General Electric (GE) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2009 - 2026)
General Electric's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was -57.76% in Q3 2026, down 16.14 percentage points from -41.62% a year earlier and down 3.86 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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General Electric (GE) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] at General Electric came in at -44.95%, down 62.04 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] shows a five-year change of +11.64 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was 17.10% in FY2024 (-2.10 pp), 19.20% in FY2023 (+15.21 pp), 3.99% in FY2022 (+7.74 pp) and -3.75% in FY2021 (+52.84 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] since Q2 2021.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has declined for four straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -5.89 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] over five years was Q3 2023 (a gain of 52.14 percentage points); the worst was Q1 2022 (a drop of 55.36 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, GE's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the three quarters before Q3 2026 was -53.90% (Q2 2026), -48.89% (Q1 2026) and -44.36% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROIC (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Space Exploration Technologies | 1,651.46 Bn | 1,413.17 Bn | 9.10 Bn | -0.31% |
| 2 | General Electric | 341.86 Bn | 300.61 Bn | 5.02 Bn | -3.08% |
| 3 | Rtx | 267.69 Bn | 237.67 Bn | 5.81 Bn | 8.59% |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 137.00 Bn | 121.23 Bn | 2.44 Bn | 26.48% |
| 5 | Boeing | 134.94 Bn | 43.90 Bn | 2.17 Bn | 18.19% |
| 6 | General Dynamics | 97.88 Bn | 83.11 Bn | 2.25 Bn | 14.04% |
| 7 | Motorola Solutions | 87.85 Bn | 84.32 Bn | 1.77 Bn | 18.83% |
| 8 | Howmet Aerospace | 87.47 Bn | 83.22 Bn | 1.00 Bn | 21.46% |
| 9 | Northrop Grumman | 78.02 Bn | 65.48 Bn | 2.35 Bn | 12.20% |
| 10 | Honeywell International | 70.02 Bn | 29.54 Bn | 2.02 Bn | -36.90% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | -3.08% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | -3.07% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | -3.00% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -3.00% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -3.13% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -3.21% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -3.26% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -3.30% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -3.51% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -3.04% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -2.73% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -3.33% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -1.16% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -0.85% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -0.57% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -0.09% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -0.83% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -0.03% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.78% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.14% |
API Access
General Electric Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=GE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-invested-capital-[roic]", "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-invested-capital-%5Broic%5D&ticker=GE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();