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

General Motors' Return on Invested Capital history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at 0.04% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 3.0% year-over-year to 0.04%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.04%, down 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.04%, 9.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.04% in Q4 2025 per GM's latest filing, down from 0.06% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.13% in Q1 2025 to a low of 0.04% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.08%, with a median of 0.08% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: rose 8bps in 2021, then dropped -5bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.1% in 2021, then fell by -29bps to 0.07% in 2022, then surged by 64bps to 0.12% in 2023, then plummeted by -40bps to 0.07% in 2024, then tumbled by -44bps to 0.04% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GM's Return on Invested Capital are 0.04% (Q4 2025), 0.06% (Q3 2025), and 0.08% (Q2 2025).