General Motors (GM): FY26 Q3 earnings call, Oct 20, 2026

On its Oct 20, 2026 earnings call (FY26 Q3), General Motors said 14 of the 22 words Kalshi and Polymarket listed; Parrot’s count agreed with all 22 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each, with timed clips.

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22 words · 14 settled yes · our count agreed on 22 of 22

backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.

Listed words: result, our count under the market rule, the count over every speaker, whether they agree, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultOur countAll speakersAgreesProbabilityClipMarket
Quarter 15+ timesYes4747✓79%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 0:01, Quarter 15+ times–
EV / Electric Yes1923✓96%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 3:57, EV / Electric–
Super Cruise Yes1112✓92%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 6:31, Super Cruise–
Tariff Yes99✓96%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 12:52, Tariff–
China Yes813✓94%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcriptsHear it 15:06, China–
Inflation Yes88✓77%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 14:29, Inflation–
North America Yes66✓93%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 2:16, North America–
Buyback / Buy Back Yes46✓54%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 11:35, Buyback / Buy Back–
Inventory Yes33✓95%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 10:42, Inventory–
President / Trump Yes33✓86%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 0:35, President / Trump–
Regulatory Yes22✓93%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 13:10, Regulatory–
Battery Yes22✓88%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 28:27, Battery–
Autonomous Yes22✓51%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 57:04, Autonomous–
Oil / Gas / Gasoline Yes11✓56%transcripts from the transcript modelHear it 28:38, Oil / Gas / Gasoline–
Mexico No00✓66%transcripts from the transcript model–
Domestic No00✓43%transcripts from the transcript model–
F1 No00✓36%transcripts from the transcript model–
Trump No00✓23%transcripts from the transcript model–
Passenger No00✓21%transcripts from the transcript model–
Hummer No00✓21%transcripts from the transcript model–
Debt 7+ timesNo00✓10%transcripts from the transcript model–
Fiscal 10+ timesNo00✓2%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 21, 2026 04:22 UTC.

Transcript

quotes of at most 25 words

Speaker-labelled transcript · Source and credits · Used to count words; quotes of at most 25 words.

3 matches for “Software”; 3 quoted, at least 25 words apart.

Mary Barracompanyprepared · 4:00Hear it 3:54, Mary Barra

…expect incremental benefits from warranty expense improvements, lower EV losses, growth in software and services revenue, and the launches of our next-generation Chevrolet Silverado and…

Mary Barracompanyprepared · 6:59Hear it 6:56, Mary Barra

…The base is already strong and growing rapidly. Year-over-year, deferred revenue from software and services is up 40%. For the full year, we are on…

Paul Jacobsoncompanyprepared · 20:34Hear it 20:28, Paul Jacobson

…onshore production to the U.S., strengthen our supply chain, and expand our software capabilities. We expect these costs to continue to ramp in the fourth…

Where the listed words were said

Operatoroperator“Quarter (15+)” · prepared · 0:03Hear it 0:00, Operator

Good morning, and welcome to the General Motors Company third quarter 2026 earnings conference call. During the opening remarks, all participants will be in a…

Paul Jacobsoncompany“EV / Electric” · prepared · 12:18Hear it 12:15, Paul Jacobson

…was up $1.4 billion year-over-year. ICE volumes were up 8% year-over-year, while EV volumes declined as we lapped the expiration of the consumer purchase incentive…

Mary Barracompany“Super Cruise” · prepared · 6:33Hear it 6:30, Mary Barra

Trucks will also be a big driver of incremental Super Cruise adoption and digital revenue as we make the technology standard on high-end Silverado and…

Paul Jacobsoncompany“Tariff” · prepared · 12:54Hear it 12:51, Paul Jacobson

…up $1.7 billion year-over-year. The improvement was driven by higher earnings and tariff timing. Regarding EV charges, as I mentioned last quarter, we moved quickly…

Paul Jacobsoncompany“China” · prepared · 15:08Hear it 15:05, Paul Jacobson

GM International EBIT adjusted excluding China equity income was breakeven in the third quarter, down $200 million year-over-year, driven by a -$100 million mark-to-market adjustment…

Paul Jacobsoncompany“Inflation” · prepared · 14:31Hear it 14:28, Paul Jacobson

…and continued warranty expense reductions. These gains were partially offset by commodity inflation, including logistics and higher DRAM costs, along with higher manufacturing costs related…

Mary Barracompany“North America” · prepared · 2:18Hear it 2:15, Mary Barra

…up more than 35% year-over-year. During the third quarter, our margins in North America were 8.7%, up 2.5 points year-over-year. The compelling products, technology, and…

Paul Jacobsoncompany“Buyback / Buy Back” · prepared · 11:37Hear it 11:35, Paul Jacobson

That brings our year-to-date buybacks to $6.3 billion and completes the prior board authorization. This morning, we announced a new $20 billion multi-year share repurchase…

Paul Jacobsoncompany“Inventory” · prepared · 10:44Hear it 10:39, Paul Jacobson

…the downtime, the sell-down of the existing truck is on track, with inventories at planned levels and incentives as a percentage of MSRP that are…

Operatoroperator“President / Trump” · prepared · 0:37Hear it 0:32, Operator

…is being recorded Tuesday, October 20, 2026. I would now like to turn the conference over to Ashish Kohli, GM's Vice President of Investor Relations.

Paul Jacobsoncompany“Regulatory” · prepared · 18:48Hear it 18:46, Paul Jacobson

…the high end of our $1 billion-$1.5 billion in full-year improvement. Emissions-related regulatory savings are around $500 million year-to-date, and we expect a minimal benefit…

Paul Jacobsoncompany“Battery” · qa · 28:29Hear it 28:25, Paul Jacobson

…2028 and 2029, as we get into LMR and the next generation battery cells and packs, we should see another step function improvement in profitability.…

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