GM
General Motors Co.
Is GM Halal?
Vehicle manufacturing is generally permissible, but GM Financial is material and current debt/assets fails the financial screens.
What You Should Know
GM manufactures vehicles, parts and mobility products while GM Financial provides conventional vehicle finance and leasing. Its March 31, 2026 filing reports debt/assets of 41.91%, receivables plus cash/assets of 44.01%, cash plus marketable debt securities/assets of 8.69% and disclosed net interest income/revenue of 0.70%. The quantitative debt screen and the finance-arm activity require a doubtful verdict.
⚠️ Concerns
- •GM Financial provides conventional auto loans and leases with substantial receivables and debt
- •Debt/assets is 41.91% and exceeds the examined FTSE, MSCI and Malaysia limits
- •Securitization VIEs, restricted cash, dealer finance and credit-loss assumptions require review
- •EV transition, battery sourcing, labor, safety, emissions and connected-vehicle data remain qualitative concerns
Current quantitative Sharia screen
Based on 10-Q figures for the period ended 2026-03-31; calculated 2026-07-14.
117,756 / 280,974
24,418 / 280,974
123,656 / 280,974
307 / 43,624
- Financial
- Fails
- Overall
- Fails
Debt/assets is 41.91% and receivables plus cash/assets is 44.01%; debt exceeds the examined asset-based limit.
- Financial
- Fails
- Overall
- Fails
Debt/assets is 41.91%, exceeding the examined MSCI total-assets debt limit; GM Financial activity is also material.
- Financial
- Fails
- Overall
- Fails
Debt/assets is 41.91%, above the examined Malaysia SAC financial limit; this is not an official classification.
- Financial
- Not calculated
- Overall
- Fails
A licensed historical market-cap series is not stored; the debt screen fails independently.
Business-activity disclosure
GM manufactures vehicles, parts and mobility products, while GM Financial provides conventional vehicle finance and leasing. Vehicle manufacturing is generally permissible, but the direct finance arm and its receivables are material to the consolidated group.
Limitation: The filing does not allocate all GM Financial interest and leasing economics into a universal prohibited-revenue numerator, although the finance receivable scale is disclosed.
Purification
GM discloses a net interest-income line but does not prescribe a scholar-approved purification percentage; GM Financial interest economics are not isolated into one numerator.
Inputs, assumptions and primary sources
- Amounts are USD millions from GM's March 31, 2026 Form 10-Q.
- Debt includes automotive and GM Financial short-term/current debt of $406 million and $35,888 million plus long-term debt of $15,522 million and $75,940 million; operating leases are excluded.
- Cash is $19,800 million. Marketable debt securities are $4,618 million; equity investments are excluded.
- Accounts and notes receivable of $16,381 million are combined with current and non-current GM Financial receivables of $43,751 million and $43,724 million.
- First-quarter net sales and revenue are $43,624 million. Disclosed interest income and other non-operating income, net is $307 million; GM Financial interest revenue is not separately isolated.
This is a reproducible financial screen, not a fatwa. A failed total-assets screen can coexist with a pass under a market-cap methodology. ZakatInvest keeps the qualitative assessment separate so numerical thresholds do not erase material context.
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