Will GM Stock Advance After U.S. October Sales Increase 15.9%?
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- General Motors Co. (GM) - Get Report reported a 15.9% year-over-year increase in U.S. October sales, with 262,993 vehicles sold, driven by Chevrolet and GMC sales.
Sales of Chevrolet models increased 17.6% to 183,464 vehicles, with sales of Silverado pickup trucks rising 10% to 51,647 and sales of the Malibu more than doubling to 24,725.
The 18% rise in GMC sales was driven by a 46.8% increase in Terrain models and an 8.8% rise in Acadia sales offsetting a 0.2% drop in Sierra sales.
"The redesign of our full-size trucks and SUVs, and our move into the small crossover and mid-size pickup segments were smart bets and our timing couldn't be better with industry sales at record levels," Kurt McNeil, GM's U.S. VP of sales operations, said in a statement.
Average transaction prices were $34,600 last month, down $130 from October 2014, according to J.D. Power PIN estimates, GM noted.
GM stock is falling 0.21% to $35.49 in late morning trading on Tuesday.
Separately, TheStreet Ratings team rates GENERAL MOTORS CO as a Buy with a ratings score of B. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation:
We rate GENERAL MOTORS CO (GM) a BUY. This is driven by multiple strengths, which we believe should have a greater impact than any weaknesses, and should give investors a better performance opportunity than most stocks we cover. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, notable return on equity, good cash flow from operations and growth in earnings per share. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated.
Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows:
- The stock has not only risen over the past year, it has done so at a faster pace than the S&P 500, reflecting the earnings growth and other positive factors similar to those we have cited here. Looking ahead, unless broad bear market conditions prevail, we still see more upside potential for this stock, despite the fact that it has already risen over the past year.
- Current return on equity exceeded its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a clear sign of strength within the company. In comparison to the other companies in the Automobiles industry and the overall market, GENERAL MOTORS CO's return on equity significantly exceeds that of the industry average and is above that of the S&P 500.
- Net operating cash flow has significantly increased by 204.04% to $3,308.00 million when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, GENERAL MOTORS CO has also vastly surpassed the industry average cash flow growth rate of 8.45%.
- Regardless of the drop in revenue, the company managed to outperform against the industry average of 7.5%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly dropped by 1.0%. The declining revenue has not hurt the company's bottom line, with increasing earnings per share.
- GENERAL MOTORS CO's earnings per share improvement from the most recent quarter was slightly positive. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings recently. But, we feel it is poised for EPS growth in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, GENERAL MOTORS CO reported lower earnings of $1.64 versus $2.35 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($4.79 versus $1.64).
- You can view the full analysis from the report here: GM