Management Discussion
Management Discussion
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (MD&A). The consolidated financial statements of GE Aerospace are prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Unless otherwise noted, tables are presented in U.S. dollars in millions. Certain columns and rows within tables may not add due to the use of rounded numbers. Percentages presented in this report are calculated from the underlying numbers in millions. Discussions throughout this MD&A are based on continuing operations unless otherwise noted. The MD&A should be read in conjunction with the Financial Statements and Notes to the consolidated financial statements.
In the accompanying analysis of financial information, we sometimes use information derived from consolidated financial data but not presented in our financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. Certain of these data are considered "non-GAAP financial measures" under SEC rules. See the Non-GAAP Financial Measures section for the reasons we use these non-GAAP financial measures and the reconciliations to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.
Beginning in the first quarter of 2025, we changed the terminology used to report our GAAP earnings from "Earnings" to "Net income" and our non-GAAP earnings from "Adjusted earnings" to "Adjusted net income." The change in terminology does not impact the amounts reported in the financial statements.
BUSINESS OVERVIEW AND ENVIRONMENT. As a global aerospace company, our worldwide operations can be affected by industrial, economic, and political factors on both a regional and global level. Demand for our equipment and services is demonstrated by our backlog of engine orders and services and growth in our installed base, and tends to follow commercial air travel and freight demand and government funding for defense budgets. We also expect a significant ramp in our delivery of engine units and services for newer product platforms in the years ahead to meet this demand. Refer to the Segment Operations sections for Commercial Engines & Services and Defense & Propulsion Technologies below for additional detail about these dynamics for our commercial and defense businesses, respectively.
Global material availability and supplier delivery performance continue to cause disruptions and have impacted our production and delivery of equipment and services to our customers. We are investing in our manufacturing facilities, overhaul facilities and our supply chain to increase production and strengthen yield in order to improve delivery to our customers. We continue to partner with our suppliers to improve material input, and work with our customers to calibrate future production rates. We are leveraging FLIGHT DECK and partnering with suppliers to improve material input and proactively manage the impact of inflationary pressure by driving cost productivity and adjusting the pricing of our products and services. We expect the impact of supply chain constraints and inflation will continue, and we are continuing to take action to mitigate the impacts. However, with the engagement with our suppliers, aftermarket output and engine deliveries have continued to improve quarter over quarter.
We support efforts to revitalize domestic manufacturing and are investing $1 billion in U.S manufacturing this year and hiring 5,000 U.S workers. At the same time, we support promoting free and fair trade that ensures the continued strength of the U.S aerospace industry.
As we operate in a highly dynamic tariff environment, we are focused on continuing to deliver our products and services to our customers. Given our global business, tariffs will result in additional cost for us and our suppliers. We are optimizing operations and leveraging existing programs to reduce the impact from tariffs. In the third quarter, the U.S.established a zero-for-zero tariff agreement on aerospace equipment with the EU, UK and Japan, establishing a mutual elimination of tariffs. Additionally, we are taking measures to control cost and implementing pricing actions to primarily mitigate the remaining impact.
CONSOLIDATED RESULTS
REVENUEThree months ended September 30Nine months ended September 30
2025202420252024
Equipment revenue$3,163 $2,448 $8,659 $7,044
Services revenue8,143 6,495 21,798 18,198
Insurance revenue875 899 2,681 2,649
Total revenue$12,181 $9,842 $33,138 $27,890
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For the three months ended September 30, 2025, total revenue increased $2.3 billion, or 24%, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024. Equipment revenue increased, driven by increased engine deliveries and improved pricing, partially offset by engine mix. Services revenue increased, due to increased internal shop visit and spare parts volume, higher shop visit workscopes and improved pricing.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, total revenue increased $5.2 billion, or 19%, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Equipment revenue increased, driven by increased engine deliveries and improved pricing. Services revenue increased, due to increased internal shop visit and spare parts volume, higher shop visit workscopes and improved pricing.
NET INCOME (LOSS) AND EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE (EPS)Three months ended September 30Nine months ended September 30
(Per-share in dollars and diluted)
2025202420252024
Net income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to common shareholders$2,174 $1,705 $6,149 $4,766
Continuing EPS$2.04 $1.56 $5.73 $4.34
For the three months ended September 30, 2025, net income from continuing operations increased $0.5 billion compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024, driven by an increase in segment profit of $0.8 billion, a decrease in in restructuring and other charges of $0.4 billion, a decrease in goodwill impairment losses of $0.3 billion and an increase in Insurance profit of $0.2 billion. The increase was partially offset by a decrease in gains on sales of business interests of $0.4 billion, a decrease in gains on retained and sold ownership interests of $0.3 billion, an increase in Adjusted Corporate & Other operating costs* of $0.3 billion and an increase in provision for income taxes of $0.1 billion, due to higher net income before taxes. Adjusted net income* was $1.8 billion, an increase of $0.5 billion, due to an increase in segment profit of $0.8 billion, partially offset by an increase in Adjusted Corporate & Other operating costs* of $0.3 billion.
