GE Aerospace (GE) 2024 10-K Earnings Analysis
GE Aerospace2024 Earnings Analysis
78/100
GE Aerospace's FY2024 10-K — the first full fiscal year as a pure-play aerospace company after the GE HealthCare (April 2023) and GE Vernova (April 2024) splits per the respective spin-off press releases — shows $38.7B revenue, $6.6B net income, and 16.9% net margin. Revenue is dominated by Commercial Engines & Services (CFM LEAP for A320neo/737 MAX, GEnx for 787, GE9X for 777X) plus Defense & Propulsion Technologies (F110, F404/F414, T901). FCF of $3.7B reflects the through-split operating environment; Larry Culp has led the multi-year GE split as CEO since 2018.
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GE Aerospace 2024 10-K Analysis
This page reads GE Aerospace's 2024 10-K annual report through the EarningsMoat framework: earnings quality, economic moat strength, capital allocation, and key risks. The current overall score is 78/100, or grade C.
GE Earnings Quality
The earnings-quality module scores 78/100, with Net Margin: 16.9%, CF/Net Income: 0.72x. The core question is whether reported profit is backed by operating cash flow and recurring business economics. See the earnings quality analysis guide.
GE Economic Moat Analysis
The moat-strength module scores 88/100, with Engine Installed Base: Multi-decade, Defense Programs: Platform-locked. The test is whether the advantage can protect returns after competitors react. Read the economic moat analysis guide.
GE Free Cash Flow vs Net Income
CF/Net Income: 0.72x is the fastest read on whether accounting earnings turn into cash. The capital-allocation module scores 78/100. For the diagnostic, start with cash flow vs net income.
GE Key Risks from the Annual Report
The risk module scores 68/100, with LEAP Durability: Industry topic, Commercial Aerospace Cycle: Cyclical. The goal is to separate ordinary disclosure from risks that can change margins, cash flow, leverage, or the moat itself.
Is GE a High Quality Earnings Stock?
Based on this 2024 filing, GE needs a closer read before it qualifies as a high-quality earnings candidate: the overall grade is C, and the earnings-quality score is 78/100. This is a research screen, not investment advice.
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Earnings Quality
Per the FY2024 10-K income statement, net income of $6.6B on $38.7B revenue gives a 16.9% net margin. The margin reflects Commercial Engines & Services aftermarket mix plus the residual impact of discontinued-operations and separation-related items in the transition year disclosed in the MD&A.
Per the FY2024 cash flow statement, operating cash flow of $4.7B is 0.72x net income of $6.6B. The ratio below 1x is typical of a year in which the company unwinds working-capital positions and absorbs separation-related cash items; the trajectory should normalize as the pure-play aerospace operating model matures per investor-communications guidance.
Per the FY2024 10-K Commercial Engines & Services segment disclosures, the segment's revenue mix tilts toward services (shop visits, parts, engine maintenance) relative to original-equipment shipments. The services mix supports through-cycle margin stability versus pure OE cyclicality.
Per the FY2024 10-K segment disclosures, GE Aerospace reports in two segments: Commercial Engines & Services (CES) and Defense & Propulsion Technologies (DPT). CES is the larger revenue contributor per the segment-table disclosures; DPT carries the US government-program relationships.
Earnings quality scores 78/100. Per the FY2024 10-K — the first full fiscal year as a pure-play aerospace operator after the Vernova split closed April 2024 per the spin-off press release — GE Aerospace's $38.7B revenue produced a 16.9% net margin and 0.72x CF/NI ratio. The below-1x CF/NI reflects transition-year working-capital and separation-related cash effects disclosed in MD&A; management has framed normalization across FY2025-26 in subsequent investor communications. The services-tilted revenue mix in Commercial Engines & Services anchors the through-cycle profile.
Moat Strength
Per the FY2024 10-K Commercial Engines & Services segment disclosures, GE Aerospace and its CFM International joint venture (50/50 with Safran) together produce the CFM56 (prior-generation A320ceo/737NG family), the CFM LEAP (A320neo and 737 MAX), the GEnx (787, 747-8), the GE9X (777X), and GE's own widebody and regional-jet engines. The installed base generates decades of aftermarket (shop visit, parts, services) revenue per engine per the segment services disclosures.
Per the FY2024 10-K Defense & Propulsion Technologies segment disclosures, GE Aerospace supplies F110 engines for the F-16 and F-15EX, F404/F414 engines for the F/A-18 and KF-21 Boramae, T700 engines for Black Hawk and Apache helicopters, and the T901 engine for the US Army's Improved Turbine Engine Program per the publicly-announced program awards. Multi-decade platform relationships underpin the segment's revenue visibility.
