TTM
6.1%
YoY change
−6.53pp
Trough year (2009)
3.0%
Peak year (2021)
20.3%
Latest annual
10.9%
Gross Margin history chart for General Motors (GM) from 2008 to 2025
Latest: 10.9%
Gross Margin change chart for General Motors (GM) from 2008 to 2025
Latest: −6.53pp
Gross Margin history table for General Motors (GM) from 2008 to 2025
| 2025 | 10.9% | -6.53pp | ||
| 2024 | 17.4% | +0.50pp | ||
| 2023 | 16.9% | -2.74pp | ||
| 2022 | 19.6% | -0.66pp | ||
| 2021 | 20.3% | +4.07pp | ||
| 2020 | 16.2% | +2.08pp | ||
| 2019 | 14.1% | -0.74pp | ||
| 2018 | 14.9% | -2.65pp | ||
| 2017 | 17.5% | -0.51pp | ||
| 2016 | 18.0% | +0.97pp | ||
| 2015 | 17.1% | +3.15pp | ||
| 2014 | 13.9% | -2.06pp | ||
| 2013 | 16.0% | +1.39pp | ||
| 2012 | 14.6% | -3.13pp | ||
| 2011 | 17.7% | +0.19pp | ||
| 2010 | 17.5% | +14.49pp | ||
| 2009 | 3.0% | -4.92pp | ||
| 2008 | 8.0% | — |
- 202510.9%-6.53pp
- 202417.4%+0.50pp
- 202316.9%-2.74pp
- 202219.6%-0.66pp
- 202120.3%+4.07pp
- 202016.2%+2.08pp
- 201914.1%-0.74pp
- 201814.9%-2.65pp
- 201717.5%-0.51pp
- 201618.0%+0.97pp
- 201517.1%+3.15pp
- 201413.9%-2.06pp
- 201316.0%+1.39pp
- 201214.6%-3.13pp
- 201117.7%+0.19pp
- 201017.5%+14.49pp
- 20093.0%-4.92pp
- 20088.0%—
Gross Margin values are taken from General Motors's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Gross Margin at General Motors (GM)
According to General Motors's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported gross margin is 6.1%. Gross margin is gross profit divided by revenue, expressed as a percentage. It shows how much of each sales dollar survives the direct cost of goods sold — before operating expenses, interest, and taxes. A higher gross margin generally signals pricing power and production efficiency. Margins are most meaningful compared against sector peers and a company's own history.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
General Motors (GM) most recent annual gross margin stands at 10.86% (2025) – contracted 6.5 percentage points year-over-year.
20.30% stands as the all-time-high annual gross margin, posted in 2021, against a low of 3.04% during 2009.
General Motors Gross Margin by Year
General Motors Gross Margin 2025: 10.9%
General Motors posted gross margin of 10.86% in 2025, contracted 6.5 percentage points from 2024.
General Motors Gross Margin 2024: 17.4%
In 2024, General Motors reported gross margin of 17.39%, expanded 0.5 percentage points from 2023.
General Motors Gross Margin 2023: 16.9%
General Motors gross margin in 2023 was 16.90%, contracted 2.7 percentage points from 2022.
General Motors Gross Margin 2022: 19.6%
2022's gross margin for General Motors came in at 19.64%, contracted 0.7 percentage points from 2021.
General Motors Gross Margin 2021: 20.3%
General Motors gross margin in 2021 was 20.30%.
See more financial history for General Motors (GM).
Sector peers by Gross Margin
Consumer Cyclical peers of General Motors (GM), ranked by their latest gross margin
| 100.0% | |
| 57.4% | |
| 56.0% | |
| 50.6% | |
| 39.8% | |
| 33.1% | |
| 31.4% | |
| 19.1% |
- 100.0%
- 57.4%
- 56.0%
- 50.6%
- 39.8%
- 33.1%
- 31.4%
- 19.1%
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