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General Motors vs Li Auto: revenue, profit, margins and growth compared

General Motors brought in $185B of revenue in fiscal 2025, Li Auto $16.1B in fiscal 2025. Revenue changed by -1.3% at General Motors and -18.8% at Li Auto on the year before, so General Motors grew faster. General Motors kept 1.5% of its revenue as net profit, Li Auto 1.0%. Free cash flow was $17.6B at General Motors and -$1.8B at Li Auto.

Side by side, latest fiscal year

GMLI
Fiscal year endedFY2025 (December 31, 2025)FY2025 (December 31, 2025)
Revenue$185B$16.1B
Revenue growth-1.3%-18.8%
Net income$2.7B$160.8M
Net margin1.5%1.0%
Free cash flow$17.6B-$1.8B
Free cash flow margin9.5%-11.4%
Earnings per share (diluted)$3.27$0.08
Cash$20.9B$8.1B
Debtn/a$471.8M
Price to earnings24.8n/a
Market value$71.1B$12.5B
Dividend yield0.70%n/a
Rank by revenue in sector#2 of 587 · Industrials#40 of 587 · Industrials

Over the years

Revenue
GM FY2018: $147BGM FY2019: $137.2BGM FY2020: $122.5BGM FY2021: $127BGM FY2022: $156.7BGM FY2023: $171.8BGM FY2024: $187.4BGM FY2025: $185BLI FY2020: $1.4BLI FY2021: $4.2BLI FY2022: $6.6BLI FY2023: $17.4BLI FY2024: $19.8BLI FY2025: $16.1BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
GM $185BLI $16.1B
Net income
GM FY2018: $8BGM FY2019: $6.7BGM FY2020: $6.4BGM FY2021: $10BGM FY2022: $9.9BGM FY2023: $10.1BGM FY2024: $6BGM FY2025: $2.7BLI FY2020: -$23.2MLI FY2021: -$50.4MLI FY2022: -$291.7MLI FY2023: $1.6BLI FY2024: $1.1BLI FY2025: $160.8MFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
GM $2.7BLI $160.8M
Net margin
GM FY2018: 5.4%GM FY2019: 4.9%GM FY2020: 5.2%GM FY2021: 7.9%GM FY2022: 6.3%GM FY2023: 5.9%GM FY2024: 3.2%GM FY2025: 1.5%LI FY2020: -1.6%LI FY2021: -1.2%LI FY2022: -4.4%LI FY2023: 9.5%LI FY2024: 5.6%LI FY2025: 1.0%FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
GM 1.5%LI 1.0%
Revenue growth
GM FY2019: -6.7%GM FY2020: -10.7%GM FY2021: +3.7%GM FY2022: +23.4%GM FY2023: +9.6%GM FY2024: +9.1%GM FY2025: -1.3%LI FY2021: +192.4%LI FY2022: +54.9%LI FY2023: +165.7%LI FY2024: +13.5%LI FY2025: -18.8%FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
GM -1.3%LI -18.8%
Free cash flow
GM FY2018: $6.5BGM FY2019: $7.4BGM FY2020: $11.4BGM FY2021: $7.7BGM FY2022: $6.8BGM FY2023: $10BGM FY2024: $9.3BGM FY2025: $17.6BLI FY2020: $377.7MLI FY2021: $768.3MLI FY2022: $326.6MLI FY2023: $6.2BLI FY2024: $1.1BLI FY2025: -$1.8BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
GM $17.6BLI -$1.8B

Fiscal years as each company reports them; the two may end in different months.

Questions about General Motors and Li Auto

Which is bigger by revenue, General Motors or Li Auto?

General Motors is bigger by revenue: $185B in fiscal 2025, against $16.1B for Li Auto in fiscal 2025.

Which keeps more of its revenue as profit, General Motors or Li Auto?

General Motors had a net margin of 1.5% in fiscal 2025; Li Auto had 1.0% in fiscal 2025.

Which grew revenue faster, General Motors or Li Auto?

In their latest fiscal years revenue changed by -1.3% at General Motors and -18.8% at Li Auto.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the annual reports each company files with the SEC (10-K, or 20-F and 40-F for foreign companies), read from their XBRL data. Margins and growth are simple arithmetic on those figures. Nothing here is a recommendation.

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