GM has beaten Wall Street 12 quarters running. Will its adjusted earnings top $3.63 a share on Oct 20?
90% of users predicted YES — the community got this one right. 10 predictions cast.
General Motors topped Wall Street's profit expectations for roughly the thirteenth consecutive quarter, reporting adjusted earnings of $3.70 per share for the third quarter of 2026, ahead of the $3.63 analyst consensus, according to CNBC and GM's Oct. 20 financial results filed with the SEC. Revenue came in at $50.02 billion, above the $48.7 billion analysts had projected. The automaker's North American operations again drove the beat, continuing a run in which GM has offset tariff and input-cost pressures through pricing discipline and cost cuts. Alongside the results, GM raised its full-year adjusted EPS guidance to a range of $12.75 to $13.75, narrowing and lifting the prior $12.00-to-$14.00 outlook, and announced a new $20 billion share buyback program, equal to more than a quarter of the company's market value. Despite the beat and the raised guidance, GM shares fell after the report as investors weighed the modest size of the EPS beat against broader questions about demand and margins heading into 2027. The community correctly anticipated the outcome, with 90 percent expecting GM to clear the $3.63 bar, reflecting confidence in the automaker's recent streak of earnings beats.