Per the FY2024 10-K and industry commentary, the large commercial-jet engine market at scale is structured around GE Aerospace, CFM International (the GE/Safran joint venture), Pratt & Whitney (RTX), and Rolls-Royce for specific segments. Platform-engine certification is multi-year and platform-specific, creating structural entrenchment.
Goodwill of $8.5B on $123.1B assets equals 6.9% per the FY2024 balance sheet — low relative to the industrial average, reflecting principally organic growth of the engine franchise rather than large-scale acquisitions at the pure-aerospace level.
Moat strength scores 88/100. Per the FY2024 10-K, GE Aerospace's durable advantages rest on three reinforcing layers: the CFM International joint-venture engine franchise (CFM56 legacy, CFM LEAP on A320neo and 737 MAX) plus GE's proprietary widebody engines (GEnx on 787, GE9X on 777X) where multi-decade installed-base aftermarket revenue per engine is the most structural margin contributor; the Defense & Propulsion Technologies portfolio with publicly-documented US government program relationships (F110, F404/F414, T700, T901 per the program award disclosures); and the large-jet-engine duopoly-with-specific-segment-additions structure that creates multi-year certification barriers to entry. The 6.9% goodwill ratio confirms the pure-aerospace franchise is principally organic.
Capital Allocation
Per the FY2024 cash flow statement, free cash flow of $3.7B (OCF $4.7B minus capex $1.0B) reflects the transition-year operating environment. Management has framed FCF normalization across FY2025-26 as the pure-play aerospace operating model matures per investor-day materials.
$1.0B capex on $38.7B revenue equals 2.7% capital intensity per the FY2024 cash flow statement — disciplined for an engine manufacturer; facility investment is aligned with specific program ramps and aftermarket capacity expansions described in segment MD&A.
Per GE Aerospace's Q1 2024 post-split communications and subsequent dividend announcements, the company has set a dividend policy appropriate to the pure-play aerospace cash-flow profile. Capital return is framed in investor communications as a multi-year commitment.
Per the FY2024 balance sheet, interest-bearing debt is approximately $19.3B with $13.6B cash. The debt structure reflects allocations made in the Vernova spin-off per the spin-off disclosures; debt servicing is supported by the $3.7B FCF base.
Capital allocation scores 78/100. Per the FY2024 10-K, $3.7B FCF reflects the transition-year operating environment as the Vernova April 2024 spin-off completed; normalization through FY2025-26 is the stated management expectation per subsequent investor-day materials. The debt stack inherited in the spin-off allocation is manageable at current FCF, with capex intensity at 2.7% aligned with specific engine-program ramps.
Key Risks
Per the FY2024 Aerospace-industry trade press and the FY2024 10-K Risk Factors, the CFM LEAP engine family has been a topic of on-wing durability and shop-visit-frequency discussion alongside Pratt & Whitney's GTF issues. GE Aerospace has described multi-year durability-improvement programs in investor-communications materials.
Per the FY2024 MD&A, commercial-aerospace demand depends on airline-fleet-utilization levels, narrowbody and widebody OE delivery cadence (which runs through Airbus and Boeing plus regional OEMs), and MRO-services demand. Cycle-sensitivity is a standing industry topic tracked in trade press.
Per the FY2024 Risk Factors, GE Aerospace depends on a multi-tier supplier network for forgings, castings, and specialty-material components. Supplier-quality and capacity issues are a recurring industry topic across the large-engine OEMs per trade-press coverage.
Per GE's 2024 spin-off disclosures and subsequent GE Aerospace 10-K, FY2024 is the first full fiscal year as a standalone pure-play aerospace company post-Vernova split (April 2024). Standalone-operating-model maturation — cost structure, reporting rhythm, capital-deployment cadence — is an ongoing execution topic.
Risk profile scores 68/100 (higher = safer). Per the FY2024 10-K, the principal watch-items are (1) CFM LEAP engine durability and shop-visit cadence — an industry-level topic tracked in aerospace trade press alongside the Pratt & Whitney GTF situation, (2) commercial-aerospace cycle sensitivity tied to airline-utilization and OE-delivery cadence, (3) multi-tier supplier and supply-chain quality/capacity issues that affect the whole large-engine industry per trade-press coverage, and (4) post-split-execution maturation in the first full fiscal year as a standalone pure-play aerospace operator.
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