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

General Electric has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 8 years of filings, most recently posting 9.24% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 9.24%, up 428.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 9.24% (up 428.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 15.38%, down 1100.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 9.24% for Q1 2026 at General Electric, up from 10.48% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 2.65% in Q3 2023 to a low of 85.11% in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 13.52% (2025), against an average of 18.64%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed sank 4880 bps in 2022 and surged 7297 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• General Electric's Return on Capital Employed stood at 11.35% in 2022, then sank by 80 bps to 20.41% in 2023, then surged by 30 bps to 14.27% in 2024, then advanced by 27 bps to 10.48% in 2025, then advanced by 12 bps to 9.24% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 9.24% (Q1 2026), 10.48% (Q4 2025), and 12.23% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.