General Electric (GE) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

General Electric's (GE) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $10.2 billion in Q1 2026, up 27.35% year-on-year from $8.0 billion in Q1 2025, and down 2.77% quarter-over-quarter from $10.5 billion in Q4 2025.

General Electric (GE) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

General Electric has disclosed Operating Expenses across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $10.2 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $10.2 billion, up 27.35% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $39.5 billion (up 18.48% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $37.3 billion, up 11.98% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $10.2 billion for Q1 2026 at General Electric, down from $10.5 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $14.9 billion in Q3 2022 to a low of -$14.2 billion in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $8.9 billion (2025), against an average of $8.7 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses sank 258.11% in 2022 and surged 161.47% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • General Electric's Operating Expenses stood at -$14.2 billion in 2022, then soared by 161.47% to $8.7 billion in 2023, then gained by 0.86% to $8.8 billion in 2024, then advanced by 18.73% to $10.5 billion in 2025, then retreated by 2.77% to $10.2 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $10.2 billion (Q1 2026), $10.5 billion (Q4 2025), and $10.0 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 DEFSEC Technologies 4,964.60 Bn 4,964.60 Bn 456,459.43 1.85 Mn
2 General Electric 375.02 Bn 364.28 Bn 9.11 Bn 10.18 Bn
3 Rtx 251.10 Bn 246.00 Bn 9.08 Bn 19.59 Bn
4 Boeing 176.15 Bn 155.24 Bn 2.55 Bn 2.10 Bn
5 Lockheed Martin 117.75 Bn 115.86 Bn 2.08 Bn -
6 Howmet Aerospace 111.79 Bn 109.36 Bn 854.00 Mn 120.00 Mn
7 Embraer 94.69 Bn 92.06 Bn - -
8 General Dynamics 94.57 Bn 90.92 Bn 9.09 Bn 12.06 Bn
9 TransDigm 77.14 Bn 73.27 Bn 1.51 Bn 273.00 Mn
10 Northrop Grumman 74.17 Bn 72.08 Bn 3.45 Bn 8.89 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 10.18 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 10.47 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 9.95 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 8.93 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 7.99 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 8.82 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 8.97 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 7.58 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 7.97 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 8.74 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 8.12 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 7.74 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 14.08 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 -14.22 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 14.88 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 13.87 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 13.90 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 9.00 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 18.34 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 20.02 Bn