Topic > Company Analysis: General Motor Company - 1101

Over the past few decades, the American auto industry has lost revenue, declining market share, and reduced employment, but international automotive business has been the opposite. For example, General Motors (GM) has performed poorly in the automotive industry, while Honda, a Japanese manufacturer, has increased sales, market share, and employment. General Motors has been in business since 1908 and is headquartered by the American International Company. in Detroit, Michigan, which creates, builds, markets and distributes automobiles and auto parts and sells financial services. General Motors is known to produce automobiles in different countries with ten brands: Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac, Opel, Holden, Vauxhall, Wuling, Baojun, Jie Fang, UzDaewoo. Furthermore, it has a number of partnerships with Shanghai GM, FAW-GM in China, GM-AvtoVAZ in Russia, Ghandhara Industries in Pakistan, GM Uzbekistan, General Motors India, General Motors Egypt and Isuzu Truck South Africa. General Motors operates in 157 countries. General Motors has five business segments: GM North America, GM Europe, GM International Operations, GM South America and GM Financial. General Motors is known for creating fast muscle cars like the Camaro and useful trucks like the Silverado. The Camaro was marketed through television commercials or, more importantly, through films like Transformers. The Camaro is a well-known vehicle built to compete with the Ford Mustang. The Camaro was created in 1966 and continues to alternate models to this day. The vehicle has an amazing appearance due to the amount of horsepower which mainly attracts men. On the other hand, the Silverado is known for other uses... mid-paper... average for the industry, suggesting that there has been a relatively positive effort in managing debt levels. Although the company had a strong debt-to-equity ratio, its quick ratio of 0.81 is quite weak and could be a cause for future problems. General Motors reported a sharp decline in earnings per share in the most recent quarter, associated with its performance compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has suffered declining earnings per share over the past two years. However, the company expects this trend to reverse in the next year. During the previous fiscal year, GM reported earnings that were $2.35 lower than $2.93 a year earlier. Compared to its year-ago level, the stock is still rising, and the increase in the stock price over the past year has brought it to a slightly expensive level compared to the rest of its sector.