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General Motors (GM) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

General Motors' Return on Sales history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.06% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.06%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.01%, down 2.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.02%, 2.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.06% in Q4 2025 per GM's latest filing, down from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.1% in Q1 2021 to a low of 0.06% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.05%, with a median of 0.06% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: rose 13bps in 2021, then fell -10bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.04% in 2021, then rose by 15bps to 0.05% in 2022, then grew by 8bps to 0.05% in 2023, then crashed by -196bps to 0.05% in 2024, then decreased by -17bps to 0.06% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GM's Return on Sales are 0.06% (Q4 2025), 0.03% (Q3 2025), and 0.04% (Q2 2025).