JPMorgan analyst Stephen Tusa lowered his price target for General Electric to $10 from $11 and keeps an Underweight rating on the shares. The stock closed yesterday up 19c to $12.86. The impact on "asset value" from a failure at GE's U.S. H-frame launch customer, while tough to estimate, represents a negative development for a company that has little wiggle room for more "shoes to drop," Tusa tells investors in a research note partially titled "Another Shoe Drops: H Frame Blade Failure Risks Franchise Impairment." The analyst's channel checks, which he says are now confirmed by GE Power's CEO, GE investor relations and the customer, suggest GE has experienced a failure in a first stage blade on an H-frame in one of its two initial marquee installations in the U.S., Colorado Bend. GE is minimizing the issue, referring to the problem in general as an "oxidation issue," Tusa writes. However, one channel participant the analyst talked to spoke of the break at less than 10,000 hours as "historic." Further, Tusa says the problem is material enough for Exelon (EXC) to have shut the plant down, along with the "award winning" Wolf Hollow plant for precautionary measures. The analyst believes this suggests the situation is worse than what GE says. If as bad as it seems, there should no longer be any doubt that GE Power has company-specific issues, Tusa contends. The analyst's new price target assumes weaker results at GE Power and some franchise value impact.

BofA analyst Ronald Epstein raised the firm's price target on GE Aerospace to $180 from $165 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. GE boasts a unique portfolio with exposure across aircraft manufacturers, aircraft classes, legacy/new/nextgen platforms, and aftermarket/OE customers, says the firm, which believes GE is "strongly positioned to benefit from secular commercial aero growth."

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Expects FY24 margins up about 50 bps vs. flat previously. Says "encouraged" by strong start to year.

Says all segments contributed to growth in Q1. Says "great confidence" in forward trajectory. Says demand "remained resilient" in Q1. Says can track about 80% of delivery challenges to 15 suppliers. Comments taken from Q1 earnings conference call.

Sees FY24 revenue growth LDD+, consensus $36.43B. Sees FY24 free cash flow greater than $5B, greater than 100% conversion. Commercial Engines & Services: Continue to expect revenue growth of mid-to-high teens and increasing operating profit to a range of $6.1 to $6.4 billion, up from our original guidance of $6.0 to $6.3 billion. Defense & Propulsion Technologies: Continue to expect revenue growth of mid-single-digits to high-single-digits and operating profit of $1.0 to $1.3 billion. Corporate: Continue to expect cost of approximately $1 billion, including $600 million of expense and $400 million of eliminations.

Reports Q1 revenue $16.1B, consensus $15.34B. GE Aerospace Chairman and CEO H. Lawrence Culp, Jr. said, "We marked a new beginning in early April with the successful spin-off of GE Vernova and launch of GE Aerospace, completing our multi-year transformation. Our teams achieved this milestone while delivering strong results in the first quarter led by significant profit and cash growth at GE Aerospace." Culp continued, "At GE Aerospace, Commercial Engines & Services and Defense & Propulsion Technologies drove double-digit revenue, profit and free cash flow growth in the quarter. Given our solid start to the year and outlook for the remainder of 2024, we are raising our full-year profit and free cash flow guidance. Moving forward as a focused global aerospace leader, we will continue to prioritize safety, quality, delivery, and cost - always in that order - while also investing in our future and driving long term profitable growth."