Profit was $2.5 billion, an increase of $0.6 billion. Profit margin was 20.7%, an increase from 19.2%. Operating profit* was $2.3 billion, an increase of $0.5 billion. Operating profit margin* was flat at 20.3%. Adjusted EPS* was $1.66, an increase of 44%.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, net income from continuing operations increased $1.4 billion compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024, driven by an increase in segment profit of $1.9 billion, a decrease in in restructuring and other charges of $0.5 billion, a decrease in separation costs of $0.3 billion, a decrease in goodwill impairment losses of $0.3 billion and a decrease in interest and other financial charges of $0.2 billion. The increase was partially offset by a decrease in gains on retained and sold ownership interests of $0.6 billion, an increase in provision for income taxes of $0.4 billion, due to higher net income before taxes, an increase in Adjusted Corporate & Other operating costs* of $0.4 billion and a decrease in gains on sales of business interests of $0.4 billion. Adjusted net income* was $5.1 billion, an increase of $1.5 billion, due to an increase in segment profit of $1.9 billion, partially offset by an increase in Adjusted Corporate & Other operating costs* of $0.4 billion.
Profit was $7.1 billion, an increase of $1.8 billion. Profit margin was 21.6%, an increase from 19.1%. Operating profit* was $6.8 billion, an increase of $1.5 billion. Operating profit margin* was 22.3%, an increase of 140 basis points. Adjusted EPS* was $4.80, an increase of 46%.
RPOSeptember 30, 2025December 31, 2024
Equipment$25,284 $22,509
Services151,001 149,127
Total RPO$176,285 $171,635
As of September 30, 2025, RPO increased $4.6 billion, or 3%, from December 31, 2024, at Commercial Engines & Services, as a result of contract modifications and engines contracted under long-term service agreements that have now been put into service, and from equipment orders outpacing revenue recognized, and at Defense & Propulsion Technologies, primarily from engine orders outpacing revenue recognized.
SEGMENT OPERATIONS
COMMERCIAL ENGINES & SERVICES. In the first nine months of 2025, demand for commercial air travel grew with departures up 3%. We are in frequent communication with our airline, airframe and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) customers about the outlook for commercial air travel, new aircraft production, fleet retirements and after-market services, including shop visit and spare parts demand.
In the first three quarters of 2025, we announced significant new deals with several major customers. Qatar Airways signed an agreement to purchase more than 400 engines, including 60 GE9X and 260 GEnx engines, with additional options and spares, to power its next- generation Boeing 777-9 and Boeing 787 aircraft. International Airlines Group announced an agreement to purchase GEnx engines to power their new fleet of Boeing 787 aircraft. ANA Holdings committed to more than 75 LEAP install and spare engines to power its Boeing 737 MAX and A321 NEO fleets, and also selected our GEnx engines to power its order of Boeing 787s. Malaysia Aviation Group ordered 60 LEAP install engines, plus additional spares, to power their new fleet of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. Korean Air announced an agreement for LEAP, GEnx and GE9X engines to power their recent orders of Boeing 737 MAX, 787-10s and 777-9s aircrafts. Cathay Pacific committed to purchasing GE9X engines to power their recent order of Boeing 777-9 aircraft.
*Non-GAAP Financial Measure
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Internal shop visit revenue grew in the third quarter and total engine deliveries and LEAP engine deliveries increased primarily due to improved material supply. Total engineering investments, both company and partner-funded, increased compared to prior year. We are investing in our manufacturing and overhaul facilities and are deploying engineering and supply chain resources to increase production, expand capacity and strengthen yield. We also remain committed to investing in developing and maturing technologies that enable both durability and a more efficient future of flight. We recently launched our second dust test on the GE9X engine, which will continue to mature the design pre-entry-into-service. This builds upon over 30,000 cycles of testing, including 9,000 endurance cycles. CFM International's RISE program is a suite of pioneering technologies including Open Fan, compact core and hybrid electric systems for compatibility with alternative fuels. We recently began dust ingestion testing on next-gen HPT blades for RISE compact core development, a key milestone in advancing durability and reliability across the program. This is one of several initiatives underway to help invent the future of flight. We also continue to invest to develop technologies to support our defense customers by developing technologies for sixth-generation aircraft.
Sales in units, except where notedThree months ended September 30Nine months ended September 30
2025202420252024
Commercial Engines664 5011,659 1,392
LEAP Engines(a)511 3651,240 1,029
Internal shop visit revenue growth %33 %12 %22 %20 %
(a) LEAP engines, which are in a significant production ramp, are a subset of Commercial Engines.
SEGMENT REVENUE AND PROFITThree months ended September 30Nine months ended September 30
2025202420252024
Equipment$2,059 $1,686 $5,849 $4,819
Services6,820 5,317 17,998 14,412
Total segment revenue$8,880 $7,003 $23,846 $19,231
Segment profit$2,436 $1,799 $6,588 $4,897
Segment profit margin27.4 %25.7 %27.6 %25.5 %
For the three months ended September 30, 2025, revenue was up $1.9 billion, or 27%, and profit was up $0.6 billion, or 35%, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024.
Revenue increased due to increased internal shop visit and spare parts volume and higher workscopes, increased engine deliveries and pricing, partially offset by engine mix.
