For this particular assignment, I have chosen to analyze General Motors Corporation in order to evaluate its suitability for investment. To start, a brief history of the corporation will be discussed along with some product line information. Certain aspects of both fundamental and technical analysis techniques will be used to estimate where GM's stock price may be in approximately one year from today. A target price will be identified and a recommendation to either buy, sell, or hold this particular stock will be made. These predictions will be made by researching various statistics, trends, and other company related news and data however; unforeseen tragedies such as the September 11th attacks can by no means be taken into consideration when making such predictions. .
The history of General Motors is linked back to the Olds Motor Vehicle Company, the oldest unit of General Motors. Ransom E. Olds organized Olds Motor Vehicle Company in 1896. It wasn't until September 16, 1908 that Olds Motor Vehicle Company became General Motors. GM designs, manufactures, and markets vehicles in North America, Europe, Latin America, and other parts of the world. They are the world's largest manufacturer of automobiles with a worldwide market share of approximately 17%. The individual companies that make-up General Motors include: GMC, Pontiac, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Buick, Cadillac, Saturn, and Hummer. However the fate of the Oldsmobile product line is a delicate situation. Outside North America GM owns Opel, Vauxhall, Holden, Isuzu, and Saab. Aside from automotive production, GM also engages in non-automotive operations. These operations include: Hughes Electronics (DIRECTV, communications), Allison Transmissions (heavy-duty automatic transmissions), GM Locomotive (locomotives, diesel engines), and GMAC Financial Services. GM's mission statement can be summarized as putting customers and stockholders first with key focuses on producing innovative products while increasing global growth and market share.
General Motors Corp. ... SWOT Analysis Strengths Every organization has some strength. ... Whether these strengths are adequate is an issue for analysis. ... From the last six months, General Motors stock has ranged between $34.50 (4-10-03) - $42.79 (10-10-03), which is very high considering the economy in the recent year. ... How badly these weaknesses will affect the company is a matter of analysis. ...
Ford Motor Company Industry Analysis The automobile industry began with Henry Ford's production of the Model T in the early 1900's. ... Currently, the major competitors within the industry are Ford, DaimlerChrylser, General Motors (GM), Honda, Toyota, and Volkswagen. ... Some of the other major examples of consolidation are Nissan selling off a controlling 37% interest to Renault; General Motor;s 49% ownership of Isuzu; and Ford;s 33% majority of Mazda. ... Firm Analysis General History of Ford: Ford Motor Company's first car was sold on July 23, 1903. ... Financial Analysi...
General Motors was founded by William C. ... This bank trust forced Durant to leave General Motors. ... GM would later become incorporated, renaming the company to General Motors Corporation. International Expansion In 1918, General Motors Corporation purchased the McLaughlin Motor Car Company of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The company would later be renamed General Motors of Canada, Ltd. ...
Name and Description of the Industry This industry analysis will focus on the automotive manufacturing and sales industry. ... General Motors 4. ... Ford Land Rover Lincoln Jaguar Mazda Mercury Volvo General Motors Corporation General Motors Corp. offers nine brands of automobiles in the United States. ... (Although this analysis is only covering the United States.) ... General Motors Corporation I have ranked GM first because it holds the largest market share in the United States at 28.3% as of 2002. ...
Chrysler, resigned as an executive at General Motors Corporation because of differences with the company's president, William C Durant. ... In 1928 Chrysler acquired Dodge Brothers Motor Car Co. ... In 1987 DAIMLERCHRYSLER CASE ANALYSIS Chrysler acquired American Motors Company, maker of Eagle cars and four-wheel drive Jeeps. ... Which added to the $48 billion value of its Benz's existing stock making DaimlerChrysler worth $84 billion. ... By December 2000 just two years after the merger a collapsing DaimlerChrysler stock had a market value of only $39 billion. ...
The stocks consisted of Caterpillar, Pepsi, Wal-Mart, Matria, and General Motors. ... After reviewing the data, Wal-Mart would be the stock to invest in if our client wished to invest aggressively in only one stock. ... Risk, Return, and Sensitivity to the Market Our analysis by investigating an aggressive approach to investing consisted of investing in one stock that has a high rate of return and a corresponding high risk. ... The beta coefficient, derived from the risk and average return for each stock, measures how sensitive the stock's rate of return is to changes in the level of ...
During the last couple of years, car companies seem to have different ideas about the effectiveness of motor racing. Not too long ago, the three large Detroit car manufacturers (Ford, General Motors and Chrysler) used "Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday " as a motto. ... The last motive is the high entry barrier that manufacturers have when entering into motor sports. Due to the high cost involved in motor sports, many car companies only have one chance to be successful because they are only present with a factory sponsored team in one form of motor racing. ... Keeping in mind the above factors, it...
According to Johnson and Kaplan, the need developed to raise large amounts of capital from increasingly widespread and detached suppliers (e.g., sale of stock, bonds), so did the need for periodic audited financial statements. ... In this model, which is still taught in business schools today, ROI is equal to the return on sales (operating ratio) multiplied by the sales to assets ratio, or stock turn. This ROI model was successfully applied at General Motors in 1920 (when Pierre DuPont became CEO), to support its decentralized, multidivisional environment. ... Essential to the manufacturer wer...
For example large industrial firms, such as Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), Rover Company and the British Motor Corporation, became the focus of economic geographers' attention. ... As a consequence, economic geographers undertook spatial analysis and sought a "commitment to rationalism" (Wood & Roberts, 2011, p. 13). ... In America economic decline was brought on by the oil crisis in 1973 and the subsequent collapse of the stock market (Skidelsky, 2009). ... The stagnation of the Anglo-American economies and the decline of previously successful industries such as General Mo...