General Electric (GE) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2026)
General Electric (GE) posted Return on Capital Employed of 9.24% for Q1 2026, up 11.82% sequentially from 10.48% in Q4 2025, and up 428.0% YoY from 1.75% in Q1 2025.
General Electric (GE) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
General Electric (GE) has 8 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 9.24% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 428.0% year-over-year to 9.24% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 9.24% (up 428.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 15.38%, down 1100.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed advanced to 9.24% in Q1 2026 per GE's latest filing, from 10.48% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 2.65% in Q3 2023, with the low at 85.11% in Q1 2022.
- Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 18.64%, with a median of 13.52% recorded in 2025.
- Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed tumbled 4880 bps in 2022 and soared 7297 bps in 2023.
- General Electric's Return on Capital Employed stood at 11.35% in 2022, then slumped by 80 bps to 20.41% in 2023, then surged by 30 bps to 14.27% in 2024, then increased by 27 bps to 10.48% in 2025, then increased by 12 bps to 9.24% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows GE's Return on Capital Employed at 9.24% in Q1 2026, 10.48% in Q4 2025, and 12.23% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -9.24% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -10.48% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -12.23% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -16.83% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -13.52% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -14.27% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -14.04% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -13.23% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -16.23% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -20.41% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -2.65% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -8.00% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -12.14% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -11.35% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -28.79% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -28.35% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -85.11% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -61.22% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -32.51% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -32.65% |