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General Motors Co (BSP:GMCO34) PB Ratio : 0.87 (As of Dec. 12, 2024)


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What is General Motors Co PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-12-12), General Motors Co's share price is R$77.60. General Motors Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was R$89.28. Hence, General Motors Co's PB Ratio of today is 0.87.

The historical rank and industry rank for General Motors Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

BSP:GMCO34' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.5   Med: 1.18   Max: 1.86
Current: 0.81

During the past 13 years, General Motors Co's highest PB Ratio was 1.86. The lowest was 0.50. And the median was 1.18.

BSP:GMCO34's PB Ratio is ranked better than
68.16% of 1275 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 1.44 vs BSP:GMCO34: 0.81

During the past 12 months, General Motors Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 21.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 18.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 15.20% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.80% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of General Motors Co was 18.50% per year. The lowest was -6.30% per year. And the median was 8.25% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


General Motors Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for General Motors Co's PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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General Motors Co PB Ratio Chart

General Motors Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.22 1.35 1.44 0.69 0.66

General Motors Co Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.63 0.66 0.75 0.77 0.69

Competitive Comparison of General Motors Co's PB Ratio

For the Auto Manufacturers subindustry, General Motors Co's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


General Motors Co's PB Ratio Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, General Motors Co's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where General Motors Co's PB Ratio falls into.



General Motors Co PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

General Motors Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2024)
=77.60/89.278
=0.87

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


General Motors Co  (BSP:GMCO34) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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General Motors Co Business Description

Address
300 Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI, USA, 48265-3000
General Motors Co. emerged from the bankruptcy of General Motors Corp. (old GM) in July 2009. GM has eight brands and operates under four segments: GM North America, GM International, Cruise, and GM Financial. The United States now has four brands instead of eight under old GM. The company regained its us market share leader crown in 2022, after losing it to Toyota due to the chip shortage in 2021. 2023's share was 16.5%. GM's Cruise autonomous vehicle arm has previously done driverless geofenced AV robotaxi services in San Francisco and other cities but stopped in late 2023 after an accident. It restarted service in 2024 but not in California. GM owns over 80% of Cruise. GM Financial became the company's captive finance arm in October 2010 via the purchase of AmeriCredit.

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