general motors co is scheduled to report quarterly earnings before the bell tuesday with the auto maker’s 2022 guidance front and center for investors gm gm is fresh from unveiling the electric iteration of its bestselling silverado a pickup that has garnered glowing reviews and announcing major factory investments for electric vehicles the stock has struggled so far this year however as wall street remains concerned about the impact of supply shortages on auto makers for both gm and ford motor co f  the “focus will be on each company’s 2022 guidance in the face of ongoing chip shortages and supplychain issues” cfra analyst garrett nelson said earnings the factset consensus calls for gm to report adjusted pershare earnings of 116 for the quarter that would compare with adjusted earnings of 193 a share in the fourth quarter of 2020 estimize a crowdsourcing platform that gathers estimates from wall street analysts as well as buyside analysts fund managers company executives academics and others is expecting an adjusted profit of 129 a share for gm revenue the analysts polled by factset are calling for sales of 358 billion for the auto maker which would compare with 375 billion in the fourth quarter of 2020 estimize is expecting 355 billion in revenue for the quarter stock price gm shares have underperformed the broader index gaining 3 in the past 12 months compared with gains of around 21 for the sp 500 index spx the stock has lost around 4 in the past three months compared with losses of around 3 for the sp what else to expect wall street is likely to want more details about that highly anticipated electric silverado like its timing and production ramp cfra’s nelson said overall auto makers have faced “another challenging quarter” analysts at b of a securities said in a recent note production is seen improving which bodes well for oems like gm they said expectations for the broader industry “have been set reasonably low” they said gm gets an advantage as its core business “is being well managed even amidst a choppy macro while the accelerating focus on futureproofing the business with the development of the necessary components of the future of mobility services including an autonomous electric vehicle fleet cruise automation  bolts car sharing maven and connectivity onstar may provide upside” for the stock they said goldman sachs analysts have gm as a top pick alongside tesla inc tsla auto makers’ industry fundamentals will be “generally positive in 2022” with increasing deliveries and a stilltight supply and demand picture supporting “strong pricing” they said gm and tesla are the preferred names “given what we consider to be their strong technology portfolios in evs and adasavs” the goldman analysts said gm has set a goal of being carbon neutral by 2040 and has pledged to invest 35 billion in electric and autonomous vehicles with plans to have more than 30 ev models globally by 2025 gm last week confirmed plans to spend nearly 7 billion to in battery and ev factories in michigan tesla reported its fourthquarter results last week while ford was scheduled to report its earnings on thursday after the bell