General Electric (GE) Research & Development (2020 - 2026)

General Electric's (GE) quarterly Research & Development came in at $440.0 million in Q1 2026, up 22.56% year-on-year from $359.0 million in Q1 2025, and down 1.79% quarter-over-quarter from $448.0 million in Q4 2025.

General Electric (GE) Research & Development (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

General Electric has disclosed Research & Development across 7 years of filings, most recently posting $440.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • Research & Development for Q1 2026 came in at $440.0 million, up 22.56% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.7 billion (up 20.87% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $1.6 billion, up 22.86% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development came in at $440.0 million for Q1 2026 at General Electric, down from $448.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $448.0 million in Q4 2025 to a low of -$461.0 million in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is $359.0 million (2025), against an average of $313.4 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Research & Development sank 319.09% in 2022 and surged 164.21% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • General Electric's Research & Development stood at -$461.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 164.21% to $296.0 million in 2023, then surged by 30.07% to $385.0 million in 2024, then grew by 16.36% to $448.0 million in 2025, then decreased by 1.79% to $440.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Research & Development figures came in at $440.0 million (Q1 2026), $448.0 million (Q4 2025), and $415.0 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 DEFSEC Technologies 5,720.56 Bn 5,720.56 Bn 456,459.43 406,069.86
2 General Electric 359.38 Bn 348.64 Bn 9.11 Bn 440.00 Mn
3 Rtx 248.80 Bn 243.70 Bn 9.08 Bn 627.00 Mn
4 Boeing 180.64 Bn 159.74 Bn 2.55 Bn 903.00 Mn
5 Lockheed Martin 121.64 Bn 119.74 Bn 2.08 Bn -
6 Howmet Aerospace 108.46 Bn 106.03 Bn 854.00 Mn 9.00 Mn
7 General Dynamics 96.96 Bn 93.31 Bn 9.09 Bn -
8 Embraer 95.73 Bn 93.11 Bn - -
9 Northrop Grumman 77.30 Bn 75.21 Bn 3.45 Bn -
10 TransDigm 74.20 Bn 70.32 Bn 1.51 Bn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 440.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 448.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 415.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 359.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 359.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 385.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 331.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 300.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 270.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 296.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 247.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 239.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 431.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -461.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 426.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 439.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 403.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -110.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 627.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 604.00 Mn