General Electric (GE) Shares Repurchased (2021 - 2026)
General Electric (GE) posted Shares Repurchased of $1.98 billion for Q3 2026, up 7.3% from $1.84 billion a year earlier but down 7.0% from the prior quarter.
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General Electric (GE) Shares Repurchased (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Sep 30, 2026, Shares Repurchased at General Electric was $8.5 billion, up 17.7% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $7.55 billion, up 29.6% from FY2024.
- Annual Shares Repurchased has increased for five consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 206.3% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, General Electric's Shares Repurchased was $5.83 billion in FY2024 (+372.6%), $1.23 billion in FY2023 (+17.7%), $1.05 billion in FY2022 (+879.4%) and $107 million in FY2021 (+282.1%).
- Quarterly Shares Repurchased has run from a low of $20 million in Q4 2021 to a high of $2.4 billion in Q1 2026 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Shares Repurchased has increased in each of the last five quarters, with growth averaging 132.0% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Shares Repurchased in the past five years was Q1 2023, with growth of 692.3%; the weakest was Q2 2025, with a decline of 24.2%.
- According to Business Quant data, Shares Repurchased for the three prior quarters was $2.13 billion (Q2 2026), $2.4 billion (Q1 2026) and $2 billion (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Shares Repurchased (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | 326.33 Bn | 285.08 Bn | 5.02 Bn | 1.98 Bn |
| 2 | Rtx | 273.71 Bn | 243.69 Bn | 5.81 Bn | - |
| 3 | Lockheed Martin | 148.55 Bn | 132.78 Bn | 2.44 Bn | - |
| 4 | Boeing | 139.02 Bn | 47.99 Bn | 2.17 Bn | - |
| 5 | General Dynamics | 101.06 Bn | 88.18 Bn | 2.18 Bn | 102.00 Mn |
| 6 | Howmet Aerospace | 84.75 Bn | 80.50 Bn | 1.00 Bn | 500.00 Mn |
| 7 | Motorola Solutions | 80.64 Bn | 77.00 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 331.00 Mn |
| 8 | Northrop Grumman | 78.91 Bn | 66.37 Bn | 2.35 Bn | - |
| 9 | Honeywell International | 70.92 Bn | 23.37 Bn | 3.65 Bn | - |
| 10 | TransDigm | 67.08 Bn | 55.17 Bn | 1.63 Bn | 1.09 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.98 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.13 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.40 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.00 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.84 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.75 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.97 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.67 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.54 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.30 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 322.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 288.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 313.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 323.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 309.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 360.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 318.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 331.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 39.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 20.00 Mn |
API Access
General Electric Shares Repurchased API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=shares-repurchased&ticker=GE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "shares-repurchased", "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=shares-repurchased&ticker=GE&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();