GE Vernova key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, GE Vernova had return on equity of 47.1%, an operating margin of 3.6%, debt equal to 3.1% of equity and a current ratio of 0.98. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2022Dec 2022 | 2023Dec 2023 | 2024Dec 2024 | 2025Dec 2025 | LTMSept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 11.7% | 14.5% | 17.4% | 19.8% | 21.7% |
| Operating margin | −9.7% | −2.8% | 1.3% | 3.6% | 6.4% |
| Net margin | −9.2% | −1.3% | 4.4% | 12.8% | 23.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | −2.1% | 1.3% | 4.9% | 9.7% | 38.9% |
| Return on equity | −23.6% | −4.6% | 18.3% | 47.1% | 91.9% |
| Return on assets | — | −0.9% | 3.2% | 8.5% | 13.9% |
| Asset turnover | — | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.66 | 0.59 |
| Current ratio | — | 0.94 | 1.08 | 0.98 | 0.83 |
| Debt to equity | 0.0% | 2.0% | 0.6% | 3.1% | 24.8% |
| Effective tax rate | — | — | 37.6% | — | −16.2% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 3.3% | 2.7% | 2.8% | 3.1% | 3.1% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 18.1% | 14.6% | 13.3% | 13.0% | 12.2% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 1.7% | 2.2% | 2.5% | 3.4% | 4.8% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | — | — | 109.5% | 76.0% | 165.1% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | — | — | 0.0% | 5.6% | 4.6% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | — | 0.0% | 2.5% | 96.8% | 40.0% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Dec 2024 | 2025 Q1Mar 2025 | 2025 Q2Jun 2025 | 2025 Q3Sept 2025 | 2025 Q4Dec 2025 | 2026 Q1Mar 2026 | 2026 Q2Jun 2026 | 2026 Q3Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 20.1% | 18.3% | 20.3% | 19.0% | 21.2% | 19.1% | 21.3% | 24.6% |
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 0.5% | 4.1% | 3.7% | 5.5% | 1.9% | 5.9% | 11.0% |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 3.2% | 5.6% | 4.5% | 33.4% | 50.8% | 6.0% | 10.2% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 5.4% | 12.1% | 2.1% | 7.4% | 16.5% | 51.3% | 46.0% | 42.8% |
| Current ratio | 1.08 | 1.04 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 0.98 | 0.89 | 0.85 | 0.83 |
| Debt to equity | 0.6% | — | — | — | 2.9% | 20.2% | 23.4% | 24.6% |
| R&D as % of revenue | 2.5% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 3.0% | 2.8% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 12.0% | 14.8% | 13.0% | 12.2% | 12.4% | 13.9% | 12.4% | 10.7% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $51.7bn of assets due within a year against $62.5bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $51.7bn short-term assets against $11.2bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $16.8bn of cash against $2.8bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 25% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $19.2bn of operating cash flow against $2.8bn of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over No material interest expense reported.
Moat
Not assessed: fewer than five years of comparable figures in the filings. AI disruption exposure for this industry: Low.
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