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DETROIT — General Motors easily outperformed Wall Street’s third-quarter earnings expectations, leading the Detroit automaker in raising key guidance targets for 2024. Here’s how the company performed in the third quarter, compared with average estimates compiled by LSEG: Earnings per share: $2.96 adjusted vs. $2.43 expected Revenue: $48.76 billion vs. $44.59 billion expected This marks the third time this year that GM has updated its guidance after beating Wall Street’s top- and bottom-line expectations, led by the automaker’s North American operations. GM is now forecasting full-year adjusted earnings before interest and taxes of between $14 billion and $15 billion, or $10 and $10.50 a share, up from between $13 billion and $15 billion, or $9.50 and $10.50. It also raised its adjusted automotive free cash flow forecast to between $12.5 billion and $13.5 billion, up from $9.5 billion and $11.5 billion. The automaker tightened its net income attributable to common stockholders, which excludes some dividend payouts, to between $10.4 billion and $11.1 billion, or $9.14 and $9.63 per share. That compared to its previous guidance of $10 billion to $11.4 billion, or $8.93 and $9.93. GM CFO Paul Jacobson warned earnings will be lower during the fourth quarter, citing timing of truck production, seasonality, lower wholesale volumes and vehicle mix, including selling more electric vehicles. Shares of GM were up roughly 2% during premarket trading Tuesday. The automaker has topped Wall Street’s EPS estimates for nine consecutive quarters and revenue for eight straight quarters. GM’s third-quarter results were assisted by continued strong pricing, offsetting losses in China and year-over-year cost increases of $200 million in labor and $700 million in warranty costs. Jacobson said the company’s average transaction price per vehicle, which Wall Street has been monitoring for signs of weakening,  remained over $49,000 from July through September. “The consumer has held…

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