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General Motors vs Tesla: revenue, profit, margins and growth compared

General Motors brought in $185B of revenue in fiscal 2025, Tesla $94.8B in fiscal 2025. Revenue changed by -1.3% at General Motors and -2.9% at Tesla on the year before, so General Motors grew faster. General Motors kept 1.5% of its revenue as net profit, Tesla 4.0%. Free cash flow was $17.6B at General Motors and $6.2B at Tesla.

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Side by side, latest fiscal year

GMTSLA
Fiscal year endedFY2025 (December 31, 2025)FY2025 (December 31, 2025)
Revenue$185B$94.8B
Revenue growth-1.3%-2.9%
Net income$2.7B$3.8B
Net margin1.5%4.0%
Free cash flow$17.6B$6.2B
Free cash flow margin9.5%6.6%
Earnings per share (diluted)$3.27$1.08
Cash$20.9B$16.5B
Debtn/a$6.6B
Price to earnings25.3344.6
Market value$72.5B$1.47T
Dividend yield0.69%n/a
Rank by revenue in sector#2 of 451 · Industrials#3 of 451 · 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: $185BTSLA FY2018: $21.5BTSLA FY2019: $24.6BTSLA FY2020: $31.5BTSLA FY2021: $53.8BTSLA FY2022: $81.5BTSLA FY2023: $96.8BTSLA FY2024: $97.7BTSLA FY2025: $94.8BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
GM $185BTSLA $94.8B
Net income
GM FY2018: $8BGM FY2019: $6.7BGM FY2020: $6.4BGM FY2021: $10BGM FY2022: $9.9BGM FY2023: $10.1BGM FY2024: $6BGM FY2025: $2.7BTSLA FY2018: -$976MTSLA FY2019: -$862MTSLA FY2020: $721MTSLA FY2021: $5.5BTSLA FY2022: $12.6BTSLA FY2023: $15BTSLA FY2024: $7.1BTSLA FY2025: $3.8BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
GM $2.7BTSLA $3.8B
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%TSLA FY2018: -4.5%TSLA FY2019: -3.5%TSLA FY2020: 2.3%TSLA FY2021: 10.3%TSLA FY2022: 15.4%TSLA FY2023: 15.5%TSLA FY2024: 7.3%TSLA FY2025: 4.0%FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
GM 1.5%TSLA 4.0%
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%TSLA FY2019: +14.5%TSLA FY2020: +28.3%TSLA FY2021: +70.7%TSLA FY2022: +51.4%TSLA FY2023: +18.8%TSLA FY2024: +0.9%TSLA FY2025: -2.9%FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
GM -1.3%TSLA -2.9%
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: $17.6BTSLA FY2018: -$3MTSLA FY2019: $1.1BTSLA FY2020: $2.8BTSLA FY2021: $5BTSLA FY2022: $7.6BTSLA FY2023: $4.4BTSLA FY2024: $3.6BTSLA FY2025: $6.2BFY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
GM $17.6BTSLA $6.2B

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

Questions about General Motors and Tesla

Which is bigger by revenue, General Motors or Tesla?

General Motors is bigger by revenue: $185B in fiscal 2025, against $94.8B for Tesla in fiscal 2025.

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

General Motors had a net margin of 1.5% in fiscal 2025; Tesla had 4.0% in fiscal 2025.

Which grew revenue faster, General Motors or Tesla?

In their latest fiscal years revenue changed by -1.3% at General Motors and -2.9% at Tesla.

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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