Profit increased primarily due to increased spare parts volume, increased internal shop visit volume and workscopes and improved pricing. These increases were partially offset by the impact from higher install engine deliveries, inflation and higher growth investment.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, revenue was up $4.6 billion, or 24%, and profit was up $1.7 billion, or 35%, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024.
Revenue increased due to increased spare parts volume, internal shop visit volume and workscopes, increased engine deliveries and pricing.
Profit increased primarily due to increased internal shop visit and spare parts volume and higher workscopes and improved pricing. These increases were partially offset by the impact of higher install engine deliveries, inflation, higher growth investment and an unfavorable change in estimated profitability of our long-term service agreements, primarily from the estimated impact from tariffs.
RPOSeptember 30, 2025December 31, 2024
Equipment$13,151 $11,462
Services144,045 142,182
Total RPO$157,196 $153,644
As of September 30, 2025, RPO increased $3.6 billion or 2% from December 31, 2024, as a result of contract modifications, engines contracted under long-term service agreements that have now been put into service and from equipment orders outpacing revenue recognized.
DEFENSE & PROPULSION TECHNOLOGIES. Our results in the third quarter of 2025 reflect domestic and international government defense departments' focus on modernizing and scaling their forces while continuing flight operations, driving services demand. A key underlying driver of our business is government funding, as most of the revenue in Defense & Systems is derived from funding that flows through the U.S. Department of War budget, or equivalent international budgets.
In the first three quarters of 2025, we announced an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. Air Force valued up to $5 billion to support foreign military sales for F110-GE-129 engines, which power F-15 and F-16 aircraft operated by allied nations worldwide. We also achieved important development and testing milestones on two advanced engines for the U.S. war fighter. We achieved first flight for the T901 on a Black Hawk helicopter.
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Sales in unitsThree months ended September 30Nine months ended September 30
2025202420252024
Defense engines172 94 463 306
SEGMENT REVENUE AND PROFITThree months ended September 30Nine months ended September 30
2025202420252024
Defense & Systems (D&S)$1,777 $1,428 $4,887 $4,452
Propulsion & Additive Technologies (P&AT)1,051 815 2,828 2,503
Total segment revenue$2,828 $2,243 $7,715 $6,955
Equipment$1,434 $936 $3,717 $3,017
Services1,394 1,306 3,998 3,939
Total segment revenue$2,828 $2,243 $7,715 $6,955
Segment profit$386 $220 $1,044 $820
Segment profit margin13.6 %9.8 %13.5 %11.8 %
For the three months ended September 30, 2025, revenue was up $0.6 billion, or 26%, and profit was up $0.2 billion, or 75%, compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024.
D&S revenue increased primarily due to increased engine deliveries, aircraft systems product growth and price. P&AT revenue increased primarily due to volume and price.
Profit increased primarily due to higher volume in Defense and Avio, customer mix, price and lower losses in our Colibrium Additive business, partially offset by incremental investments to support next-generation projects and inflation in our supply chain.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, revenue was up $0.8 billion, or 11%, and profit was up $0.2 billion, or 27%, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024.
D&S revenue increased primarily due to increased engine deliveries and aircraft systems product growth and price. P&AT revenue increased primarily due to volume and price.
Profit increased primarily due to higher volume in Defense and Avio, aircraft systems product growth, customer mix, price, productivity and lower losses in our Colibrium Additive business. This increase was partially offset by incremental investments to support next-generation products and inflation in our supply chain.
RPOSeptember 30, 2025December 31, 2024
Equipment$12,133 $11,046
Services6,956 6,944
Total RPO$19,089 $17,991
As of September 30, 2025, RPO increased $1.1 billion, or 6%, from December 31, 2024, primarily due to increases in equipment from orders outpacing revenue recognized.
CORPORATE & OTHER. Corporate & Other revenue include our run-off insurance operations revenue and the elimination of intersegment activities. Corporate & Other operating profit includes Corporate functions and operations costs, certain costs of our principal retirement plans, significant, higher-cost restructuring programs, separation costs, profit (loss) of our run-off insurance operations, U.S. tax equity profit (loss), transition services agreements, environmental health and safety (EHS) impacts and other costs, as well as certain amounts that are not included in operating segment results because they are excluded from measurement of their operating performance for internal and external purposes.
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REVENUE AND OPERATING PROFIT (COST)Three months ended September 30Nine months ended September 30
2025202420252024
Insurance revenue (Note 12)$875 $899 $2,681 $2,649
Eliminations and other(403)(303)(1,105)(945)
Corporate & Other revenue$473 $596 $1,576 $1,704
Gains (losses) on purchases and sales of business interests$3 $356 $3 $375
Gains (losses) on retained and sold ownership interests and other equity securities (Note 18)8 357 18 598
Restructuring and other charges (Note 19)(a)(22)(378)(49)(525)
Separation costs (Note 19)(53)(74)(150)(408)
Insurance profit (loss) (Note 12)361 171 714 541
U.S. tax equity profit (loss)(52)(52)(157)(130)
Goodwill impairments (Note 7)- (251)- (251)
Adjusted Corporate & Other operating costs (Non-GAAP)(523)(201)(850)(452)
Corporate & Other operating profit (cost) (GAAP)$(277)$(73)$(471)$(252)
Less: gains (losses), impairments, Insurance, and restructuring & other246 128 379 201
Adjusted Corporate & Other operating costs (Non-GAAP)$(523)$(201)$(850)$(452)
Corporate & Other profit (costs)(386)(96)(467)(84)
Eliminations(138)(105)(382)(369)
Adjusted Corporate & Other operating costs (Non-GAAP)$(523)$(201)$(850)$(452)
(a) Included costs of $328 million and $363 million for the settlement of the Sjunde AP-Fonden shareholder lawsuit for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively.
