General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) posted a bottom-line beat
Tuesday, with its $1.65 earnings per share figure 20 percent above estimates and 21 percent over 2016’s comparable period.
Those metrics compounded a best-ever fourth quarter in adjusted earnings before interest and taxes — $3.1 billion, a rate up
18.7 percent from last year.
“Improvements in all operating segments and an intense focus on cost reductions generated a record quarter and another record
year,” CFO Chuck Stevens said in the GM earnings release.
That’s more than Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F)
could say. The crosstown rival’s Q4 report nearly two weeks ago
showed a 7-percent EPS miss in spite of a 333-percent year-over-year gain.
Ford came out a winner in at least two metrics. The automaker posted positive sales growth in October, November and December,
while GM saw consistent year-over-year declines. At the same time, Ford’s $38.5 billion in revenue far surpassed GM’s $37.715
billion.
“Our balance sheet remains strong and we are focused on improving the company’s fitness to strengthen future results,” CFO Bob
Shanks said in Ford’s earnings release.
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