BOSTON — April 25, 2023 — GE (NYSE:GE) announced results today for the first quarter ending March 31, 2023.
GE Chairman and CEO and GE Aerospace CEO H. Lawrence Culp, Jr. said, “The GE team is off to an encouraging start in 2023, with our results reflecting robust market demand and our progress operating leaner and more focused businesses. In the first quarter, we delivered double-digit top-line growth with all segments up organically and continued strength in services, as well as margin expansion in all segments. And we reported our first positive free cash flow in the first quarter in nearly a decade.”
Culp continued, “At GE Aerospace, we are growing rapidly and supporting our customers amidst the pronounced commercial ramp. At GE Vernova, we are seeing continued signs of progress in Renewable Energy while Power is delivering solid growth. Overall, GE is creating significant value today and tomorrow as we prepare to stand up these leading franchises as independent companies sometime in early 2024.”
During the quarter, GE continued to take action on its priorities:
Completed the spin-off of GE HealthCare into an independent publicly traded company, retaining an approximately 19.9% stake of GE HealthCare common stock.
Named two new members to the GE Board of Directors with deep domain expertise in aerospace and energy, respectively: Darren McDew, retired General, U.S. Air Force, and former Commander of the U.S. Transportation Command, and Jessica Uhl, former Chief Financial Officer of Shell plc.
GE Aerospace
Delivered double-digit growth in orders, revenue, and operating profit year-over-year driven by commercial momentum and strength in services, as the team improved LEAP output by 53% year-over-year and internal shop visits grew 32%.
Reached agreement with Air India for the largest LEAP order to date with 800 engines, as well as 40 GEnx and 20 GE9X engines and related services agreements.
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Increased Renewable Energy orders by 94% and revenue* by 5% year-over-year organically led by Grid, as well as improved profit sequentially and year-over-year; and grew revenue* at Power by 11% year-over-year organically.
Reached agreements with TenneT to award GE-led consortiums with multi-billion Euro contracts for Grid Solutions’ High-Voltage Direct Current offering to support its 2GW programs in the Netherlands and Germany.
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For us, particular areas where risks or uncertainties could cause our actual results to be materially different than those expressed in our forward-looking statements include:
our success in executing planned and potential transactions, including our plan to pursue a spin-off of GE Vernova, and sales or other dispositions of our equity interests in AerCap Holdings N.V. (AerCap) and GE HealthCare, the timing for such transactions, the ability to satisfy any applicable pre-conditions, and the expected proceeds, consideration and benefits to GE;
changes in macroeconomic and market conditions and market volatility, including impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic, risk of recession, inflation, supply chain constraints or disruptions, rising interest rates, perceived weakness or failures of banks, the value of securities and other financial assets (including our equity interests in AerCap and GE HealthCare), oil, natural gas and other commodity prices and exchange rates, and the impact of such changes and volatility on our business operations, financial results and financial position;
global economic trends, competition and geopolitical risks, including impacts from the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the related sanctions and other measures, decreases in the rates of investment or economic growth globally or in key markets we serve, or an escalation of sanctions, tariffs or other trade tensions between the U.S. and China or other countries, and related impacts on our businesses’ global supply chains and strategies;
the continuing severity, magnitude and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, including impacts of virus variants and resurgences, and of government, business and individual responses, such as continued or new government-imposed lockdowns and travel restrictions, and in particular any adverse impacts to the aviation industry and its participants;
our capital allocation plans, including de-leveraging actions to reduce GE’s indebtedness, the capital structures of the public companies that we plan to form from our businesses with the planned spin-off, the timing and amount of dividends, share repurchases, acquisitions, organic investments, and other priorities;
downgrades of our current short- and long-term credit ratings or ratings outlooks, or changes in rating application or methodology, and the related impact on our funding profile, costs, liquidity and competitive position;
the amount and timing of our cash flows and earnings, which may be impacted by macroeconomic, customer, supplier, competitive, contractual and other dynamics and conditions;
capital and liquidity needs associated with our financial services operations, including in connection with our run-off insurance operations and mortgage portfolio in Poland (Bank BPH), the amount and timing of any required capital contributions and any strategic actions that we may pursue;
market developments or customer actions that may affect demand and the financial performance of major industries and customers we serve, such as demand for air travel and other aviation industry dynamics related to the COVID-19 pandemic; pricing, cost, volume and the timing of investment by customers or industry participants and other factors in renewable energy markets; conditions in key geographic markets; technology developments; and other shifts in the competitive landscape for our products and services;
operational execution by our businesses, including the success at our Renewable Energy business in improving product quality and fleet availability, executing on cost reduction initiatives and other aspects of operational performance, as well as the performance of GE Aerospace amidst the ongoing market recovery;
changes in law, regulation or policy that may affect our businesses, such as trade policy and tariffs, regulation and incentives related to climate change (including the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act and other policies), and the effects of tax law changes;
our decisions about investments in research and development, and new products, services and platforms, and our ability to launch new products in a cost-effective manner;
our ability to increase margins through implementation of operational improvements, restructuring and other cost reduction measures;
the impact of regulation and regulatory, investigative and legal proceedings and legal compliance risks, including the impact of Alstom, Bank BPH and other investigative and legal proceedings;
the impact of actual or potential quality issues or failures of our products or third-party products with which our products are integrated, and related costs and reputational effects;
the impact of potential information technology, cybersecurity or data security breaches at GE or third parties; and
the other factors that are described in the “Risk Factors” section in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, as such descriptions may be updated or amended in any future reports we file with the SEC.
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Conference Call and Webcast
GE will discuss its results during its investor conference call today starting at 7:30 a.m. ET. The conference call will be broadcast live via webcast, and the webcast and accompanying slide presentation containing financial information can be accessed by visiting the Events and Reports page on GE’s website at: www.ge.com/investor. An archived version of the webcast will be available on the website after the call.
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