What happened
Shares of General Electric (NYSE: GE) fell as much as 7.7% in early trading Tuesday before recovering to close the day down 4.7%. The reason: Comments this morning by CEO Larry Culp at the J.P. Morgan Aviation, Transportation & Industrials Conference in New York sent to free fall.
GE is talking again, and investors don't like what they're hearing. Image: Getty Images
So what
What exactly did you say that frightened investors so much? According to TheFly.com, he said that GE is anticipating "significant" headwinds to growing cash flow in 201
The news wasn't all bad. Organic revenue growth should be in the low to mid single digits this year, with GE's healthcare business in particular growing revenues – but not profit margins. Aviation profit margins are also expected to be flat, but the company's core industrial operations will expand profit margins somewhat.
On the other hand, GE's power business will see sales flat down slightly this year, and be a significant source of cash
Now what
It remains to be seen what exact numbers GE is targeting this year, but given the reaction on Wall Street, analysts present at The conference appears to release confidence that GE will hit their projections for the year: $ 118.4 billion in revenue, and $ 0.70 in EPS.
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