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General Motors (GM) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

General Motors filings provide 16 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 1.33% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 519.0% to 1.33% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 1.33%, a 519.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 1.55%, down 554.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 1.33% in Q1 2026 for General Motors, down from 1.52% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 6.79% in Q4 2024 to a low of 1.33% in Q1 2026.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 5.71% (2024), compared with a mean of 5.2%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: soared 204bps in 2023 and later plummeted -527bps in 2025.
  • General Motors' Return on Capital Employed stood at 6.03% in 2022, then fell by -16bps to 5.08% in 2023, then surged by 34bps to 6.79% in 2024, then plummeted by -78bps to 1.52% in 2025, then decreased by -12bps to 1.33% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 1.33% (Q1 2026), 1.52% (Q4 2025), and 4.13% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.