TTM
1.3%
YoY change
−5.25pp
Trough year (2009)
-14.3%
Peak year (2021)
7.3%
Latest annual
1.6%
Operating Margin history chart for General Motors (GM) from 2008 to 2025
Latest: 1.6%
Operating Margin change chart for General Motors (GM) from 2008 to 2025
Latest: −5.25pp
Operating Margin history table for General Motors (GM) from 2008 to 2025
| 2025 | 1.6% | -5.25pp | ||
| 2024 | 6.8% | +1.41pp | ||
| 2023 | 5.4% | -1.17pp | ||
| 2022 | 6.6% | -0.76pp | ||
| 2021 | 7.3% | +1.93pp | ||
| 2020 | 5.4% | +2.41pp | ||
| 2019 | 3.0% | -0.32pp | ||
| 2018 | 3.3% | -2.71pp | ||
| 2017 | 6.0% | -0.85pp | ||
| 2016 | 6.9% | +2.35pp | ||
| 2015 | 4.5% | +2.89pp | ||
| 2014 | 1.6% | -1.75pp | ||
| 2013 | 3.4% | +1.67pp | ||
| 2012 | 1.7% | -2.50pp | ||
| 2011 | 4.2% | +0.26pp | ||
| 2010 | 4.0% | +18.31pp | ||
| 2009 | -14.3% | -4.43pp | ||
| 2008 | -9.9% | — |
- 20251.6%-5.25pp
- 20246.8%+1.41pp
- 20235.4%-1.17pp
- 20226.6%-0.76pp
- 20217.3%+1.93pp
- 20205.4%+2.41pp
- 20193.0%-0.32pp
- 20183.3%-2.71pp
- 20176.0%-0.85pp
- 20166.9%+2.35pp
- 20154.5%+2.89pp
- 20141.6%-1.75pp
- 20133.4%+1.67pp
- 20121.7%-2.50pp
- 20114.2%+0.26pp
- 20104.0%+18.31pp
- 2009-14.3%-4.43pp
- 2008-9.9%—
Operating 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 Operating Margin at General Motors (GM)
According to General Motors's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 1.3%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
2025's annual operating margin for General Motors (GM) came in at 1.57% – contracted 5.2 percentage points year-over-year.
The highest annual operating margin of 7.34% was reported in 2021. The lowest in the available history was -14.34% in 2009.
General Motors Operating Margin by Year
General Motors Operating Margin 2025: 1.6%
In 2025, General Motors reported operating margin of 1.57%, contracted 5.2 percentage points from 2024.
General Motors Operating Margin 2024: 6.8%
General Motors operating margin in 2024 was 6.82%, expanded 1.4 percentage points from 2023.
General Motors Operating Margin 2023: 5.4%
2023's operating margin for General Motors came in at 5.41%, contracted 1.2 percentage points from 2022.
General Motors Operating Margin 2022: 6.6%
General Motors posted operating margin of 6.58% in 2022, contracted 0.8 percentage points from 2021.
General Motors Operating Margin 2021: 7.3%
General Motors operating margin in 2021 was 7.34%.
See more financial history for General Motors (GM).
Sector peers by Operating Margin
Consumer Cyclical peers of General Motors (GM), ranked by their latest operating margin
| 46.0% | |
| 34.3% | |
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| 5.8% | |
| 5.0% |
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