Ford vs General Motors: financial comparison

Compare Ford and General Motors side by side: valuation, margins, growth, cash and dividends, with the quarterly history of both. Yahoo Finance data, free and no sign-up.

Ford vs General Motors: key metrics

FordUSDGeneral MotorsUSD
Valuation
Market cap52.01 B USD76.20 B USD
P/E (TTM)—37.61
Forward P/E6.675.60
Price / Sales0.280.41
EV / EBITDA25.3110.87
Price / Book1.461.19
Margins & growth
Profit margin-3.94%+1.05%
Operating margin+1.88%+3.2%
Quarterly revenue (YoY)-3.76%+1.92%
Quarterly earnings (YoY)+3,586.11%-31.13%
Cash flow
FCF yield-15.54%+28.78%
Stock-based compensation446.00 M USD—
Balance
Cash22.12 B USD24.72 B USD
Debt163.30 B USD128.77 B USD
Net position-141.18 B USD-104.05 B USD
Dividend
Dividend yield+4.58%+0.86%
Payout ratio+64.1%+29.46%

Each column shows figures in that company's reporting currency (shown in the header); they are not converted. Ratios and percentages are currency-independent.

Price, rebased to 100

Ford95General Motors161
5010015020212026

P/E (TTM)

Ford9.7×General Motors25.8×
10203020212026

Both curves start at 100 on the same day, so this compares returns rather than prices. Each week's P/E is the price divided by the earnings per share already reported by that date; loss-making weeks are not drawn.

What analysts expect

Consensus revenue and earnings per share for the periods not yet reported.

Revenue forecast · Ford

ReportedEstimate
020B40BQ3 25: 50.53 B USDQ3 25Q4 25: 45.89 B USDQ4 25Q1 26: 43.25 B USDQ1 26Q2 26: 48.30 B USDQ2 26Q3 26 · Estimate: 46.88 B USD (42.43 B USD – 51.29 B USD)Q3 26Q4 26 · Estimate: 45.87 B USD (42.80 B USD – 49.64 B USD)Q4 26USD

Consensus of 7 analysts for Q3 26 · -0.64% year on year

Revenue forecast · General Motors

ReportedEstimate
020B40BQ3 25: 48.59 B USDQ3 25Q4 25: 45.29 B USDQ4 25Q1 26: 43.62 B USDQ1 26Q2 26: 48.03 B USDQ2 26Q3 26 · Estimate: 48.58 B USD (46.00 B USD – 51.11 B USD)Q3 26Q4 26 · Estimate: 45.35 B USD (42.82 B USD – 48.25 B USD)Q4 26USD

Consensus of 14 analysts for Q3 26 · -0.03% year on year

EPS forecast · Ford

ReportedEstimate
00.20.40.6Q3 25: 0.45 · expected 0.36 (+25.41%)Q3 25Q4 25: 0.13 · expected 0.19 (-32.87%)Q4 25Q1 26: 0.66 · expected 0.19 (+256.64%)Q1 26Q2 26: 0.42 · expected 0.35 (+21.27%)Q2 26Q3 26 · Estimate: 0.41 (0.33 – 0.51)Q3 26Q4 26 · Estimate: 0.37 (0.29 – 0.43)Q4 26

Consensus of 14 analysts for Q3 26 · -7.86% year on year · adjusted earnings

EPS forecast · General Motors

ReportedEstimate
024Q3 25: 2.80 · expected 2.32 (+20.55%)Q3 25Q4 25: 2.51 · expected 2.27 (+10.65%)Q4 25Q1 26: 3.70 · expected 2.64 (+40.19%)Q1 26Q2 26: 3.57 · expected 3.19 (+12%)Q2 26Q3 26 · Estimate: 3.60 (3.28 – 4.34)Q3 26Q4 26 · Estimate: 2.85 (2.19 – 4.39)Q4 26

Consensus of 16 analysts for Q3 26 · +28.51% year on year · adjusted earnings

Analyst consensus from Yahoo Finance. The dashed bar is the average and the whisker runs from the lowest analyst to the highest. On periods already reported, the green or red line marks what had been expected: below the bar means the company beat it. EPS is measured on an adjusted basis, which is what analysts forecast against and is not the accounting profit in the statements.

