General Electric (GE) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026)
General Electric's Return on Assets [ROA] came in at 7.16% for Q3 2026, up 0.82 percentage points from 6.34% a year earlier and up 0.15 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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General Electric (GE) Return on Assets [ROA] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, General Electric's Return on Assets [ROA] was 6.87%, up 2.44 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Assets [ROA] carries a five-year change of +4.74 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Return on Assets [ROA] was 4.43% in FY2024 (-0.79 pp), 5.22% in FY2023 (+5.01 pp), 0.21% in FY2022 (+3.02 pp) and -2.82% in FY2021 (-4.94 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] in data going back to Q3 2009.
- Year-over-year, Return on Assets [ROA] has increased for seven consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.43 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Return on Assets [ROA] over five years came in Q3 2023 (a gain of 9.38 percentage points), and the weakest in Q4 2021 (a drop of 5.20 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows GE's Return on Assets [ROA] at 7.01% (Q2 2026), 6.69% (Q1 2026) and 6.73% (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | 300.78 Bn | 259.30 Bn | 5.02 Bn | 7.16% |
| 2 | Rtx | 261.28 Bn | 229.55 Bn | 5.81 Bn | 5.04% |
| 3 | Boeing | 148.28 Bn | 54.96 Bn | 2.41 Bn | 1.48% |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 134.77 Bn | 121.49 Bn | 2.45 Bn | 10.33% |
| 5 | General Dynamics | 94.29 Bn | 81.41 Bn | 2.18 Bn | 7.53% |
| 6 | Motorola Solutions | 78.72 Bn | 75.07 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 11.17% |
| 7 | Northrop Grumman | 78.66 Bn | 66.11 Bn | 2.35 Bn | 8.75% |
| 8 | Howmet Aerospace | 77.51 Bn | 73.11 Bn | 951.00 Mn | 14.22% |
| 9 | Honeywell International | 68.52 Bn | 20.64 Bn | 3.65 Bn | 10.86% |
| 10 | TransDigm | 64.36 Bn | 52.37 Bn | 1.63 Bn | 8.16% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 7.16% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 7.01% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 6.69% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.73% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.34% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.20% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 5.64% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 5.26% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 5.01% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 3.31% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.09% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 5.72% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 6.30% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 6.04% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.09% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.22% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -3.08% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -2.45% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -2.51% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -3.02% |
API Access
General Electric Return on Assets [ROA] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=GE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=GE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();