General Electric Return on Equity (ROE) Growth & History (GE)

General Electric's return on equity was 45.79% for fiscal 2025.

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General Electric annual return on equity history

General Electric annual return on equity

Fiscal yearPeriod endedReturn on equityChange (percentage points)
20252025-12-3145.79%+17.74 pp
20242024-12-3128.05%−2.99 pp
20232023-12-3131.04%+30.13 pp
20222022-12-310.91%+17.61 pp
20212021-12-31−16.71%−34.57 pp
20202020-12-3117.86%+34.66 pp
20192019-12-31−16.79%+34.59 pp
20182018-12-31−51.38%−37.94 pp
20172017-12-31−13.45%−22.35 pp
20162016-12-318.91%+14.32 pp
20152015-12-31−5.41%−17.19 pp
20142014-12-3111.78%+1.48 pp
20132013-12-3110.30%−1.10 pp
20122012-12-3111.39%−0.63 pp
20112011-12-3112.02%+2.17 pp
20102010-12-319.86%−0.08 pp
20092009-12-319.93%−5.88 pp
20082008-12-3115.81%

General Electric return on equity trends

Over the last five fiscal years, General Electric's return on equity increased from 17.86% to 45.79%, a change of +27.93 percentage points. The latest reported quarter, Q2 2026, shows 13.28%.

About the metric

What return on equity (ROE) means

Return on equity (ROE) measures how much net income a company generates relative to shareholders’ equity. It can help evaluate how efficiently equity capital is used, but unusually high or negative values may reflect leverage, losses, or a small equity base.

Calculation and source

How return on equity is calculated

TickerStat calculates ROE as SEC-reported net income divided by average stockholders’ equity at the beginning and end of the fiscal period. Periods with missing or non-positive average equity are omitted. Quarterly ROE uses quarterly net income and is not annualized. Fiscal periods can differ from calendar years, so exact period-end dates are included.

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