---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000040545-23-000135"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GE"
cik: "0000040545"
company_name: "GENERAL ELECTRIC CO"
filed_at: "2023-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T17:12:43.359306+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GE Q1 2023: orders +25%, adj. revenue +17%; first positive Q1 FCF in decade

## Summary
- Total orders $17.6B (+25%); organic orders +26%; total revenues $14.5B (+14%).
- Continuing GAAP EPS $5.56; adjusted EPS $0.27 (+$0.36 YoY).
- Free cash flow $0.1B, first positive Q1 FCF in nearly a decade; +$1.3B YoY.
- GE Aerospace: LEAP output +53% YoY; Air India agreement for 800 LEAP engines.
- GE Vernova: Renewable Energy orders +94% organically; TenneT multi-billion Euro HVDC contracts.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000040545-23-000135
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GE
- cik: 0000040545
- company_name: GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
- filed_at: 2023-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40545/000004054523000135/0000040545-23-000135-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40545/000004054523000135/ge-20230425.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040545-23-000135
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040545-23-000135.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  GENERAL ELECTRIC CO reported first-quarter 2023 results: revenue $14.5B, EPS $5.56. Guidance raised.
  - Period: first-quarter 2023
  - Revenue: $14.5B
  - EPS: $5.56
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: GE ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER 2023 RESULTS Double-digit orders and revenue growth with positive free cash flow; raising low end of 2023 guidance First quarter 2023: • Total orders $17.6B, +25%; organic orders +26% • Total revenues (GAAP) $14.5B, +14%; adjusted revenues* $13.7B, +17% organically* • Profit margin (GAAP) of 44.8%, +5,410 bps; adjusted profit margin* 6.4%, +330 bps organically* • Continuing EPS (GAAP) of $5.56, +$6.72; adjusted EPS* $0.27, +$0.36 • Cash from Operating Activities (GAAP) $0.2B, +$1.1B; free cash flow* $0.1B, +$1.3B
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40545/000004054523000135/0000040545-23-000135-index.htm

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