General Motors (NYSE: GM) capped off 2025 in style, essentially firing on all cylinders by beating fourth quarter bottom-line earnings estimates from Wall Street, raising its 2026 forecasts for net income and adjusted earnings, increasing its dividend, and initiating a new $6 billion share buyback. Over the past three years, GM's stock has more than doubled to a 113% rise, which leaves crosstown rival Ford Motor Company's (NYSE: F) 1% gain, and the broader S&P 500's 68% gain, in the dust. Despite all of th ...

Key Points Ford has long been known to pay generous dividends out to its shareholders. GM pays a fairly small dividend, but habitually buys back large quantities of stock. Total yield -- which includes buybacks -- is a metric worthy of more investor attention. 10 stocks we like better than General Motors › Many businesses have come a long way in terms of practicing conscious capitalism, but the truth is, a primary goal of publicly traded companies is to create value for their shareholders. And qu ...