General Electric (GE) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)
General Electric's Net Margin came in at 16.21% for Q3 2026, down 1.50 percentage points from 17.71% a year earlier and down 1.55 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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General Electric (GE) Net Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, General Electric reported Net Margin of 17.31%, down 1.03 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 18.98%, up 2.04 percentage points from FY2024.
- Net Margin carries a five-year change of +12.08 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Net Margin was 16.94% in FY2024 (-9.05 pp), 25.99% in FY2023 (+25.83 pp), 0.16% in FY2022 (+11.80 pp) and -11.64% in FY2021 (-18.54 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Net Margin is -18.30% (Q4 2021) to 93.93% (Q1 2023).
- Year-over-year, Net Margin has declined for three consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.32 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Net Margin over five years came in Q1 2023 (a gain of 103.30 percentage points), and the weakest in Q1 2024 (a drop of 76.74 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows GE's Net Margin at 17.75% (Q2 2026), 15.36% (Q1 2026) and 19.98% (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Net Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Space Exploration Technologies | 1,651.46 Bn | 1,413.17 Bn | 9.10 Bn | 30.22% |
| 2 | General Electric | 341.86 Bn | 300.61 Bn | 5.02 Bn | 16.21% |
| 3 | Rtx | 267.69 Bn | 237.67 Bn | 5.81 Bn | 10.35% |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 137.00 Bn | 121.23 Bn | 2.44 Bn | 8.91% |
| 5 | Boeing | 135.05 Bn | 44.01 Bn | 2.17 Bn | -0.84% |
| 6 | General Dynamics | 97.96 Bn | 83.20 Bn | 2.25 Bn | 8.44% |
| 7 | Motorola Solutions | 87.95 Bn | 84.41 Bn | 1.77 Bn | 15.17% |
| 8 | Howmet Aerospace | 87.51 Bn | 83.27 Bn | 1.00 Bn | 20.98% |
| 9 | Northrop Grumman | 78.02 Bn | 65.48 Bn | 2.35 Bn | 10.11% |
| 10 | Honeywell International | 70.19 Bn | 29.70 Bn | 2.02 Bn | 13.30% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 16.21% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 17.75% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 15.36% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 19.98% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 17.71% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 18.40% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 19.91% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 17.56% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 18.82% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 13.92% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 17.19% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 16.80% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.81% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -0.29% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 93.93% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 12.46% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.61% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -6.72% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -9.37% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -18.30% |
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General Electric Net Margin API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=net-margin&ticker=GE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "net-margin", "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=net-margin&ticker=GE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();