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GE Aerospace GE
$309.56 -0.91% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $321.19B
Strong growthLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 20, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +12.1%).
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $50.68B, up 21.8% from a year earlier.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $8.47, up 18.3% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth81Strong
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 21%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 38%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 25%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 18%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 32%
Quality72Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 24%
- Gross marginTop 34%
- Operating marginTop 9%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 24%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 19%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 31%
- Interest coverTop 23%
Value31Weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 48%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 43%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 31%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 12%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 47%
Momentum48Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 49%
- 6-month returnTop 41%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 46%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 40%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 40%
Revisions89Strong
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 34%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 5%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 31%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 49%
Stability80Strong
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 19%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 2%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 29%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 31%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 21.9% | 21.8% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 26.2% | 18.3% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 37.9% | 35.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 19.1% | 20.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 13.2% | 16.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 21.8% | 21.9% | ↓ | Top 21% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 18.3% | 26.2% | ↓ | Top 38% |
| Gross margin | 35.4% | 37.9% | ↓ | Top 34% |
| Operating margin | 20.8% | 19.1% | ↑ | Top 9% |
| Net margin | 17.7% | 18.6% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 16.6% | 13.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 10.4% | — | Top 24% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 16.3% | — | Top 18% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.09×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -0.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -30.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.80×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 11.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.51%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 2.61%
- Shareholder yield
- 3.11%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.7%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 16, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +12.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $409.60
- Target vs current price
- +32.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 35
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 69%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2026 | +8.6% | -4.1% | -5.3% | +1.4% | — |
| Apr 21, 2026 | +16.3% | -5.6% | -6.3% | -5.8% | +13.9% |
| Jan 22, 2026 | +9.8% | -7.4% | -8.2% | +5.1% | -4.5% |
| Oct 21, 2025 | +13.7% | +1.3% | +3.4% | -0.8% | +5.7% |
| Jul 17, 2025 | +16.1% | -2.2% | -1.1% | +1.0% | +12.5% |
| Apr 22, 2025 | +17.3% | +6.1% | +12.6% | +31.9% | +45.9% |
| Jan 23, 2025 | +25.7% | +6.6% | +5.7% | +10.8% | -3.5% |
| Oct 22, 2024 | +1.8% | -9.0% | -9.7% | -8.6% | -5.9% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2026 | $2.02 | $1.86 | +8.6% | $12.63B |
| Apr 21, 2026 | $1.86 | $1.60 | +16.3% | $11.61B |
| Jan 22, 2026 | $1.57 | $1.43 | +9.8% | $11.87B |
| Oct 21, 2025 | $1.66 | $1.46 | +13.7% | $12.22B |
| Jul 17, 2025 | $1.66 | $1.43 | +16.1% | $11.02B |
| Apr 22, 2025 | $1.49 | $1.27 | +17.3% | $9.93B |
| Jan 23, 2025 | $1.32 | $1.05 | +25.7% | $10.81B |
| Oct 22, 2024 | $1.15 | $1.13 | +1.8% | $9.84B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 36.5× | 34.7× | 56th | Top 48% |
| P/E (forward) | 39.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 27.1× | — | — | Bottom 31% |
| EV / Sales | 6.53× | — | — | Bottom 12% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.61% | — | — | Bottom 43% |
| Earnings yield | 2.74% | — | — | Top 48% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 10.0× – 53.1× since Sep 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +2.9%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +18.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +11.2%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -9.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -4.4%
- RSI (14)
- 34.8
- Relative volume
- 0.96×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 29.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 41th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.38
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.63
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -18.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -21.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2021 | Jul 14, 2022 | -46.8% | 284 days | 164 days (Mar 9, 2023) |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Apr 4, 2025 | -21.4% | 8 days | 23 days (May 8, 2025) |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 30, 2026 | -21.0% | 20 days | 54 days (Jun 16, 2026) |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | -19.5% | 28 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 21, 2024 | Dec 18, 2024 | -17.6% | 41 days | 22 days (Jan 23, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $321.19B
- P/E (TTM)
- 36.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $8.47
- Revenue (TTM)
- $50.68B
- Dividend yield
- 0.57%
- 52-week range
- $268.91 – $388.84
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $56.47B | $29.14B | $35.35B | $38.70B | $45.85B |
| Gross profit | $13.09B | $10.15B | $12.41B | $14.39B | $16.89B |
| Operating income | $1.06B | $3.60B | $4.72B | $6.76B | $8.77B |
| Net income | -$6.34B | $336.0M | $9.48B | $6.56B | $8.70B |
| EPS (diluted) | -$6.16 | $0.04 | $8.36 | $5.99 | $8.16 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $9.84B | $10.81B | $9.93B | $11.02B | $12.22B | $12.72B | $12.39B | $13.35B |
| Net income | $1.85B | $1.90B | $1.98B | $2.03B | $2.16B | $2.54B | $1.90B | $2.37B |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.69 | $1.75 | $1.83 | $1.89 | $2.02 | $2.38 | $1.81 | $2.26 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $3.48B | $5.92B | $5.18B | $4.71B | $8.54B |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.11B | -$1.17B | -$1.59B | -$1.03B | -$1.27B |
| Free cash flow | $2.37B | $4.74B | $3.58B | $3.68B | $7.26B |
| Dividends paid | -$575.0M | -$639.0M | -$589.0M | -$1.01B | -$1.45B |
| Net share buybacks | -$107.0M | -$1.05B | -$1.23B | -$5.83B | -$7.55B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $9.35B
- Total assets
- $127.67B
- Total liabilities
- $109.81B
- Total debt
- $19.16B
- Net debt
- $9.81B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $17.64B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 16, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2026 | $0.47 | Oct 26, 2026 |
| Jul 6, 2026 | $0.47 | Jul 27, 2026 |
| Mar 9, 2026 | $0.47 | Apr 27, 2026 |
| Dec 29, 2025 | $0.36 | Jan 26, 2026 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | $0.36 | Oct 27, 2025 |
| Jul 7, 2025 | $0.36 | Jul 25, 2025 |
| Mar 10, 2025 | $0.36 | Apr 25, 2025 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | $0.28 | Jan 27, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 15,750,663
- Days to cover
- 4.21
- Change vs previous report
- -1.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 2, 2024
- 1,253-for-1,000
- Jan 4, 2023
- 1,281-for-1,000
- Aug 2, 2021
- 1-for-8
- Feb 26, 2019
- 26-for-25
- May 8, 2000
- 3-for-1