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General Motors (GM) Q3 2026 Earnings: Guidance Narrowed

Q3 2026 (ended Sep 30, 2026): revenue, EPS and full-year guidance from the SEC filing

Published Nov 5, 2026

TL;DR

  • General Motors narrowed its full-year guidance; revenue +2.9% vs a year earlier.

General Motors's results for Q3 2026 (ended Sep 30, 2026) come from the company's own earnings release, filed with the SEC on 2026-10-20. Everything below is taken from that filing; quotes are copied exactly. Company outlooks are the company's own.

At a glance

ItemValue
Revenue (GAAP)$50,015 million (+2.9% vs a year earlier)
Diluted EPS (GAAP)$3.73
Adjusted per-share figure (company's non-GAAP measure; FFO/AFFO for REITs)$3.70
Full-year guidanceNarrowed

Guidance

Narrowed 2026 EBIT-adjusted to $14.5–15.5B and adjusted EPS to $12.75–$13.75; raised adjusted automotive free cash flow to $11.5–12.5B.

Why this label: 'updating its full-year 2026 EBIT-adjusted guidance, narrowing the range': EBIT-adj $14.5-15.5B vs $14.0-16.0B (midpoint flat); adjusted EPS narrowed too; FCF raise is non-core.

MetricPeriodNewPrior (as stated in the release)
EBIT-adjustedFY2026$14.5–$15.5 billion$14.0–$16.0 billion
EPS-diluted-adjustedFY2026$12.75–$13.75$12.00–$14.00
adjusted automotive free cash flowFY2026$11.5–$12.5 billion$9.5–$11.5 billion
net income attributable to stockholdersFY2026$8.9–$9.5 billion$8.4–$9.8 billion
EPS-diluted (GAAP)FY2026$9.72–$10.72$8.98–$10.98
automotive operating cash flowFY2026$17.3–$20.3 billion$15.4–$19.4 billion

From the release

Revenue: "Revenue · $ · 50,015 · $ · 48,591 · $ · 1,424 · 2.9 · %"

Earnings per share: "EPS-diluted(a) · $ · 3.73 · $ · 1.35 · $ · 2.38 · n.m. · EPS-diluted-adjusted · $ · 3.70 · $ · 2.80"

EBIT-adjusted: "EBIT-adjusted · $14.5 billion - $15.5 billion · $14.0 billion - $16.0 billion"

EPS-diluted-adjusted: "EPS-diluted-adjusted · $12.75 - $13.75 · $12.00 - $14.00"

adjusted automotive free cash flow: "Adjusted automotive free cash flow · $11.5 billion - $12.5 billion · $9.5 billion - $11.5 billion"

Quotes are copied from the filing; in table rows, cell borders are shown as “·”.

Key fact: Q3 EBIT-adjusted rose 21.6% to $4.1B; board approved new $20B buyback.

Source

General Motors earnings release (SEC filing), accession 0001467858-26-000056, filed 2026-10-20.

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