General Electric (GE) Dividend Yield (2009 - 2026)
General Electric's Dividend Yield came in at 0.42% for Q2 2026, down 0.05 percentage points from 0.48% a year earlier and down 0.09 percentage points from the prior quarter.
General Electric (GE) Dividend Yield (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, General Electric's Dividend Yield was 0.45%, down 0.11 percentage points from FY2024.
- Dividend Yield carries a five-year change of -0.65 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Dividend Yield was 0.56% in FY2024 (+0.03 pp), 0.53% in FY2023 (-0.59 pp), 1.12% in FY2022 (+0.24 pp) and 0.89% in FY2021 (-0.21 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Dividend Yield since Q3 2024.
- Year-over-year, Dividend Yield has declined for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.01 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Dividend Yield over five years came in Q2 2022 (a gain of 0.49 percentage points), and the weakest in Q3 2021 (a drop of 0.97 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows GE's Dividend Yield at 0.52% (Q1 2026), 0.45% (Q4 2025) and 0.43% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | 324.11 Bn | 277.88 Bn | 4.68 Bn |
| 2 | Rtx | 259.48 Bn | 230.96 Bn | 5.13 Bn |
| 3 | Boeing | 151.52 Bn | 58.21 Bn | 2.41 Bn |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 126.52 Bn | 113.24 Bn | 2.45 Bn |
| 5 | General Dynamics | 92.31 Bn | 79.43 Bn | 2.18 Bn |
| 6 | Howmet Aerospace | 88.22 Bn | 83.82 Bn | 951.00 Mn |
| 7 | Motorola Solutions | 76.09 Bn | 72.44 Bn | 1.68 Bn |
| 8 | Northrop Grumman | 72.54 Bn | 61.78 Bn | 2.12 Bn |
| 9 | Honeywell International | 66.60 Bn | 18.72 Bn | 3.65 Bn |
| 10 | TransDigm | 65.56 Bn | 53.57 Bn | 1.63 Bn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 0.42% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 0.52% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.45% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.43% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.48% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.57% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.56% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.39% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.37% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.31% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.53% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.71% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.73% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.84% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.12% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.42% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.33% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.90% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.89% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.95% |
General Electric Dividend Yield API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividend-yield&ticker=GE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividend-yield", "ticker": "GE", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividend-yield&ticker=GE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();