Adjusted Corporate & Other operating costs* excludes gains (losses) on purchases and sales of business interests, gains (losses) on retained and sold ownership interests and other equity securities, higher-cost restructuring programs, separation costs, our run-off insurance operations, U.S. tax equity profit (loss) and goodwill impairments. We believe that adjusting Corporate & Other costs to exclude the effects of items that are not closely associated with ongoing operations provides management and investors with a meaningful measure that increases the period-to-period comparability of our ongoing corporate costs.
For the three months ended, September 30, 2025, revenue was down $0.1 billion compared to the three months ended September 30, 2024, due to higher intercompany eliminations. Corporate & Other operating cost increased by $0.2 billion due to $0.4 billion of lower gains on purchases and sales of business interests, primarily related to the sale of our non-core Licensing business in 2024, $0.3 billion of lower gains on retained and sold ownership interests and other equity securities, primarily related to our prior GE HealthCare investment, and $0.3 billion of higher adjusted Corporate and Other operating costs partially offset by $0.4 billion of lower restructuring and other charges, $0.3 billion of lower goodwill impairments, related to our Colibrium Additive reporting unit, and $0.2 billion of higher Insurance profit.
Adjusted Corporate & Other operating costs* increased by $0.3 billion primarily due to higher functional and EHS costs.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, revenue was down $0.1 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024, due to higher intercompany eliminations. Corporate & Other operating cost increased by $0.2 billion due to $0.6 billion of lower gains on retained and sold ownership interests and other equity securities, primarily related to our prior GE HealthCare investment, $0.4 billion of lower gains on purchases and sales of business interests, primarily related to the sale of our non-core Licensing business in 2024, and $0.4 billion of higher adjusted Corporate and Other operating costs partially offset by $0.5 billion of lower restructuring and other charges, $0.3 billion of lower goodwill impairments, related to our Colibrium Additive reporting unit, $0.3 billion of lower separation costs and $0.2 billion of higher Insurance profit.
Adjusted Corporate & Other operating costs* increased by $0.4 billion primarily due to higher functional costs and lower bank interest.
OTHER CONSOLIDATED INFORMATION
RESTRUCTURING AND SEPARATION COSTS. Significant, higher-cost restructuring programs, primarily related to the separations, are excluded from measurement of segment operating performance for internal and external purposes; those excluded amounts are reported in Restructuring and other charges for Corporate. In addition, we incur costs associated with separation activities, which are also excluded from measurement of segment operating performance for internal and external purposes. See Note 19 for further information on restructuring and separation costs.
INTEREST AND OTHER FINANCIAL CHARGES were $0.2 billion and $0.3 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, and $0.6 billion and $0.8 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The primary components of interest and other financial charges are interest on short-term and long-term borrowings and interest on tax deficiencies.
POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS. Refer to Note 13 for information about our pension and retiree benefit plans.
*Non-GAAP Financial Measure
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INCOME TAXES. For the three months ended September 30, 2025, the effective income tax rate was 13.7% compared to 10.5% for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The provision for income taxes was $0.3 billion and $0.2 billion for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The increase in the tax provision was primarily due to higher net income before taxes, a decrease in tax benefits associated with separation activities, an increase in global minimum taxes (Pillar 2), and lower non-taxable gains on our retained and sold ownership interests, partially offset by higher tax benefits on global activities (reduced for the impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)) and an increase in business tax credits.
For the three months ended September 30, 2025, the adjusted effective income tax rate* was 15.0% compared to 20.3% for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to higher U.S. business tax credits and favorable audit settlements, partially offset by taxes on global income, including global minimum taxes (Pillar 2). The adjusted provision (benefit) for income taxes* was $0.3 billion for both the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024. The tax provision was flat, primarily due to higher adjusted net income before taxes* offset by higher tax benefit on global activities (reduced for the impact of the OBBBA) and an increase of business tax credits.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the effective income tax rate was 14.2% compared to 10.6% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. See Note 15 for further information. The provision for income taxes was $1.0 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and $0.6 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The increase in the tax provision was primarily due to higher net income before taxes, a decrease in tax benefits associated with separation activities, lower non-taxable gains on our retained and sold ownership interests, and an increase in global minimum tax (Pillar 2), partially offset by higher tax benefits on global activities (reduced for the impact of the OBBBA), an increase in business tax credits, tax benefits associated with realized foreign tax credits on the reinsurance transaction (see Note 12) and favorable audit resolutions.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, the adjusted effective income tax rate* was17.1% compared to 20.4% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The decrease was primarily due to higher U.S. business tax credits and favorable audit resolutions, partially offset by taxes on global income, including global minimum taxes (Pillar 2). The adjusted provision (benefit) for income taxes* was $1.1 billion and $0.9 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The increase was primarily due to higher adjusted net income before taxes* and an increase in global minimum tax (Pillar 2), partially offset by higher tax benefit on global activities (reduced for the impact of the OBBBA), an increase of business tax credits and favorable audit resolutions.
