Question 1

Which is bigger, GM or HD?

Accepted Answer

Home Depot, Inc. is the larger company — market cap $293B vs $73.7B for General Motors Company.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, GM or HD?

Accepted Answer

HD keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 8.7% vs 1.1% for GM.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, GM or HD?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, HD trades at a lower P/E — 20.3 vs 37.2 for GM. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, GM or HD?

Accepted Answer

HD yields 3.19% vs 1.61% for GM.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — GM or HD?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, GM leads 2 of 12 comparable metrics and HD leads 10. StockCV rates GM “Mixed” and HD “Solid”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	GM	HD
Price	$84.00	$294.01
Market cap	$73.7B	$293B
Revenue (TTM)	$186B	$386B
Revenue growth	+5.7%	+1.5%
Net margin	1.1%	8.7%
Free cash flow	$14.4B	$37.2B
Net cash (debt)	($103B)	($61.1B)
1-year price return	+51.0%	-22.5%
P/E	37.2	20.3
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	4%	65%
Dividend yield	1.61%	3.19%
Return on equity	3%	103%
Altman Z-score	1.23	4.31
CV checks passed	7 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	156,000	472,400

General Motors Company vs Home Depot, Inc.