General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) today reported first-quarter earnings driven by strong price and mix performance in North America, strong credit and residual value performance at GM Financial, and the industry recovery in China. The company is on track to deliver its full-year guidance provided in February as it works to manage through the semiconductor shortage, which is impacting automakers globally.
First-quarter 2021 results overview
- Revenue of $32.5 billion
- Net income of $3.0 billion, and EBIT-adjusted of $4.4 billion
- Net income margin of 9.3 percent, and EBIT-adjusted margin of 13.6 percent
- Automotive operating cash flow of $(1.1) billion, and adjusted automotive free cash flow of $(1.9) billion
- EPS-diluted of $2.03, and EPS-diluted-adjusted of $2.25*
- GM North America EBIT-adjusted of $3.1 billion, and EBIT-adjusted margin of 12.1 percent
- GM International EBIT-adjusted of $0.3 billion, including China Equity Income of $0.3 billion
- GM Financial EBT-adjusted of $1.2 billion
First-quarter 2020 results overview
- Revenue of $32.7 billion
- Net income of $0.3 billion, and EBIT-adjusted of $1.2 billion
- Net income margin of 0.9 percent, and EBIT-adjusted margin of 3.8 percent
- Automotive operating cash flow of $0.3 billion, and adjusted automotive free cash flow of $(0.9) billion
- EPS-diluted of $0.17, and EPS-diluted-adjusted of $0.62**
- GM North America EBIT-adjusted of $2.2 billion, and EBIT-adjusted margin of 8.5 percent
- GM International EBIT-adjusted of $(0.6) billion, including China Equity Income of $(0.2) billion
- GM Financial EBT-adjusted of $0.2 billion
2021 full-year guidance
- EPS-diluted of between $4.28 and $5.03, and EPS-diluted-adjusted of between $4.50 and $5.25
- Net income of between $6.8 billion and $7.6 billion, and EBIT-adjusted of between $10.0 billion and $11.0 billion
See below for reconciliations of GAAP measures to their most directly comparable non-GAAP measures or visit the GM Investor Relations website for complete details.
Conference call for investors and analysts
Barra and Chief Financial Officer Paul Jacobson will host a conference call for investors and analysts at 10 a.m. ET today to discuss these results and the company’s growth strategy. Introductory remarks will be followed by a question-and-answer session.
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