General Electric (GE) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2018 - 2026)
General Electric's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was -29.08% in Q3 2026, down 7.74 percentage points from -21.34% a year earlier and down 2.22 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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General Electric (GE) Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] at General Electric came in at -23.33%, down 30.89 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] shows a five-year change of +8.62 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] was 7.56% in FY2024 (-0.14 pp), 7.70% in FY2023 (+5.72 pp), 1.98% in FY2022 (+4.20 pp) and -2.22% in FY2021 (+29.73 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] since Q1 2022.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] has declined for four straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -3.47 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] over five years was Q3 2023 (a gain of 26.29 percentage points); the worst was Q3 2024 (a drop of 19.81 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, GE's Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] in the three quarters before Q3 2026 was -26.86% (Q2 2026), -24.76% (Q1 2026) and -22.67% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROCE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Space Exploration Technologies | 1,657.49 Bn | 1,419.20 Bn | 9.10 Bn | -0.35% |
| 2 | General Electric | 341.86 Bn | 300.61 Bn | 5.02 Bn | -1.55% |
| 3 | Rtx | 267.69 Bn | 237.67 Bn | 5.81 Bn | 10.08% |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 137.00 Bn | 121.23 Bn | 2.44 Bn | 23.92% |
| 5 | Boeing | 134.86 Bn | 43.82 Bn | 2.17 Bn | 17.91% |
| 6 | General Dynamics | 97.91 Bn | 83.14 Bn | 2.25 Bn | 14.17% |
| 7 | Motorola Solutions | 87.85 Bn | 84.32 Bn | 1.77 Bn | 21.71% |
| 8 | Howmet Aerospace | 87.43 Bn | 83.18 Bn | 1.00 Bn | 24.70% |
| 9 | Northrop Grumman | 78.02 Bn | 65.48 Bn | 2.35 Bn | 12.21% |
| 10 | Honeywell International | 70.02 Bn | 29.53 Bn | 2.02 Bn | -41.18% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | -1.55% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | -1.53% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -1.52% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -1.53% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -1.61% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -1.64% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -1.64% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -1.62% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -1.77% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -1.48% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -1.44% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -1.40% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -0.57% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -0.42% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -0.26% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -0.04% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -0.42% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -0.01% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.42% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.68% |
API Access
General Electric Return on Capital Employed [ROCE] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=GE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-capital-employed-[roce]", "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-capital-employed-%5Broce%5D&ticker=GE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();