General Electric (GE) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

General Electric's (GE) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.26 in Q1 2026, up 12.88% year-on-year from 0.23 in Q1 2025, and up 24.4% quarter-over-quarter from 0.21 in Q4 2025.

General Electric (GE) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

General Electric has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.26 for Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.26, up 12.88% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.21 (down 20.93% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.2, down 5.19% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.26 for Q1 2026 at General Electric, up from 0.21 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.86 in Q2 2022 to a low of 7.0 in Q2 2023.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.14 (2024), against an average of 0.3.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio jumped 871.78% in 2022 and sank 1079.27% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • General Electric's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.04 in 2022, then declined by 3.95% to 0.04 in 2023, then surged by 275.88% to 0.14 in 2024, then surged by 43.36% to 0.21 in 2025, then grew by 24.4% to 0.26 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.26 (Q1 2026), 0.21 (Q4 2025), and 0.19 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 DEFSEC Technologies 4,964.60 Bn 4,964.60 Bn 456,459.43 -
2 General Electric 375.02 Bn 364.28 Bn 9.11 Bn 0.26
3 Rtx 251.10 Bn 246.00 Bn 9.08 Bn 0.70
4 Boeing 176.15 Bn 155.24 Bn 2.55 Bn -0.06
5 Lockheed Martin 117.75 Bn 115.86 Bn 2.08 Bn -2.80
6 Howmet Aerospace 111.79 Bn 109.36 Bn 854.00 Mn 0.13
7 Embraer 94.69 Bn 92.06 Bn - -
8 General Dynamics 94.57 Bn 90.92 Bn 9.09 Bn 0.21
9 TransDigm 77.14 Bn 73.27 Bn 1.51 Bn -
10 Northrop Grumman 74.17 Bn 72.08 Bn 3.45 Bn -0.18

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.26
Dec 31, 2025 0.21
Sep 30, 2025 0.19
Jun 30, 2025 0.19
Mar 31, 2025 0.23
Dec 31, 2024 0.14
Sep 30, 2024 0.55
Jun 30, 2024 0.47
Mar 31, 2024 0.06
Dec 31, 2023 0.04
Sep 30, 2023 0.09
Jun 30, 2023 -7.00
Mar 31, 2023 -1.42
Dec 31, 2022 0.04
Sep 30, 2022 0.10
Jun 30, 2022 0.86
Mar 31, 2022 -0.12
Dec 31, 2021 0.31
Sep 30, 2021 0.12
Jun 30, 2021 -0.11