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS. Our former GE Vernova and GE HealthCare businesses, our mortgage portfolio in Poland (Bank BPH) and other trailing assets and liabilities associated with prior dispositions are included in discontinued operations. Results of operations, financial position and cash flows for these businesses are reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented and the notes to the financial statements have been adjusted on a retrospective basis. See Note 2 for further information regarding our businesses in discontinued operations.
CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY
FINANCIAL POLICY. GE Aerospace is committed to maintaining strong investment grade ratings with a disciplined capital allocation strategy. The Company will continue to invest in future growth and innovation through research and development and capital expenditures. We intend to return a majority of our free cash flow* to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases. Merger and acquisition investments will be pursued in a disciplined way and focused on those that offer strategic, operational and financial synergies.
LIQUIDITY POLICY. We maintain a strong focus on liquidity and define our liquidity risk tolerance based on sources and uses to maintain a sufficient liquidity position to meet our business needs and financial obligations under both normal and stressed conditions. We believe that our consolidated liquidity and availability under our revolving credit facilities will be sufficient to meet our liquidity needs.
CONSOLIDATED LIQUIDITY. Our primary sources of liquidity consist of cash and cash equivalents, free cash flow* from our operating businesses, and access to capital markets. If needed, we can also draw from short-term borrowing facilities, including revolving credit facilities. Cash generation can be subject to variability based on many factors, including receipt of down payments on large equipment orders, timing of billings on long-term contracts, timing of customer allowances and market conditions. Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash was $12.5 billion at September 30, 2025, of which $9.9 billion was held in the U.S. and $2.6 billion was held outside the U.S.
Cash held outside the U.S. has generally been reinvested in active foreign business operations; however, substantially all of our unrepatriated income is subject to U.S. federal tax and, if there is a change in reinvestment, we would expect to be able to repatriate available cash (excluding amounts held in countries with currency controls) without significant tax cost.
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at September 30, 2025 included $0.4 billion of cash held in countries with currency control restrictions, which may restrict the transfer of funds to the U.S. or limit our ability to transfer funds to the U.S. without incurring substantial costs. Excluded from cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash is $1.3 billion of cash in our run-off insurance operations, which is classified as All other assets in the Statement of Financial Position, and $1.2 billion of cash in our discontinued operations held by Bank BPH (see Note 2).
*Non-GAAP Financial Measure
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On March 7, 2024, the Company announced that the Board of Directors had authorized the repurchase of up to $15.0 billion of our common stock. Under this program, shares may be repurchased on the open market, via various strategies, including plans complying with rules 10b5-1 and 10b-18 as well as plans using accelerated share repurchases. In 2025, we repurchased 23.2 million shares for $5.4 billion, including repurchases of 15.8 million shares for $3.8 billion using accelerated stock repurchases as a mechanism to achieve planned repurchase volumes within a quarter during closed windows. We have repurchased $10.3 billion in total under this authorization.
BORROWINGS. Consolidated total borrowings were $20.8 billion and $19.3 billion at September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, an increase of $1.5 billion, primarily due to new debt issued of $2.0 billion, and currency exchange of $0.8 billion, partially offset by maturities of $1.3 billion. The Company also holds a five-year unsecured revolving credit facility in an aggregate committed amount of $3.0 billion and had zero outstanding at September 30, 2025.
In July 2025, GE Aerospace issued a total of $2.0 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured debt, comprised of $1.0 billion of 4.3% senior notes due 2030, and $1.0 billion of 4.9% senior notes due 2036 (see Note 10).
CREDIT RATINGS AND CONDITIONS. We have relied, and may continue to rely, on the short- and long-term debt capital markets to fund, among other things, a significant portion of our operations. The cost and availability of debt financing is influenced by our credit ratings. Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) and Standard and Poor's Global Ratings (S&P) currently issue ratings on our short- and long-term debt. On February 14, 2025, Moody's upgraded our long-term rating from Baa1 to A3 and maintained our positive outlook. On March 25, 2025, S&P upgraded our long-term rating from BBB+ to A- and maintained stable outlook. Our credit ratings as of the date of this filing are set forth in the table below.
Moody'sS&P
OutlookPositiveStable
Short termP-2A-2
Long termA3A-
Our ratings may be subject to a revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating organization, and each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating.
Substantially all of the Company's debt agreements in place at September 30, 2025 do not contain material credit rating covenants. Our unused back-up revolving syndicated credit facility contains a customary net debt-to-EBITDA financial covenant, which we satisfied at September 30, 2025.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK. As a result of our global operations, we generate and incur a small portion of our revenue and expenses in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Such principal currencies include the euro, the British sterling pound and Brazilian real. The effect of foreign currency fluctuations on income was insignificant. See Note 20 for further information about our risk exposures, our use of derivatives, and the effects of this activity on our financial statements.
