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

General Electric's (GE) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 8.61% in Q1 2026, up 1426.0% year-on-year from 0.56% in Q1 2025, and up 73.95% quarter-over-quarter from 33.05% in Q4 2025.

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

General Electric has disclosed Operating Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 8.61% for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 8.61%, up 1426.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 17.07% (up 1387.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 29.41%, down 1653.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin came in at 8.61% for Q1 2026 at General Electric, up from 33.05% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 110.59% in Q4 2022 to a low of 143.4% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 38.13% (2024), against an average of 40.57%.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin jumped 12551 bps in 2022 and tumbled 16920 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • General Electric's Operating Margin stood at 110.59% in 2022, then sank by 153 bps to 58.61% in 2023, then advanced by 2 bps to 57.69% in 2024, then surged by 43 bps to 33.05% in 2025, then soared by 74 bps to 8.61% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 8.61% (Q1 2026), 33.05% (Q4 2025), and 1.18% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 DEFSEC Technologies 4,964.60 Bn 4,964.60 Bn 456,459.43 -90.05%
2 General Electric 375.02 Bn 364.28 Bn 9.11 Bn -8.61%
3 Rtx 251.10 Bn 246.00 Bn 9.08 Bn 11.57%
4 Boeing 176.15 Bn 155.24 Bn 2.55 Bn 2.02%
5 Lockheed Martin 117.75 Bn 115.86 Bn 2.08 Bn 11.45%
6 Howmet Aerospace 111.79 Bn 109.36 Bn 854.00 Mn 32.56%
7 Embraer 94.69 Bn 92.06 Bn - -
8 General Dynamics 94.57 Bn 90.92 Bn 9.09 Bn 10.53%
9 TransDigm 77.14 Bn 73.27 Bn 1.51 Bn 46.31%
10 Northrop Grumman 74.17 Bn 72.08 Bn 3.45 Bn 10.01%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -8.61%
Dec 31, 2025 -33.05%
Sep 30, 2025 1.18%
Jun 30, 2025 -28.33%
Mar 31, 2025 -22.87%
Dec 31, 2024 -57.69%
Sep 30, 2024 -38.13%
Jun 30, 2024 -2.93%
Mar 31, 2024 -35.70%
Dec 31, 2023 -58.61%
Sep 30, 2023 -66.84%
Jun 30, 2023 -53.46%
Mar 31, 2023 -143.40%
Dec 31, 2022 110.59%
Sep 30, 2022 -82.54%
Jun 30, 2022 -82.55%
Mar 31, 2022 -86.81%
Dec 31, 2021 -14.92%
Sep 30, 2021 -70.92%
Jun 30, 2021 -84.30%