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General Electric (GE) Return on Capital Employed (2019 - 2026)

General Electric (GE) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 8 consecutive years, with 0.09% as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 4.0% year-over-year to 0.09%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 0.09%, up 4.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.15%, 11.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.09% for Q1 2026 at General Electric, up from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 0.03% in Q3 2023, with the low at 0.85% in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.19% across 5 years, with a median of 0.14% in 2025.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed crashed -49bps in 2022 before it surged 73bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.11% in 2022, then crashed by -80bps to 0.2% in 2023, then soared by 30bps to 0.14% in 2024, then increased by 27bps to 0.1% in 2025, then grew by 12bps to 0.09% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Capital Employed were 0.09% in Q1 2026, 0.1% in Q4 2025, and 0.12% in Q3 2025.