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
CASH FLOWS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS. The most significant source of cash in CFOA is customer-related activities, the largest of which is collecting cash resulting from product or services sales. The most significant operating use of cash is to pay our suppliers, employees, tax authorities and postretirement plans.
Cash from operating activities was $6.4 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, an increase of $1.9 billion compared to 2024, primarily due to: an increase in net income (after adjusting for depreciation of property, plant, and equipment, amortization of intangible assets and non-cash (gains) losses related to our retained and sold ownership interests) driven by all segments and an increase in sales discounts and allowances, partially offset by working capital growth and higher income tax payments. The components of All other operating activities included:
Nine months ended September 3020252024
Increase (decrease) in employee benefit liabilities$252 $45
Net restructuring and other charges/(cash expenditures)(36)283
(Gains) losses on purchases and sales of business interests(3)(377)
Net interest and other financial charges/(cash paid)(46)18
Other deferred assets127 (89)
Other(113)15
All other operating activities$180 $(105)
Cash used from changes in working capital was $(0.9) billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, an increase of $0.3 billion compared to 2024, due to: current receivables of $(0.5) billion, from higher volume partially offset by higher collections; inventories, including deferred inventory, of $(0.4) billion, driven by higher material purchases; current contract assets, contract liabilities and current deferred income of $(0.3) billion, driven by higher revenue recognition, partially offset by billings and net unfavorable changes in estimated profitability on long-term service contracts; progress collections of $(0.1) billion, driven by higher liquidations partially offset by higher collections; and accounts payable of $0.9 billion, driven by higher volume and lower disbursements mainly related to purchases of materials in prior quarters.
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Cash used for investing activities was $(1.3) billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, an increase of $0.4 billion compared to 2024, primarily due to: a decrease in proceeds of $4.1 billion from the dispositions of our ownership interests in GE HealthCare and proceeds from the dispositions of our non-core licensing business and Electric Insurance Company of $0.5 billion in 2024, and an increase in cash paid for business acquisitions of $0.2 billion, partially offset by lower cash paid related to net settlements between continuing operations and businesses in discontinued operations of $3.2 billion, primarily related to the separation of GE Vernova in 2024 (a component of All other investing activities) and lower net purchases of insurance investment securities of $1.3 billion. Cash used for additions to property, plant and equipment and internal-use software net of dispositions, which are components of free cash flow*, was $0.8 billion and $0.7 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Cash used for financing activities was $(5.9) billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, an increase of $1.4 billion compared to 2024, primarily due to: an increase in treasury stock repurchases of $1.4 billion, a decrease in cash received of $1.1 billion from stock option exercises (a component of All other financing activities) and higher dividends paid to shareholders of $0.4 billion, partially offset by net debt issuance of $1.4 billion, including new long-term debt issuance of $2.0 billion in 2025.
CASH FLOWS FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Cash used for operating activities of discontinued operations decreased $0.9 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to 2024, primarily driven by working capital cash usage and cash paid for income taxes at our former GE Vernova business in 2024.
Cash from investing activities of discontinued operations increased $1.0 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to 2024, primarily driven by a reduction of cash and cash equivalents of $4.2 billion due to the separation of our former GE Vernova business in 2024, partially offset by lower cash received of $3.2 billion from net settlements between our discontinued operations and businesses in continuing operations primarily related to establishment of the opening cash balance for our former GE Vernova business in 2024.
Cash used for financing activities of discontinued operations decreased $0.1 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to 2024, primarily driven by net debt repayments by our former GE Vernova business in 2024.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES. Please refer to the Critical Accounting Estimates and Other Items sections within MD&A and Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for a discussion of our accounting policies and critical accounting estimates.
OTHER ITEMS
INSURANCE. Our 2025 annual review of future policy benefit reserves cash flow assumptions resulted in an increase in net future policy benefit reserves, after reinsurance recoverables and a pre-tax charge to earnings of $126 million ($100 million, after-tax), primarily related to long-term care cost of care inflation and lower policy terminations or benefit reductions related to premium rate increases assumptions, partially offset by favorable experience, including mortality. The sensitivities with respect to the impact of changes of key cash flow assumptions underlying our future policy benefit reserves included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, have not materially changed. See Capital Resources and Liquidity and Notes 3 and 12 for further information related to our run-off insurance operations.
NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS. In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The amendments require disclosure of specific categories in the rate reconciliation and provide additional information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold and further disaggregation of income taxes paid for individually significant jurisdictions. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact that this guidance will have on the disclosures within our consolidated financial statements.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40). The amendments increase disclosure requirements primarily through enhanced disclosures about types of expenses (including purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, and amortization) in commonly presented expense captions. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and is required to be applied prospectively with the option for retrospective application. We are currently evaluating the impact that this guidance will have on the disclosures within our consolidated financial statements.
