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General Electric (GE) Return on Sales (2016 - 2026)

General Electric (GE) has disclosed Return on Sales for 18 consecutive years, with 0.0% as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Sales changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.0%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 0.0%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.0%, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.0% for Q1 2026 at General Electric, down from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Sales was 0.1% in Q1 2023, with the low at 0.14% in Q2 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.0% across 5 years, with a median of 0.0% in 2023.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales rose 19bps in 2022 before it dropped -16bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Sales stood at 0.03% in 2022, then soared by 72bps to 0.04% in 2023, then plummeted by -101bps to 0.0% in 2024, then soared by 1252bps to 0.01% in 2025, then tumbled by -130bps to 0.0% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Sales were 0.0% in Q1 2026, 0.01% in Q4 2025, and 0.0% in Q3 2025.