GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) shares jumped in premarket trading on Thursday after the company reported a 16% year-over-year adjusted revenue increase<\/strong> in the fourth quarter, reaching $9.879 billion<\/strong>. GAAP revenue came in at $10.812 billion<\/strong>, surpassing analyst expectations of $9.604 billion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n GE shares climbed 8.04%<\/strong> to $203.51<\/strong> in premarket trading on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Commercial Engines & Services<\/strong> revenue rose 19% Y\/Y<\/strong> to $7.650 billion<\/strong>, while Defense & Propulsion Technologies<\/strong> revenue increased 4% Y\/Y<\/strong> to $2.523 billion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Total orders soared 46% Y\/Y<\/strong> to $15.5 billion<\/strong>, with Commercial Engines & Services up 50%<\/strong> and Defense & Propulsion Technologies rising 22%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n GE Aerospace\u2019s adjusted operating profit margin expanded 450 basis points<\/strong> to 20.1%<\/strong>, leading to an adjusted operating profit of $1.988 billion<\/strong>, a 49% increase<\/strong> from the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The company posted an adjusted EPS of $1.32<\/strong>, marking a 103% year-over-year surge<\/strong> and beating analyst estimates of $1.04<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Operating cash flow for 2024 stood at $5.8 billion<\/strong> (+26% Y\/Y), while adjusted free cash flow rose 28%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n GE Aerospace repurchased over $6 billion<\/strong> in shares during 2024 and announced plans for an additional $7 billion<\/strong> buyback in 2025. The company also plans to raise its dividend by 30%<\/strong>, subject to board approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For 2025, GE Aerospace forecasts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n CEO H. Lawrence Culp, Jr. expressed confidence in continued performance improvements, stating, \u201cWe expect double-digit revenue and EPS growth with greater than 100% free cash flow conversion.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Robust Revenue and Profit Growth GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) shares jumped in premarket trading on Thursday after the company reported a 16% year-over-year adjusted revenue increase in the fourth quarter, reaching $9.879 billion. GAAP revenue came in at $10.812 billion, surpassing analyst expectations of $9.604 billion. GE shares climbed 8.04% to $203.51 in premarket trading on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3403,3401,3407,3404,87,3399,3405,3400,3402,3406,3408],"class_list":{"0":"post-6165","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-2025-guidance","9":"tag-commercial-engines","10":"tag-defense-propulsion","11":"tag-dividend-increase","12":"tag-free-cash-flow","13":"tag-ge-aerospace","14":"tag-ge-profit","15":"tag-ge-revenue","16":"tag-ge-stock","17":"tag-q4-earnings","18":"tag-stock-buyback"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6167,"href":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6165\/revisions\/6167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardianglobe.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Strong Performance Across Business Segments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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