General Electric (GE) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2026)

General Electric's (GE) quarterly Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.0% in Q1 2026, little changed year-on-year from 0.0% in Q1 2025, and up 11.44% quarter-over-quarter from 0.0% in Q4 2025.

General Electric (GE) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

General Electric has disclosed Return on Invested Capital across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.0% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Invested Capital for Q1 2026 came in at 0.0%, changed 0.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.0%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.0% for Q1 2026 at General Electric, up from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 2.04% in Q2 2024 to a low of 0.03% in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.0% (2024), against an average of 0.11%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Invested Capital jumped 204 bps in 2024 and sank 205 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • General Electric's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.0% in 2022, then sank by 188 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then soared by 42 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then climbed by 23 bps to 0.0% in 2025, then increased by 11 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Invested Capital figures came in at 0.0% (Q1 2026), 0.0% (Q4 2025), and 0.01% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 DEFSEC Technologies 5,720.56 Bn 5,720.56 Bn 456,459.43 -
2 General Electric 359.38 Bn 348.64 Bn 9.11 Bn 0.00%
3 Rtx 248.80 Bn 243.70 Bn 9.08 Bn 0.00%
4 Boeing 180.64 Bn 159.74 Bn 2.55 Bn 0.00%
5 Lockheed Martin 121.64 Bn 119.74 Bn 2.08 Bn 0.00%
6 Howmet Aerospace 108.46 Bn 106.03 Bn 854.00 Mn 0.00%
7 General Dynamics 96.96 Bn 93.31 Bn 9.09 Bn 0.00%
8 Embraer 95.73 Bn 93.11 Bn - -
9 Northrop Grumman 77.30 Bn 75.21 Bn 3.45 Bn 0.00%
10 TransDigm 74.20 Bn 70.32 Bn 1.51 Bn 0.00%

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 0.00%
Dec 31, 2025 0.00%
Sep 30, 2025 -0.01%
Jun 30, 2025 -0.01%
Mar 31, 2025 0.00%
Dec 31, 2024 0.00%
Sep 30, 2024 -0.01%
Jun 30, 2024 2.04%
Mar 31, 2024 -0.01%
Dec 31, 2023 -0.01%
Sep 30, 2023 0.00%
Jun 30, 2023 0.00%
Mar 31, 2023 0.00%
Dec 31, 2022 0.00%
Sep 30, 2022 -0.01%
Jun 30, 2022 -0.03%
Mar 31, 2022 -0.03%
Dec 31, 2021 -0.01%
Sep 30, 2021 -0.01%
Jun 30, 2021 -0.16%