General Electric (GE) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)
General Electric's Net Margin came in at 17.75% for Q2 2026, down 0.64 percentage points from 18.40% a year earlier but up 2.39 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 Jun 30, 2026, General Electric reported Net Margin of 17.72%, down 0.92 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 increased in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.51 percentage points.
- 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 15.36% (Q1 2026), 19.98% (Q4 2025) and 17.71% (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Net Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | 324.20 Bn | 278.20 Bn | 4.68 Bn | 17.75% |
| 2 | Rtx | 249.38 Bn | 222.59 Bn | 5.13 Bn | 8.66% |
| 3 | Boeing | 152.06 Bn | 58.76 Bn | 2.41 Bn | -2.16% |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 116.66 Bn | 103.39 Bn | 2.45 Bn | 9.15% |
| 5 | Howmet Aerospace | 91.36 Bn | 86.97 Bn | 951.00 Mn | 20.97% |
| 6 | General Dynamics | 90.03 Bn | 77.14 Bn | 2.18 Bn | 8.23% |
| 7 | Motorola Solutions | 74.17 Bn | 70.53 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 17.78% |
| 8 | Northrop Grumman | 68.46 Bn | 57.71 Bn | 2.12 Bn | 10.06% |
| 9 | Honeywell International | 67.76 Bn | 20.21 Bn | 3.65 Bn | 58.46% |
| 10 | TransDigm | 60.65 Bn | 48.74 Bn | 1.63 Bn | 19.66% |
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 6.49% |
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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();