GE VERNOVA PARENT COMPANY GUARANTEES. To support GE Vernova in selling products and services globally, the Company often entered into contracts on behalf of GE Vernova or issued parent company guarantees or trade finance instruments supporting the performance of what were subsidiary legal entities transacting directly with customers, in addition to providing similar credit support for non-customer related activities of GE Vernova (collectively, "GE Aerospace credit support"). Prior to the spin-off in the second quarter of 2024, GE Vernova had been working to seek novation or assignment of GE Aerospace credit support, the majority of which relates to parent company guarantees, associated with GE Vernova legal entities from GE Aerospace to GE Vernova. For GE Aerospace credit support that remains outstanding post-spin, GE Vernova is obligated to use reasonable best efforts to terminate or replace and obtain a full release of the Company's obligations and liabilities under all such credit support. Beginning in 2025, GE Vernova is paying a quarterly fee to the Company based on amounts related to the GE Aerospace credit support, for which we have recorded a stand ready to perform obligation. GE Vernova will face other contractual restrictions and requirements while the Company continues to be obligated under such credit support on behalf of GE Vernova. While the Company will remain obligated under the contract or instrument, GE Vernova will be obligated to indemnify the Company for credit support related payments that the Company is required to make.
*Non-GAAP Financial Measure
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As of September 30, 2025, we estimated GE Vernova RPO and other obligations that relate to GE Aerospace credit support to be approximately $10 billion, an over 84% reduction since December 31, 2023. We expect approximately $7 billion of the RPO related to GE Aerospace credit support obligations to contractually mature by the end of 2029. The Company's maximum aggregate exposure under the GE Aerospace credit support cannot be reasonably estimated given the breadth of the portfolio across each of the GE Vernova businesses. The underlying obligations are predominantly customer contracts that GE Vernova performs in the course of its business. We have no known instances historically where payments or performance from us were required under parent company guarantees relating to GE Vernova customer contracts. See Note 22 for additional details regarding guarantees.
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES. We believe that presenting non-GAAP financial measures provides management and investors useful measures to evaluate performance and trends of the total company and its businesses. This includes adjustments in recent periods to GAAP financial measures to increase period-to-period comparability following actions to strengthen our overall financial position and how we manage our business. In addition, management recognizes that certain non-GAAP terms may be interpreted differently by other companies under different circumstances. In various sections of this report we have made reference to the following non-GAAP financial measures in describing our (1) revenue, specifically, Adjusted revenue, (2) profit, specifically, Operating profit and Operating profit margin; Adjusted net income (loss); Adjusted earnings (loss) per share (EPS) and Adjusted effective income tax rate, and (3) cash flows, specifically free cash flow (FCF). The reasons we use these non-GAAP financial measures and the reconciliations to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures follow.
ADJUSTED REVENUE, OPERATING PROFIT AND PROFIT MARGIN (NON-GAAP)Three months ended September 30Nine months ended September 30
2025202420252024
Total revenue (GAAP)$12,181$9,842$33,138$27,890
Less: Insurance revenue (Note 12)8758992,6812,649
Adjusted revenue (Non-GAAP)$11,305$8,943$30,457$25,241
Total costs and expenses (GAAP)$9,951$8,970$26,874$24,529
Less: Insurance cost and expenses (Note 12)5147281,9672,108
Less: U.S. tax equity cost and expenses55159
Less: interest and other financial charges(a)225251593762
Less: non-operating benefit cost (income)(198)(207)(596)(628)
Less: restructuring & other(a)2237849525
Less: goodwill impairments(a)-251-251
Less: separation costs(a)5374150408
Add: noncontrolling interests(3)(10)(16)(5)
Adjusted costs (Non-GAAP)$9,328$7,481$24,681$21,089
Other income (loss) (GAAP)$285$1,021$885$1,965
Less: U.S. tax equity(48)(48)(142)(121)
Less: gains (losses) on retained and sold ownership interests and other equity securities(a)835718598
Less: gains (losses) on purchases and sales of business interests(a)33563375
Adjusted other income (loss) (Non-GAAP)$322$356$1,007$1,112
Profit (loss) (GAAP)$2,515$1,893$7,149$5,327
Profit (loss) margin (GAAP)20.7%19.2%21.6%19.1%
Operating profit (loss) (Non-GAAP)$2,299$1,818$6,783$5,265
Operating profit (loss) margin (Non-GAAP)20.3%20.3%22.3%20.9%
(a) See the Corporate & Other and Other Consolidated Information sections for further information.
We believe that adjusting revenue provides management and investors with a more complete understanding of underlying operating results and trends of established, ongoing operations by excluding the effect of revenue from our run-off insurance operations. We believe that adjusting profit to exclude the effects of items that are not closely associated with ongoing operations provides management and investors with a meaningful measure that increases the period-to-period comparability. Gains (losses) and restructuring and other items are impacted by the timing and magnitude of gains associated with dispositions, and the timing and magnitude of costs associated with restructuring and other activities. We also use Adjusted revenue* and Operating profit* as performance metrics at the company level for our annual executive incentive plan for 2025.
