General Motors Co (GM): stock score 50/100
General Motors Co (GM) scores 50 out of 100 (around average among 99 US stocks) on trend, stability, fundamentals, market backdrop and news tone. Every calculation step shown. Educational, not advice.
GM scores 50.3 out of 100 (around average), up 3.9 points from last week. Its stability adds the most (+7.1 points: forecast 33.1% vs normal 34.0%). Its fundamentals weigh on it most (-4.1 points: revenue growth vs a year earlier: +1.4%). Our risk model is tested on the S&P 500 only.
How the score is built
Trend: 44/100 (-1.1 points)
- Price is -6.4% vs its 100-day average → higher than 17% of the comparison group → 17
- 12-1 month momentum +26.8% → higher than 72% of the comparison group → 72
- Average of the two → trend score 44.4
Tested in our research: the trend rule did not hold up out of sample.
Stability: 85/100 (+7.1 points)
- Forecast 33.1% vs normal 34.0% → ratio 0.98
- Ratio is higher than 15% of the comparison group → 100 minus 15 → stability 85.4 (bigger expected swings than usual → lower stability)
A machine-learning volatility model beat HAR for the S&P 500 (p = 0.04); not yet tested on single stocks. This component uses HAR.
Fundamentals: 29/100 (-4.1 points)
- Revenue growth vs a year earlier: +1.4% → higher than 10% of the comparison group → 10
- Operating-margin change vs a year earlier: +0.9 pp → higher than 53% of the comparison group → 53
- Change in leverage (1 - equity/assets) vs a year earlier: +1.3 pp → higher than 26% of the comparison group (lower is better) → 26
- Average of available items → fundamentals score 29.4
Not yet tested in our research.
Market backdrop: 51/100 (+0.2 points)
- VIX in its 5-year range: 60 after inverting (lower VIX → higher)
- Breadth vs its 5-year range → 45
- Credit trend vs its 5-year range → 15
- Yield curve vs its 5-year range → 83
- Average → backdrop score 50.8 (same for every stock)
Tested in our research: cross-asset indicators did not improve forecasts.
News tone: 42/100 (-1.7 points)
- Average FinBERT sentiment -0.056 over 62 articles; shrunk towards 0 for few articles → tone -0.052
- Tone vs this stock's own past year → news score 41.5
Tested in our research: news sentiment made predictions slightly worse.
GM score history (weekly)
| Week ending | Score | Band | Trend | Stability | Fundamentals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | 50 | Around average | 44 | 85 | 29 |
| 2026-10-16 | 50 | Around average | 74 | 67 | 20 |
| 2026-10-09 | 49 | Around average | 76 | 72 | 20 |
| 2026-10-02 | 45 | Around average | 61 | 80 | 20 |
| 2026-09-25 | 49 | Around average | 72 | 60 | 20 |
| 2026-09-18 | 43 | Around average | 69 | 57 | 20 |
| 2026-09-11 | 41 | Around average | 77 | 42 | 20 |
| 2026-09-04 | 44 | Around average | 78 | 36 | 20 |
| 2026-08-28 | 44 | Around average | 74 | 37 | 20 |
| 2026-08-21 | 61 | Above average | 73 | 67 | 20 |
| 2026-08-14 | 68 | Above average | 73 | 74 | 20 |
| 2026-08-07 | 66 | Above average | 78 | 64 | 20 |
Consumer discretionary stocks compared
- TGT: 52/100
- GM: 50/100
- CVS: 50/100
- NFLX: 49/100
- DIS: 48/100
- AMZN: 46/100
- COST: 45/100
- WMT: 45/100
- LOW: 41/100
- SBUX: 39/100
- HD: 38/100
- F: 33/100
- MCD: 29/100
Questions
What is General Motors Co's (GM) Quantooo score today?
GM scores 50 out of 100 on 2026-10-22, around average among 99 US stocks. It ranks 40th of 99 overall and 2nd of 13 in Consumer discretionary. It was 46 a week earlier.
What raises and lowers GM's score?
Stability adds the most (85/100, +7.1 points) and fundamentals weighs on it most (29/100, -4.1 points). The score is 50 plus each part's weighted distance from 50.
Is GM stock volatile right now?
Our volatility model (HAR) expects annualised swings of 33.1% over the next 20 trading days, against a normal level of 34.0% for GM: about as calm as usual for this stock. Its stability score is 85/100 compared with the other 99 US stocks.
How are General Motors Co's fundamentals changing?
Revenue growth vs a year earlier: +1.4%; Operating-margin change vs a year earlier: +0.9 pp; Change in leverage (1 - equity/assets) vs a year earlier: +1.3 pp. Fundamentals score: 29/100. From the 10-Q filed 2026-10-20 (period to 2026-09-30).
Does the score predict GM's share price?
No. The score describes the stock's recent data; it is not a forecast of the share price. Our own tests found no reliable ability to rank stocks by future returns, and every test, including the failures, is published. Educational, not investment advice.
Sector: Consumer discretionary. Data as of 2026-10-22. Scores describe data; they are not recommendations or predictions. Educational, not investment advice.