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General Electric (GE) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2025)

General Electric (GE) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 7 consecutive years, with 0.11% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 3.0% to 0.11% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.11% through Dec 2025, up 3.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.09% for FY2025, 10.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 0.11% in Q4 2025 for General Electric, up from 0.15% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.04% in Q3 2023 to a low of 0.86% in Q1 2021.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.26% across 5 years, with a median of 0.15% in 2025.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: surged 66bps in 2023 and later decreased -11bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.58% in 2021, then soared by 78bps to 0.12% in 2022, then plummeted by -74bps to 0.22% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 35bps to 0.14% in 2024, then increased by 25bps to 0.11% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for GE at 0.11% in Q4 2025, 0.15% in Q3 2025, and 0.15% in Q2 2025.