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Fly News Breaks for March 5, 2018
GE
Mar 5, 2018 | 09:16 EDT
Following last week's 2017 annual filing release and announcement of three "highly capable" new directors, shares of General Electric should now begin to stabilize, William Blair analyst Nicholas Heymann tells investors in a research note titled "GE Has Not Moved Its Headquarters to Atlantis; While Hurdles Remain, GE Has the Resources to Address Them." The company's year-end financials did not include any new material disclosures likely to adversely affect its future fundamental performance, Heymann argues. The analyst lays out five reasons why GE shares are likely to offer "material upside potential over the near and intermediate time horizon." They include oil prices nearing over three-year highs, the CEO's belief that shareholder and bondholder lawsuits could be resolved without material adverse financial impact, the performance of GE's aviation and healthcare businesses, improving cash generation, and the company being well positioned to "materially reduce" its underfunded pension plan in 2018. Heymann keeps an Outperform rating on GE shares. The company's focus on better than expected free cash flow and accelerated pace of asset sales are likely to enable the shares to return to a "normalized" valuation of 20 times "trough" 2018 adjusted earnings per share of $1.00-$1.07, or a valuation in the $20-$22 per share range. The stock closed Friday at $14.12.
News For GE From the Last 2 Days
GE
Mar 27, 2024 | 05:45 EDT
Wells Fargo analyst Matthew Akers raised the firm's price target on General Electric to $200 from $177 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares. The analyst sees opportunity for GE to cut 300-500 basis points of expenses in the coming years, 2-3 times what the company committed to at its recent investor day. The firm increased estimates to incorporate higher margins. The new price target reflects a 30-times price-to-earnings multiple on aerospace and $34 per share for Vernova.