General Electric (GE) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026)
General Electric (GE) posted Dividends Paid - Common of $492 million for Q2 2026, up 27.5% from $386 million a year earlier and up 29.1% from the prior quarter.
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General Electric (GE) Dividends Paid - Common (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Dividends Paid - Common at General Electric was $1.64 billion, up 25.7% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $1.45 billion, up 44.0% from FY2024.
- Annual Dividends Paid - Common shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 17.5% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, General Electric's Dividends Paid - Common was $1.01 billion in FY2024 (+71.1%), $589 million in FY2023 (-7.8%), $639 million in FY2022 (+11.1%) and $575 million in FY2021 (-11.3%).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Dividends Paid - Common since Q4 2018.
- On a year-over-year basis, Dividends Paid - Common has increased in each of the last nine quarters, with growth averaging 91.3% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Dividends Paid - Common in the past five years was Q1 2025, with growth of 251.2%; the weakest was Q1 2024, with a decline of 57.6%.
- According to Business Quant data, Dividends Paid - Common for the three prior quarters was $381 million (Q1 2026), $381 million (Q4 2025) and $383 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Div. Paid (Common) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | 324.09 Bn | 278.09 Bn | 4.68 Bn | 492.00 Mn |
| 2 | Rtx | 250.22 Bn | 223.44 Bn | 5.13 Bn | 983.00 Mn |
| 3 | Boeing | 147.08 Bn | 53.78 Bn | 2.41 Bn | - |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 117.51 Bn | 104.24 Bn | 2.45 Bn | 796.00 Mn |
| 5 | Howmet Aerospace | 90.46 Bn | 86.07 Bn | 951.00 Mn | 49.00 Mn |
| 6 | General Dynamics | 89.77 Bn | 76.88 Bn | 2.18 Bn | - |
| 7 | Motorola Solutions | 73.88 Bn | 70.24 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 201.00 Mn |
| 8 | Northrop Grumman | 68.68 Bn | 57.92 Bn | 2.12 Bn | 351.00 Mn |
| 9 | Honeywell International | 66.86 Bn | 19.30 Bn | 3.65 Bn | 795.00 Mn |
| 10 | TransDigm | 59.83 Bn | 47.91 Bn | 1.63 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 492.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 381.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 381.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 383.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 386.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 302.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 306.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 308.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 308.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 86.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 88.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 151.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 147.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 203.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 184.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 161.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 154.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 140.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 144.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 139.00 Mn |
API Access
General Electric Dividends Paid - Common 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=dividends-paid-common&ticker=GE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividends-paid-common", "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=dividends-paid-common&ticker=GE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();