Compared over time

Revenue

FordGeneral Motors
020B40BQ2 22 · Ford: 40.19 B USDQ2 22 · General Motors: 32.61 B USDQ2 22Q3 22 · Ford: 39.39 B USDQ3 22 · General Motors: 38.70 B USDQ4 22 · Ford: 44.00 B USDQ4 22 · General Motors: 39.83 B USDQ1 23 · Ford: 41.47 B USDQ1 23 · General Motors: 36.65 B USDQ1 23Q2 23 · Ford: 44.95 B USDQ2 23 · General Motors: 41.25 B USDQ3 23 · Ford: 43.80 B USDQ3 23 · General Motors: 40.50 B USDQ4 23 · Ford: 45.96 B USDQ4 23 · General Motors: 39.26 B USDQ4 23Q1 24 · Ford: 42.78 B USDQ1 24 · General Motors: 39.21 B USDQ2 24 · Ford: 47.81 B USDQ2 24 · General Motors: 44.06 B USDQ3 24 · Ford: 46.20 B USDQ3 24 · General Motors: 44.74 B USDQ3 24Q1 25 · General Motors: 43.60 B USDQ2 25 · Ford: 50.18 B USDQ2 25 · General Motors: 47.12 B USDQ3 25 · Ford: 50.53 B USDQ3 25 · General Motors: 48.59 B USDQ3 25Q4 25 · Ford: 45.89 B USDQ4 25 · General Motors: 45.29 B USDQ1 26 · Ford: 43.25 B USDQ1 26 · General Motors: 43.62 B USDQ2 26 · Ford: 48.30 B USDQ2 26 · General Motors: 48.03 B USDQ2 26USD

Net income

FordGeneral Motors
-10B-5B0Q2 22 · Ford: 667.00 M USDQ2 22 · General Motors: 1.69 B USDQ2 22Q3 22 · Ford: -827.00 M USDQ3 22 · General Motors: 3.31 B USDQ4 22 · Ford: 1.29 B USDQ4 22 · General Motors: 1.77 B USDQ1 23 · Ford: 1.76 B USDQ1 23 · General Motors: 2.40 B USDQ1 23Q2 23 · Ford: 1.92 B USDQ2 23 · General Motors: 2.57 B USDQ3 23 · Ford: 1.20 B USDQ3 23 · General Motors: 3.06 B USDQ4 23 · Ford: -526.00 M USDQ4 23 · General Motors: 1.82 B USDQ4 23Q1 24 · Ford: 1.33 B USDQ1 24 · General Motors: 2.98 B USDQ2 24 · Ford: 1.83 B USDQ2 24 · General Motors: 2.93 B USDQ3 24 · Ford: 892.00 M USDQ3 24 · General Motors: 3.06 B USDQ3 24Q1 25 · General Motors: -3.01 B USDQ2 25 · Ford: -36.00 M USDQ2 25 · General Motors: 1.90 B USDQ3 25 · Ford: 2.45 B USDQ3 25 · General Motors: 1.33 B USDQ3 25Q4 25 · Ford: -11.06 B USDQ4 25 · General Motors: -3.31 B USDQ1 26 · Ford: 2.55 B USDQ1 26 · General Motors: 2.63 B USDQ2 26 · Ford: -1.33 B USDQ2 26 · General Motors: 1.31 B USDQ2 26USD

