Detroit - General Motors says its fourth-quarter net profit nearly doubled as it made a dizzying array of accounting moves due to tax credits and devaluing European assets.
The company made $898 million, up from $468 million in 2011.
GM earned 54 cents per share compared with 28 cents a year ago. Revenue grew 3 percent to $39.3 billion.
The fourth-quarter profit included billions in one-time accounting gains and losses that ended up being a $100 million increase. Without it, the company earned 48 cents per share.
That was short of analyst estimates.
They predicted 51 cents.
GM made $1.4 billion pretax in North America but lost $699 million in Europe.
For the full year, GM made $4.9 billion, or $2.92 per share.
That was down from $7.6 billion in 2011. - Sapa-AP