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GE Vernova (GEV) posted 26Q2 revenues of $11.1 billion, up 21.9% YOY. Operating income surged 72.8% to $655 million, driven by revenue growth and higher margins at Power and Electrification, which more than offset a modestly wider loss…
Continue reading →26Q2 revenue was $13.3 billion, up 21.1% over 25Q2. Commercial Engine & Services (CES) revenue rose 21.8%, while Defense & Propulsion Technologies (DPT) revenues were up 34.3%. CES segment profit jumped 19.0%, with a 60 bp decline in…
Continue reading →Matthews International Corporation (MATW) reported 26Q1 revenues of $284.8 million, down 29.1%. Nearly all of the decline was due to divestitures, especially the sale of SGK Solutions last May. Sales at its Memorialization business rose 7.2%, due to…
Continue reading →25Q3 revenue was $12.2 billion, up 23.8% over 24Q3. Commercial Engine & Services (CES) revenue rose 26.8%, while Defense & Propulsion Technologies (DPT) was up 26.1%. CES segment profit jumped 26.1%, with a 170 bp rise in margin…
Continue reading →GE Vernova (GEV) posted 25Q3 revenues of $10.0 billion, up 11.8% YOY. Operating income swung from a loss of $359 million to a profit of $366 million, primarily due to a $300 million favorable swing at Wind, and…
Continue reading →Matthews International Corporation (MATW) reported 25Q3 revenues of $349.4 million, down 18.3%. Most of the decline was due to the sale of SGK Solutions, which was completed in May. Sales at its Memorialization business rose 0.5%, due to…
Continue reading →GE Vernova (GEV) posted 25Q2 revenues of $9.1 billion, up 21.9% YOY. Yet, operating income fell 47.4% from $527 million to $378 million, primarily due to the nonrecurrence of $306 million related to an arbitration refund received in…
Continue reading →25Q2 revenue was $11.0 billion, up 21% over 25Q1. Commercial Engine & Services (CES) revenue rose 30%, while Defense & Propulsion Technologies (DPT) was up 7%. CES segment profit jumped 33%, with a 50 bp rise in margin…
Continue reading →Matthews International Corporation (MATW) reported 25Q2 revenues of $427.6 million, down 9.3%. Sales at its Memorialization business fell 7.4%, due to the normalization of U.S. death rates after COVID. Industrial Technology’s sales plunged 30.4%, as the energy storage…
Continue reading →GE Vernova (GEV) posted 25Q1 revenues of $8.0 billion, up 21.3% YOY. Operating income swung from a loss of $289 million to income of $43 million. With pension and other income, net of interest costs, pre-tax earnings swung…
Continue reading →25Q1 revenue was $9.9 billion, up 10% over 24Q1. Commercial Engine & Services (CES) revenue rose 14.4%, while Defense & Propulsion Technologies (DPT) was essentially flat. CES segment profit jumped 36%, with a 420 bp rise in margin…
Continue reading →Mistras Group reported 24Q4 EPS of $0.17 vs. 23Q4’s loss of $0.08 and my estimate of $0.14. Revenues of $172.7 million declined 5.1%, due to a 10.1% decline in Mistras’s largest industry served, Oil & Gas, that was…
Continue reading →On March 11, 2025, Matthews International Corporation (MATW) filed a three million share shelf registration under form S-3 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Along with the shelf, it also filed a prospectus under which it would…
Continue reading →GE Vernova (GEV) posted 24Q4 revenues of $10.6 billion, up 5%, with growth in both equipment and services. Operating income more than doubled from $195 million to $593 million, as did net income from $205 million to $484…
Continue reading →24Q4 revenue was $10.8 billion, up 14% over 23Q4. Commercial Engine & Services (CES) revenue jumped 19% and Defense & Propulsion Technologies (DPT) rose 4.5%. CES segment profit surged 54%, with a 640 bp increase in margin to…
Continue reading →I am maintaining my $32 price target. With the stock's recent decline, I have raised my rating from outperform to buy. Three proxy voting services recommend shareholders vote for all three Barington Capital nominees. Even so, I will…
Continue reading →The stock of Matthews International Corporation (MATW) has lost more than half of its value since 2017. Over that time, the company has struggled to sustain its profitability due to the earnings deterioration in its SGK Brand Solutions’…
Continue reading →Mistras Group reported 24Q3 EPS of $0.20 vs. 23Q3’s loss of $0.34 and my estimate of $0.24. Revenues of $182.7 million were up 1.9%, as a 3.6% decline in Mistras’s largest segment, Oil & Gas, was more than…
Continue reading →GE Vernova (GEV) reported a 24Q3 GAAP diluted loss per share of $0.35 compared with 23Q3’s pro forma loss of $0.62. This quarter saw a big increase in SG&A from standalone corporate and higher restructuring costs. Excluding those…
Continue reading →GE Aerospace reported 24Q3 revenues of $9.8 billion, up 5.8% vs. the prior year; GAAP EPS from continuing operations was $1.56, compared with 23Q3’s $0.20; and non-GAAP EPS was $1.15 vs $0.92. Results exceeded my estimates of $1.18…
Continue reading →GE Aerospace reported 24Q2 revenues of $9.1 billion, up 3.9% year-over-year; GAAP EPS from continuing operations was $1.20, compared with 23Q2’s $1.09; and non-GAAP EPS was $1.20 vs $0.74. The mean estimates of analysts were $8.6 billion for…
Continue reading →Mistras Group reported 24Q2 EPS of $0.20 vs. 23Q2’s $0.01 and my estimate of $0.11. Revenues of $189.8 million were up 7.8%, with all industry segments posting gains, including double-digit gains in segments that had been experiencing steady…
Continue reading →In its first quarter since being spun off by General Electric on April 2, GE Vernova (GEV) reported GAAP diluted EPS of $4.69 compared with a pro forma loss of $0.55 in 23Q2. This quarter’s results included an…
Continue reading →Mistras Group reported 24Q1 EPS of $0.03 vs. 23Q1’s loss of $0.17 and my estimate of $0.00. Revenues of $184.4 million were up 9.8%, due mostly to strong maintenance turnaround activity in the Oil & Gas sector. Gross…
Continue reading →Mistras Group reported 23Q3 EPS of ($0.34) vs. 22Q3’s $0.14 and my estimate of $0.19. The net loss was due to a $13.8 million goodwill impairment charge taken against its International business and $2.7 million of reorganization charges…
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