General Motors (GM) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

General Motors (GM) has 16 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 0.98% in Q2 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Capital Employed fell 457.0% year-over-year to 0.98% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 0.98% (down 457.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 1.55%, down 554.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed fell to 0.98% in Q2 2026, from 1.33% 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 0.98% in Q2 2026.
• A 5-year average of 4.97% and a median of 5.63% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Capital Employed jumped 204 bps — and 2025, when it plunged 527 bps.
• Tracing GM's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 6.03% in 2022, then dropped by 16 bps to 5.08% in 2023, then soared by 34 bps to 6.79% in 2024, then plunged by 78 bps to 1.52% in 2025, then sank by 35 bps to 0.98% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 0.98% (Q2 2026), 1.33% (Q1 2026), and 1.52% (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.