With pickup trucks accounting for an estimated 55%-67% of North American profits, General Motors (GM) and Ford (F) are not car stocks, Citi analyst Itay Michaeli tells investors in a research note. After analyzing pickup truck data, Michaeli concluded that pent-up demand still exists. He believes the pickup truck market more resembles the Class 8 market than cars. The analyst thinks a "strong case can be made" that GM and Ford pickup earnings should be compared to Class 8 original equipment and Industrial stocks. Changing the way both companies are viewed suggests a sum-of-parts stock value potential for GM of $44-$55 and Ford of $15-$18. The analyst recommends buying shares of GM and keeps a Neural rating on Ford.

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Reports Q1 revenue $42.8B, consensus $40.1B. Reports Q4 adjusted EBIT $2.8B.

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RBC Capital raised the firm's price target on General Motors to $58 from $56 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The company's Q1 EBIT beat was "impressive" while its management remained bullish on its EV plans for 2024, with several key launches coming in the second half of the year, the analyst tells investors in a research note. RBC adds that GM investors should expect more buybacks to come in the future.

Tuesday's total option volume of 40.6 million contracts resulted in net open interest growth of 5.36 million calls and 4.67 million puts. Tesla (TSLA), AGNC Investment Corp. (AGNC), Amazon (AMZN) and Ford (F) saw the greatest growth. Top five new positions opened include 40k Wal-Mart (WMT) May-24 59 calls, 37k AGNC Investment Corp. (AGNC) Sep-24 8 puts, 36k AGNC Investment Corp. (AGNC) Sep-24 7 puts, 28k Ford (F) 4/26 weekly 13 calls and 26k Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) May-24 20 calls.

Citi raised the firm's price target on General Motors to $96 from $95 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The analyst increased estimates post the company's Q1 beat. GM remains the analyst's top pick. The company offered encouraging Q2 outlook commentary, suggesting further upside potential to the 2024 guide, and offered a confident tone around the electric vehicle outlook, the analyst tells investors in a research note. "Quarters like this continue to support the case that the now 5+yr running pushback on the stock has grown stale," contends Citi.