Free cash flow

FordGeneral Motors
02B4BQ2 22 · Ford: 1.25 B USDQ2 22 · General Motors: 956.00 M USDQ2 22Q3 22 · Ford: 2.08 B USDQ3 22 · General Motors: 3.09 B USDQ4 22 · Ford: -887.00 M USDQ4 22 · General Motors: 2.32 B USDQ1 23 · Ford: 1.02 B USDQ1 23 · General Motors: 655.00 M USDQ1 23Q2 23 · Ford: 3.09 B USDQ2 23 · General Motors: 5.34 B USDQ3 23 · Ford: 2.38 B USDQ3 23 · General Motors: 4.02 B USDQ4 23 · Ford: 197.00 M USDQ4 23 · General Motors: -49.00 M USDQ4 23Q1 24 · Ford: -709.00 M USDQ1 24 · General Motors: 369.00 M USDQ2 24 · Ford: 3.41 B USDQ2 24 · General Motors: 3.41 B USDQ3 24 · Ford: 3.51 B USDQ3 24 · General Motors: 4.62 B USDQ3 24Q1 25 · General Motors: 907.00 M USDQ2 25 · Ford: 4.23 B USDQ2 25 · General Motors: 425.00 M USDQ3 25 · Ford: 5.28 B USDQ3 25 · General Motors: 955.00 M USDQ3 25Q4 25 · Ford: 1.10 B USDQ4 25 · General Motors: 391.00 M USDQ1 26 · Ford: -1.06 B USDQ1 26 · General Motors: -1.84 B USDQ2 26 · Ford: 1.96 B USDQ2 26 · General Motors: 1.10 B USDQ2 26USD

EPS

FordGeneral Motors
02Q1 22 · Ford: -0.78Q1 22 · General Motors: 1.35Q1 22Q2 22 · Ford: 0.16Q2 22 · General Motors: 1.14Q3 22 · Ford: -0.21Q3 22 · General Motors: 2.25Q4 22 · Ford: 0.34Q4 22 · General Motors: 1.39Q4 22Q1 23 · Ford: 0.44Q1 23 · General Motors: 1.69Q2 23 · Ford: 0.47Q2 23 · General Motors: 1.83Q3 23 · Ford: 0.30Q3 23 · General Motors: 2.20Q3 23Q4 23 · Ford: -0.13Q4 23 · General Motors: 1.60Q1 24 · Ford: 0.33Q1 24 · General Motors: 2.56Q2 24 · Ford: 0.46Q2 24 · General Motors: 2.55Q2 24Q3 24 · Ford: 0.22Q3 24 · General Motors: 2.68Q1 25 · Ford: 0.12Q1 25 · General Motors: 3.35Q2 25 · Ford: -0.01Q2 25 · General Motors: 1.91Q2 25Q3 25 · Ford: 0.60Q3 25 · General Motors: 1.35Q1 26 · Ford: 0.63Q1 26 · General Motors: 2.82Q2 26 · Ford: -0.33Q2 26 · General Motors: 1.41Q2 26

EBITDA

FordGeneral Motors
05BQ2 22 · General Motors: 4.96 B USDQ2 22Q3 22 · General Motors: 6.17 B USDQ4 22 · General Motors: 5.38 B USDQ1 23 · General Motors: 5.39 B USDQ1 23Q2 23 · General Motors: 5.73 B USDQ3 23 · General Motors: 6.01 B USDQ4 23 · General Motors: 3.92 B USDQ4 23Q1 24 · Ford: 3.11 B USDQ1 24 · General Motors: 6.54 B USDQ2 24 · Ford: 3.80 B USDQ2 24 · General Motors: 6.75 B USDQ3 24 · Ford: 2.72 B USDQ3 24 · General Motors: 6.52 B USDQ3 24Q1 25 · General Motors: 4.43 B USDQ2 25 · Ford: 2.27 B USDQ2 25 · General Motors: 8.55 B USDQ3 25 · Ford: 3.67 B USDQ3 25 · General Motors: 5.74 B USDQ3 25Q4 25 · Ford: -4.61 B USDQ4 25 · General Motors: 419.00 M USDQ1 26 · Ford: 4.69 B USDQ1 26 · General Motors: 6.54 B USDQ2 26 · Ford: -236.00 M USDQ2 26 · General Motors: 4.82 B USDQ2 26USD

Source: Yahoo Finance. Quarterly history grows automatically over time as new quarters are published.

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