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General Motors (GM) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

General Motors' Return on Capital Employed history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.02% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 5.0% year-over-year to 0.02%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.02%, down 5.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.02%, 6.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.02% in Q4 2025 per GM's latest filing, down from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.08% in Q2 2021 to a low of 0.02% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.06%, with a median of 0.06% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: rose 7bps in 2021, then dropped -5bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.06% in 2021, then grew by 8bps to 0.06% in 2022, then fell by -16bps to 0.05% in 2023, then surged by 34bps to 0.07% in 2024, then tumbled by -78bps to 0.02% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GM's Return on Capital Employed are 0.02% (Q4 2025), 0.04% (Q3 2025), and 0.06% (Q2 2025).