General Motors Company Profile

GM Global Sales Production

• GM total unit sales production keep growing, mainly due to the growth of Latin and Asian markets.
• GMNA car division sales production is jeopardized by the market share growth of Japanese automakers.

GM Profit

• GM's 2004 profits have been crushed by excess capacity, high union wages, and massive employee-retirement obligations.
• GM tries to restructure as high raw-materials costs and weak demand for high-margin sport utility vehicles crushes profits by 36%

GM ROE and ROA

• GM ability to manage investor money and assets has been inconsistent and inefficient.

GM Operating Margin & Net Operating Margin

• GM ability to generate more profit per dollars of sales has steadily decline over the last 2 years
• Toyota Motor Corp. (One of the main competitor) has reported an increase of 10.51% for its Operating Margin and 14.29% for its Net Operating Margin