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

General Motors (GM) has disclosed Return on Sales for 15 consecutive years, with 0.06% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Sales rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.06%, compared with a TTM value of 0.02% through Dec 2025, down 2.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.02%, down 2.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.06% for Q4 2025 at General Motors, down from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.1% in Q1 2021 and bottomed at 0.07% in Q4 2024.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.05%, with a median of 0.06% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales rose 13bps in 2021, then dropped -11bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.06% in 2021, then dropped by -20bps to 0.05% in 2022, then decreased by -1bps to 0.05% in 2023, then plummeted by -244bps to 0.07% in 2024, then increased by 8bps to 0.06% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for GM at 0.06% in Q4 2025, 0.03% in Q3 2025, and 0.04% in Q2 2025.