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General Electric (GE) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

General Electric (GE) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 17 consecutive years, with 0.27% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 10.0% to 0.27% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.27% through Dec 2025, up 10.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.18% for FY2025, 20.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital hit 0.27% in Q4 2025 for General Electric, down from 0.21% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 24.18% in Q2 2023 to a low of 10.87% in Q2 2021.
  • Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 1.59% across 5 years, with a median of 0.33% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: skyrocketed 2546bps in 2023 and later crashed -3281bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 6.12% in 2021, then tumbled by -85bps to 0.9% in 2022, then crashed by -171bps to 0.64% in 2023, then surged by 42bps to 0.37% in 2024, then grew by 27bps to 0.27% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for GE at 0.27% in Q4 2025, 0.21% in Q3 2025, and 0.26% in Q2 2025.