GE General Electric margins

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Relative Growth: Rel. Growth: 90
Relative Strength: Rel. Strength: 46
Relative Valuation: Rel. Valuation: 28
Relative Profitability: Rel. Profitability: 74
Gross margin
35.2%
Operating margin
18.1%
EBITDA margin
24.2%
Net margin
17.3%

Current General Electric reports a gross margin of 35.2%, an operating margin of 18.1%, an EBITDA margin of 24.2%, and a net margin of 17.3%. All measured margins weakened year over year, led by gross margin with a decline of 2.5 percentage points.

GE margin history

Gross, operating, EBITDA and net margin trends

Over the last 3 years, General Electric's margins averaged 36.4% gross, 15.39% operating, 25.36% EBITDA, and 17.44% net. Currently, operating margin is above its three-year average, while gross, EBITDA, and net margins are below their three-year averages.

GE margin expansion

Year-over-year margin changes in percentage points

General Electric's gross margin contracted by 2.5 percentage points, operating margin by 0.7 percentage points, EBITDA margin by 2 percentage points, and net margin by 1 percentage point, led by gross margin with a decline of 2.5 percentage points.

Gross margin expansion
-2.5pp
Operating margin expansion
-0.7pp
EBITDA margin expansion
-2pp
Net margin expansion
-1pp

GE Gross margin

Over the last 3 years, General Electric's gross margin averaged 36.4%. Right now, General Electric's current gross margin is 35.2%, which is 1.2 percentage points below its three-year average. During this period, gross margin reached a high of 38.1% in Mar 2025 and a low of 35% in Mar 2024.

GE Operating margin

Over the last 3 years, General Electric recorded an average operating margin of 15.39%. General Electric's current operating margin is 18.1% and is 2.7 percentage points above its three-year average. The highest operating margin for General Electric was 18.8% in Sep 2025, while the lowest was 10.7% in Dec 2023.

GE EBITDA margin

General Electric's EBITDA margin averaged 25.36% over the last 3 years. Compared with its three-year average, General Electric's current EBITDA margin is 24.2% and is 1.2 percentage points below its three-year average. Over the last 3 years, General Electric's EBITDA margin peaked at 35.9% in Dec 2023 and reached a low of 17.9% in Mar 2024.

GE Net margin

General Electric recorded an average net margin of 17.44% across the last 3 years. General Electric currently reports a net margin of 17.3%, 0.1 percentage points below its three-year average. Over the last 3 years, General Electric's net margin peaked at 26.8% in Dec 2023 and reached a low of 9.6% in Mar 2024.

GE margin group comparison

Margins compared with peer-group, industry and sector averages

General Electric's gross margin of 35.2% is higher than the Industrials sector and the industry average but lower than its peers average. Looking at the Industrials sector average of 32.7%, General Electric's gross margin is 8% higher.

GE margin peer comparison

Compare margins with selected peers

Frequently asked questions

What is General Electric's gross margin?

As of Sep 30, 2026, GE has a gross margin of 35.2%.

What is General Electric's operating margin?

As of Sep 30, 2026, GE has an operating margin of 18.1%.

What is General Electric's EBITDA margin?

As of Sep 30, 2026, GE has an EBITDA margin of 24.2%.

What is General Electric's net margin?

As of Sep 30, 2026, GE has a net margin of 17.3%.

What are the average margins of GE?

Over the past 3 years, GE reported average margins of 36.4% gross, 15.4% operating, 25.4% EBITDA, and 17.4% net.

What are the highest historical margins of GE?

Looking back across 5 years, GE reached 53.1% gross in Sep 2023, 27% operating in Sep 2023, 55.5% EBITDA in Sep 2023, and 49.4% net in Sep 2023.

What are the lowest historical margins of GE?

Over the last 5 years, General Electric's lowest margins were 18.7% gross in Sep 2022, -4% operating in Sep 2022, -5.2% EBITDA in Dec 2021, and -12.6% net in Sep 2022.