General Electric (GE) Ending Cash Balance (2009 - 2026)
General Electric's Ending Cash Balance was $10.28 billion in Q3 2026, down 31.5% from $15.01 billion a year earlier and down 9.5% from the prior quarter.
General Electric (GE) Ending Cash Balance (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Ending Cash Balance at General Electric came in at $14.78 billion, down 6.9% from FY2024.
- Ending Cash Balance shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of -17.0% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Ending Cash Balance was $15.88 billion in FY2024 (-19.6%), $19.76 billion in FY2023 (+3.5%), $19.09 billion in FY2022 (+13.2%) and $16.86 billion in FY2021 (-55.2%).
- The Q3 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Ending Cash Balance in data going back to Q1 2009.
- Compared with a year earlier, Ending Cash Balance has declined for eight straight quarters, with an average decline of 17.1% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Ending Cash Balance over five years was Q1 2024 (growth of 53.5%); the worst was Q1 2022 (a decline of 58.0%).
- Per Business Quant data, GE's Ending Cash Balance in the three quarters before Q3 2026 was $11.37 billion (Q2 2026), $12.8 billion (Q1 2026) and $14.78 billion (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Ending Cash Balance (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | 328.06 Bn | 286.58 Bn | 5.02 Bn | 10.28 Bn |
| 2 | Rtx | 262.89 Bn | 231.16 Bn | 5.81 Bn | 9.23 Bn |
| 3 | Lockheed Martin | 136.04 Bn | 120.28 Bn | 2.44 Bn | 5.96 Bn |
| 4 | Boeing | 135.54 Bn | 44.50 Bn | 2.17 Bn | 9.54 Bn |
| 5 | General Dynamics | 98.83 Bn | 84.06 Bn | 2.25 Bn | 4.39 Bn |
| 6 | Motorola Solutions | 87.41 Bn | 83.87 Bn | 1.77 Bn | 774.00 Mn |
| 7 | Howmet Aerospace | 81.30 Bn | 77.06 Bn | 1.00 Bn | 508.00 Mn |
| 8 | Northrop Grumman | 74.57 Bn | 62.02 Bn | 2.35 Bn | 3.74 Bn |
| 9 | Honeywell International | 69.22 Bn | 28.73 Bn | 2.02 Bn | 5.69 Bn |
| 10 | TransDigm | 68.37 Bn | 56.38 Bn | 1.63 Bn | 2.77 Bn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 10.28 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 11.37 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 12.80 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 14.78 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 15.01 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 13.48 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 14.87 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 15.88 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 16.57 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 14.95 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 21.29 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 19.76 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 15.11 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 14.83 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 13.87 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 19.09 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 14.12 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 14.97 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 14.33 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 16.86 Bn |
General Electric Ending Cash Balance 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=ending-cash-balance&ticker=GE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ending-cash-balance", "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=ending-cash-balance&ticker=GE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();