General Electric Company
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

2025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
46.9440.9538.8634.12
Price/Sales ratio
7.156.506.145.76
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$5.65$6.48$6.83$7.78

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
9.96-30.2419.31-15.57-1.75-12.1610.31-10.18168.6011.6929.75-1.75
Price/Sales ratio
1.021.601.420.740.320.630.771.140.981.633.380.32
Price/Book Value ratio
1.181.882.251.401.262.141.651.601.694.049.841.26
Price/Cash Flow ratio
5.479.31-699.168.649.266.9016.3519.379.6621.4028.369.26
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
10.8514.72-22.9235.95-10.3222.63303.2132.7512.0530.9235.00-10.32
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.970.21-0.070.08-0.000.15-0.050.04-1.670.0010.26-0.00
Dividend Yield
5.82%5.01%5.16%9.59%11.37%1.07%1.10%0.89%1.11%0.53%0.65%1.07%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
44.98%28.19%26.90%23.68%23.79%26.45%23.68%23.18%23.79%25.84%30.48%23.79%
Operating Profit Margin
42.81%14.64%14.89%9.86%8.90%8.34%0.53%1.87%0.47%5.25%9.50%8.90%
Pretax Profit Margin
11.65%7.10%7.54%-7.29%-16.55%1.20%7.87%-10.08%-1.37%14.99%13.25%-16.55%
Net Profit Margin
10.30%-5.31%7.37%-4.80%-18.38%-5.22%7.52%-11.22%0.58%13.95%11.48%-18.38%
Effective Tax Rate
10.28%79.22%-5.13%34.61%-2.89%63.18%-8.15%13.29%0.37%11.40%14.71%-2.89%
Return on Assets
2.34%-1.24%2.41%-1.53%-7.23%-1.87%2.25%-3.18%0.17%5.81%4.93%-7.23%
Return On Equity
11.88%-6.23%11.65%-9.00%-72.11%-17.59%16.04%-15.72%1.00%34.63%26.38%-72.11%
Return on Capital Employed
9.81%5.73%7.81%3.97%5.46%4.58%0.20%0.72%0.19%3.18%5.58%5.46%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
2.201.922.001.931.821.831.57N/AN/AN/A1.131.83
Quick Ratio
115.410.720.951.610.881.231.290.970.870.850.841.23
Cash ratio
40.610.510.670.540.620.910.650.300.310.330.400.91
Days of Sales Outstanding
612.40145.34128.88124.4588.49106.07114.16132.51108.6791.1279.28106.07
Days of Inventory outstanding
79.4599.3193.4587.0376.0173.49100.22133.34122.76119.7193.7876.01
Operating Cycle
691.85244.65222.34211.49164.51179.56214.38265.85231.44210.84173.07164.51
Days of Payables Outstanding
54.1660.3860.2260.2354.4590.46103.80136.6782.7177.3556.5354.45
Cash Conversion Cycle
637.68184.27162.11151.25110.0589.09110.58129.18148.72133.49116.54110.05
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.400.400.370.350.350.340.290.170.120.120.150.34
Debt Equity Ratio
2.032.011.792.093.533.212.100.870.710.761.053.21
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.590.600.580.630.750.700.660.430.370.410.490.70
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.670.660.640.670.770.760.670.460.410.430.510.76
Interest Coverage Ratio
5.784.202.791.791.961.280.49N/AN/AN/A4.821.96
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.100.10-0.000.070.030.090.040.090.240.240.320.03
Company Equity Multiplier
5.055.014.815.889.979.397.124.935.605.956.719.39
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.180.17-0.000.080.030.090.040.050.100.070.120.03
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.500.6330.500.24-0.890.300.050.590.800.690.80-0.89
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.100.10-0.000.070.030.090.040.090.240.240.320.03
Short Term Coverage Ratio
0.390.39-0.000.430.330.370.760.761.584.133.890.33
Dividend Payout Ratio
58.10%-151.73%99.71%-149.49%-20.01%-13.03%11.36%-9.07%188.49%6.21%12.64%-20.01%