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General Electric (GE) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

General Electric (GE) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.01% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales rose 1.0% to 0.01% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.0% through Dec 2025, changed 0.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.0% for FY2025, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.01% in Q4 2025 for General Electric, up from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.11% in Q1 2023 to a low of 0.18% in Q1 2021.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.01% across 5 years, with a median of 0.0% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: fell -18bps in 2021 and later grew 19bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.02% in 2021, then surged by 259bps to 0.03% in 2022, then soared by 82bps to 0.05% in 2023, then crashed by -101bps to 0.0% in 2024, then surged by 1252bps to 0.01% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for GE at 0.01% in Q4 2025, 0.0% in Q3 2025, and 0.0% in Q2 2025.