General Electric (GE) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2026)
General Electric (GE) reported Return on Equity [ROE] of 51.23% for Q3 2026, up 9.33 percentage points from 41.90% a year earlier and up 1.56 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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General Electric (GE) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, General Electric posted Return on Equity [ROE] of 45.23%, up 17.97 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Equity [ROE] has a five-year change of +28.66 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 27.26% in FY2024 (-2.47 pp), 29.73% in FY2023 (+28.55 pp), 1.18% in FY2022 (+19.38 pp) and -18.20% in FY2021 (-34.77 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] in data going back to Q3 2009.
- Year over year, Return on Equity [ROE] has now increased in each of the last nine quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +12.14 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Equity [ROE] in five years was Q3 2023 (a gain of 50.38 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2021 (a drop of 33.67 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 49.67% (Q2 2026), 46.49% (Q1 2026) and 45.88% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROE (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | 296.54 Bn | 255.06 Bn | 5.02 Bn | 51.23% |
| 2 | Rtx | 259.92 Bn | 228.19 Bn | 5.81 Bn | 12.69% |
| 3 | Boeing | 149.11 Bn | 55.80 Bn | 2.41 Bn | 40.42% |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 140.25 Bn | 124.49 Bn | 2.44 Bn | 69.17% |
| 5 | General Dynamics | 94.76 Bn | 81.87 Bn | 2.18 Bn | 16.96% |
| 6 | Motorola Solutions | 79.64 Bn | 75.99 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 81.51% |
| 7 | Northrop Grumman | 78.63 Bn | 66.08 Bn | 2.35 Bn | 24.72% |
| 8 | Howmet Aerospace | 74.43 Bn | 70.03 Bn | 951.00 Mn | 33.25% |
| 9 | Honeywell International | 70.36 Bn | 22.48 Bn | 3.65 Bn | 49.02% |
| 10 | TransDigm | 63.48 Bn | 51.49 Bn | 1.63 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 51.23% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 49.67% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 46.49% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 45.88% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 41.90% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 39.81% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 35.73% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 33.96% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 33.01% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 19.05% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 11.81% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 32.31% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 32.35% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 30.35% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 26.56% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.24% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -18.03% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -14.33% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -14.80% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -18.23% |
API Access
General Electric Return on Equity [ROE] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=GE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=GE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();