---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000040545-26-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GE"
cik: "0000040545"
company_name: "GENERAL ELECTRIC CO"
filed_at: "2026-04-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:12:45.581940+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GE Aerospace Q1 adj. revenue +29% to $11.6B; EPS $1.86, FCF $1.7B; reaffirms 2026 guide

## Summary
- Adjusted revenue $11.6B (+29%), adjusted EPS $1.86 (+25%), free cash flow $1.7B (+14%).
- Total orders surged 87% to $23.0B; commercial services backlog stands at $170B.
- CES revenue +34% (services +39%), DPT revenue +19%; operating profit +18% to $2.5B.
- Full-year guidance maintained, trending high-end: op profit $9.85-10.25B, adj. EPS $7.10-7.40, FCF $8.0-8.4B.
- Secured 650+ engine wins (American, United, Delta); $1B planned U.S. manufacturing investment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000040545-26-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GE
- cik: 0000040545
- company_name: GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
- filed_at: 2026-04-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40545/000004054526000026/0000040545-26-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40545/000004054526000026/ge-20260421.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040545-26-000026
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040545-26-000026.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040545-26-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  GENERAL ELECTRIC CO updated its three months ended March 31, 2026 guidance (reaffirmed).
  - Period: three months ended March 31, 2026
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On April 21, 2026, General Electric Company, operating as GE Aerospace (the "Company"), released its first-quarter 2026 financial results on its investor relations website at www.geaerospace.com/investor-relations.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40545/000004054526000026/0000040545-26-000026-index.htm

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