*Non-GAAP Financial Measure
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ADJUSTED NET INCOME (LOSS) AND ADJUSTED EFFECTIVE INCOME TAX RATE (NON-GAAP)Three months ended September 30Nine months ended September 30
2025202420252024
(Diluted, per-share amounts in dollars)IncomeEPSIncomeEPSIncomeEPSIncomeEPS
Net income from continuing operations (GAAP) (Note 17)$2,170$2.04$1,705$1.56$6,143$5.73$4,766$4.34
Insurance net income (loss) (pre-tax)3630.341720.167200.675430.49
Tax effect on Insurance net income (loss)(c)(77)(0.07)(37)(0.03)(85)(0.08)(116)(0.11)
Less: Insurance net income (loss) (net of tax) (Note 12)2870.271350.126350.594270.39
U.S. tax equity net income (loss) (pre-tax)(60)(0.06)(59)(0.05)(181)(0.17)(154)(0.14)
Tax effect on U.S. tax equity net income (loss)710.07700.062120.201890.17
Less: U.S. tax equity net income (loss) (net of tax)110.01110.01310.03350.03
Non-operating benefit (cost) income (pre-tax) (GAAP)1980.192070.195960.566280.57
Tax effect on non-operating benefit (cost) income(42)(0.04)(43)(0.04)(125)(0.12)(132)(0.12)
Less: Non-operating benefit (cost) income (net of tax)1570.151640.154710.444960.45
Gains (losses) on purchases and sales of business interests (pre-tax)(a)3-3560.333-3750.34
Tax effect on gains (losses) on purchases and sales of business interests(1)-(10)(0.01)2-(5)-
Less: Gains (losses) on purchases and sales of business interests (net of tax)2-3460.325-3710.34
Gains (losses) on retained and sold ownership interests and other equity securities (pre-tax)(a)80.013570.33180.025980.54
Tax effect on gains (losses) on retained and sold ownership interests and other equity securities(b)(c)(1)-----(1)-
Less: Gains (losses) on retained and sold ownership interests and other equity securities (net of tax)80.013570.33180.025970.54
Restructuring & other (pre-tax)(a)(22)(0.02)(378)(0.35)(49)(0.05)(525)(0.48)
Tax effect on restructuring & other5-790.07100.011100.10
Less: Restructuring & other (net of tax)(17)(0.02)(298)(0.27)(39)(0.04)(415)(0.38)
Goodwill impairments (pre-tax)(a)--(251)(0.23)--(251)(0.23)
Tax effect on goodwill impairments--------
Less: goodwill impairments (net of tax)--(251)(0.23)--(251)(0.23)
Separation costs (pre-tax)(a)(53)(0.05)(74)(0.07)(150)(0.14)(408)(0.37)
Tax effect on separation costs110.01610.06310.033110.28
Less: Separation costs (net of tax)(42)(0.04)(13)(0.01)(119)(0.11)(97)(0.09)
Adjusted net income (loss) (Non-GAAP)$1,764$1.66$1,255$1.15$5,141$4.80$3,602$3.28
Net income from continuing operations before taxes (GAAP)$2,515$1,893$7,149$5,327
Less: Total adjustments above (pre-tax)438330957807
Adjusted net income before taxes (Non-GAAP)$2,077$1,563$6,192$4,520
Provision (benefit) for income taxes (GAAP)$344$198$1,015$567
Less: Tax effect on adjustments above33(121)(45)(357)
Adjusted provision (benefit) for income taxes (Non-GAAP)$311$318$1,061$923
Effective income tax rate (GAAP)13.7%10.5%14.2%10.6%
Adjusted effective income tax rate (Non-GAAP)15.0%20.3%17.1%20.4%
(a) See the Corporate & Other and Other Consolidated Information sections for further information.
(b) Includes tax benefits available to offset the tax on gains (losses) on equity securities.
(c) Includes related tax valuation allowances. Tax effect on Insurance net income includes valuation allowances for 2025.
Earnings-per-share amounts are computed independently. As a result, the sum of per-share amounts may not equal the total.
We believe that Adjusted net income* and the Adjusted effective income tax rate* provide management and investors with useful measures to evaluate the performance of the total company and increased period-to-period comparability, as well as a more complete understanding of underlying operating results and trends of established, ongoing operations by excluding items that are not closely related with ongoing operations. We also use Adjusted EPS* as a performance metric at the company level for our performance stock units granted in 2025.
*Non-GAAP Financial Measure
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FREE CASH FLOW (FCF) (NON-GAAP)Nine months ended September 30
20252024
Cash flows from operating activities (CFOA) (GAAP)$6,447 $4,499
Add: gross additions to property, plant and equipment and internal-use software(842)(765)
Add: dispositions of property, plant and equipment76 102
Less: separation cash expenditures(202)(716)
Less: Corporate & Other restructuring cash expenditures(51)(123)
Free cash flow (FCF) (Non-GAAP)$5,933 $4,674
We believe investors may find it useful to compare free cash flow* performance without the effects of separation cash expenditures and Corporate & Other restructuring cash expenditures (associated with the separation-related program announced in the fourth quarter of 2022). In addition, beginning in the third quarter of 2025, we now include dispositions of property, plant and equipment. We believe this measure will better allow management and investors to evaluate the capacity of our operations to generate free cash flow*. We also use FCF* as a performance metric at the company level for our annual executive incentive plan and performance stock units granted in 2025.