Hot Heal Care Companies To Invest In Right Now

Hot Heal Care Companies To Invest In Right Now: General Motors Co (GM)

General Motors Company (GM), incorporated in on September 16, 1908, designs, builds and sells cars, trucks and automobile parts worldwide. The Company also provides automotive financing services through General Motors Financial Company, Inc. (GM Financial). It operates in four automotive segments: GM North America (GMNA), GM Europe (GME), GM International Operations (GMIO) and GM South America (GMSA). GM's total worldwide vehicle sales were nine million during the year ended December 31, 2011. The Company's GMNA segment develops, manufactures and/or markets vehicles under the brands, such as Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC for its customers in North America. GM for its customers outside North America develops, manufactures and/or markets vehicles under the brands, such as Buick Chevrolet, GMC, Opel, Cadillac, Daewoo, Holden and Vauxhall. In March 2011, the Company announced the sale of its Class A Membership Interest in Delphi Automotive LLP (Delphi) back to Delphi. In October 2012, the Company bought back most of the 50% interest in its Indian operations that it had sold to Chinese partner SAIC Motor Corp Ltd and raised its interest in the venture to 93%.

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GMNA, with sales, manufacturing and distribution operations in the United States, Canada and Mexico and sales and distribution operations in Central America and the Caribbean, represented 32.4% of the Company's vehicle sales volume in 2011. GME has sales, manufacturing and distribution operations across Western and Central Europe. GME's vehicle sales volume, which in addition to Western and Central Europe, includes Eastern Europe (including Russia and the other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States among others) represented 19.2% of its vehicle sales volume GMIO distributes Chevrolet brand vehicles which, when sold in! Europe, are included in GME vehicle sales volume and market share data. GMIO has sales, manufacturing and distributio n operations in Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe (including Russ! ia and the other members of the Commonwealth of Independent States among others), Africa and the Middle East. GMIO represented 36.6% of the Company's global vehicle sales volume, including sales through its joint ventures in 2011. GMSA, with sales, manufacturing and distribution operations in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, as well as sales and distribution operations in Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay represented 11.8% of its vehicle sales volume in 2011. In 2011 GMSA derived 59.4% of its vehicle sales volume from Brazil.

As of December 31, 2011, the Company had equity ownership stakes directly or indirectly in entities through various regional subsidiaries, including GM Korea Company (GM Korea), Shanghai General Motors Co., Ltd. (SGM), SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co., Ltd. (SGMW), FAW-GM Light Duty Commercial Vehicle Co., Ltd. (FAW-GM) and SAIC GM Investment Limited (HKJV). These companies design, manufacture and market vehicles under the brands, including Alpheon, Buick, Chevrolet, Jiefang, Baojun, Cadillac, Daewoo and Wuling. In addition to the products GM sells to its dealers for consumer retail sales, and also sells cars and trucks to fleet customers, including daily rental car companies, commercial fleet customers, leasing companies and Governments. It sells vehicles to fleet customers directly or through its network of dealers. The Company's retail and fleet customers can obtain a range of after sale vehicle services and products through its dealer network, such as maintenance, light repairs, collision repairs, vehicle accessories and extended service warranties.

GM markets vehicles worldwide primarily through a network of independent authorized retail dealers. These outlets include distributors, dealers and authorized sales, service and parts outlets. Th! e Company! enters into a contract with each authorized dealer agreeing to sell to the dealer one or more specified product lin es at wholesale prices and granting the dealer the right to ! sell thos! e vehicles to retail customers from an approved location. Authorized dealers offer parts, accessories, service and repairs for GM vehicles in the product lines that they sell using GM parts and accessories. Its dealers are authorized to service GM vehicles under its limited warranty program and those repairs are to be made only with GM parts. The Company also markets FlexFuel vehicles in Australia, Thailand and other markets.

GM produces compressed natural gas capable vehicles in Europe, such as the Opel Zafira, and in the United States, the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans are offered to fleet and commercial customers. It offers LPG capable vehicles in select markets in Europe, Asia Pacific, South America and North America. OnStar Corporation (OnStar) is a wholly owned subsidiary of GM serving more than six million subscribers in the United States, Canada and China. OnStar is a provider of connected safety, security and mobility solutions and in formation technology. OnStar's principal services include automatic crash response, stolen vehicle assistance, remote door unlock, turn-by-turn navigation, vehicle diagnostics and hands-free calling.

Automotive Financing - GM Financial

GM Financial specializes in purchasing retail automobile installment sales contracts originated by GM and non-GM franchised and independent dealers in connection with the sale of used and new automobiles. GM Financial also offers lease products through GM dealerships in connection with the sale of used and new automobiles. GM Financial primarily generates revenue through the purchase, retention, subsequent securitization and servicing of finance receivables. GM Financial earns finance charge income on finance receivables and pays interest expense on borrowings under its credit faciliti! es. GM Fi! nancial periodically transfers receivables to securitization trusts that issue asset-backed securities to investors. In April 2011 GM Financial originated leases for the Company's cust! omers in ! Canada.

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Chris Isidore]

  GM (GM) dismissed 15 employees once the probe was complete, and Barra promised the panel that the company is working to change what the report found to be "a pattern of incompetence and neglect."

• [By Chris Isidore]

  Raise the fines. GM (GM) has already agreed to pay the maximum fine of $35 million for the delayed recall. But that fine represents less than 1% of GM's earnings over the last 12 months.

• [By Ben Levisohn]

  JPMorgan’s Ryan Brinkman and team aren’t worried about the latest General Motors (GM) recall:

  REUTERS

  Despite the continuing recalls, we see a clear line of sight to GM largely moving past pending product safety reviews and victim compensation matters by 2Q-end – both factors that have been weighing on investor sentiment. We believe the cycling past of these uncertainties, combined with evidence of an underlying earnings inflection driven by a full quarter's benefit from all new heavy duty pickup trucks and full-size SUVs (when 2Q earnings are announced in July) could spark a strong re-rating in the shares from their current low 3.2x multiple.

  Ford Motor (F), meanwhile, hasn’t “missed the boat in China,” Brinkman says:

  Highly attractive from a rate-of-change perspective, Ford is growing faster in China in percentage terms than any other company we cover…The narrative prior to 2012 was that Ford had missed the boat in China. That narrative quickly faded as Ford rode a wave of new product introductions to a +27% y/y increase in China sales in 2012, followed by +59% in 2013 and another +41% in year-to-date 2014. Profitability has followed, with Ford Asia Pacific narrowing losses in 2012 before turnin! g the fir! st profit in years in 2013. And thus far in 2014, 1Q profits have nearly eclipsed that earned in all of 2013. We estimate Ford is well on its way to its goal of Asia Pacific becoming a material contributor to global automotive pre-tax profits by mid-decade.

  Shares of Ford Motors have gained 0.4% to $16.69 at 11:14 a.m., while General Motors has dropped 0.3% to $35.95.

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