SG&A was disciplined (+2.7%), so the pressure is in materials, freight, manufacturing and warranty, not in overhead; the entire profit decline fits in one line: automotive cost of sales rose 3.6% to $40,696M against 1.9% revenue growth. Based on the Q2 2026 report.
Company filings on SEC EDGAR ↗GM earnings history: past report dates
| Jul 21, 2026 Tue | 7:14 ambefore market open | Jun 30, 2026 | $43.8B+2% y/y | $1.41−26% y/y |
| Apr 28, 2026 Tue | 7:25 ambefore market open | Mar 31, 2026 | $39.3B−1% y/y | $2.82−16% y/y |
| Jan 27, 2026 Tue | 7:25 ambefore market open | Dec 31, 2025 | ≈$41.0B−6% y/y | ≈−$3.34−135% y/y |
| Oct 21, 2025 Tue | 7:38 ambefore market open | Sep 30, 2025 | $44.3B−1% y/y | $1.35−50% y/y |
| Jul 22, 2025 Tue | 7:32 ambefore market open | Jun 30, 2025 | $42.9B−3% y/y | $1.91−25% y/y |
| Apr 29, 2025 Tue | 7:30 ambefore market open | Mar 31, 2025 | $39.9B+2% y/y | $3.35+31% y/y |
| Jan 28, 2025 Tue | 7:24 ambefore market open | Dec 31, 2024 | ≈$43.6B+11% y/y | ≈−$1.42 |
| Oct 22, 2024 Tue | 7:26 ambefore market open | Sep 30, 2024 | $44.7B+10% y/y | $2.68+22% y/y |
How we count
Report date and time — when the company filed its results press release with the SEC (Form 8-K, Item 2.02); the regular session runs 9:30 am – 4:00 pm ET. Revenue and diluted EPS — the company’s XBRL filings, EPS adjusted for stock splits; ≈ — fourth quarter derived as full year minus three quarters. Source: SEC EDGAR.
General Motors: 5-year financials
| 2025 | 167,971 | 2,909 | 2,697 | 17,564 | 657 |
| 2024 | 171,606 | 12,784 | 6,008 | 9,299 | 653 |
| 2023 | 157,658 | 9,298 | 10,127 | 9,960 | 597 |
| 2022 | 143,975 | 10,315 | 9,934 | 6,805 | 397 |
| 2021 | 113,590 | 9,324 | 10,019 | 7,679 | 186 |
$ millions, annual 10-K reports on SEC EDGAR (US GAAP).
How we calculate
Figures are the annual report lines as filed, no adjustments. Free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures; dividends are cash paid to common shareholders during the year. “—” means the line isn’t in the filing.
Corporate governance
1.5/2mostly good
How the company treats minority shareholders: 2 — well, 0 — systematically poorly.
More
- May 2016A court approved a $300M settlement of a shareholder class action over concealment of the ignition switch defect. sec.gov ↗
- Jan 2017The SEC fined GM $1M: internal control weaknesses kept it from assessing the ignition switch defect's impact on its financial statements in time. sec.gov ↗
- Dec 2025Diluted share count fell 32.5% over 2020→2025; buybacks of $11.1B in 2023, $7.1B in 2024 and $6.0B in 2025 (XBRL 10-K). data.sec.gov ↗
- Dec 2025Dividend per share: $1.52 (2019), $0.38 (2020, suspended), $0.18 (2022) → $0.57 (2025) (XBRL 10-K). data.sec.gov ↗
Scoring: 2.0 −0.25 (criterion 9: shareholder suit over ignition switches, $300M, approved May 2016 — more than 10 years old, half of −0.5) −0.5 (criterion 10: SEC January 2017, $1M for internal accounting control weaknesses) = 1.25 → 1.5
- Share classes
- Single class of common stock (10-K cover).
- Dilution
- Diluted share count 2020→2025 −32.5% thanks to buybacks ($26.7B over 2022–2025); SBC 0.2%.
- Disclosure
- 10-Ks and 10-Qs filed on time, audited US GAAP financials; no deduction.
- Dividends
- The dividend ($1.52 a year) was suspended in 2020 amid COVID, reinstated in 2022 at a lower level and has been growing ($0.57 in 2025); there is no formal dividend policy and capital was returned via buybacks — no deduction.
- Lawsuits & regulators
- $300M shareholder suit (2016, half weight) and a $1M SEC fine (2017) over internal accounting controls; current suits are product-related and unresolved.
- Related parties
- No material transactions with a controlling shareholder (there is none); no deduction.
How the score works · checked as of Sep 2026
General Motors (GM) earnings: FAQ
When is GM's next earnings date?
General Motors (GM) is scheduled to report on Oct 20, 2026, before market open.
What time does GM report earnings?
General Motors is scheduled to report before market open on Oct 20, 2026. Its last results releases were filed before market open, most recently at 7:14 am ET on Jul 21, 2026.
When did GM last report earnings?
General Motors reported Q2 2026 results on Jul 21, 2026.
What is the EPS estimate for GM's next earnings?
The consensus EPS forecast is $3.41 (8 analysts), vs $2.80 in the same quarter last year.
Where can I find General Motors's financial statements?
On SEC EDGAR: quarterly reports (10-Q), the annual report (10-K) and earnings releases (8-K). The “Verified” badge next to the chart links to GM's filings; this page breaks the latest report down in a Sankey chart.
What was GM's net income in Q2 2026?
General Motors reported net income of $1,354M for Q2 2026 (-28.5% year over year), under US GAAP.
Does General Motors pay dividends?
Yes. In 2025, General Motors paid $657M in dividends on its common stock, per its 10-K. Earlier years are in the five-year table above.
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How this page was made: the figures come from the company's own report on SEC EDGAR; the summary and nuances were drafted by our model from that report. Figures checked against the filing on 08/26/2026. How we make the breakdowns · Report an error
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