Good quarter for this new firm

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GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC. $74 is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol GEHC; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 455.2 million; Market cap: $33.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.7; Dividend yield: 0.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.gehealthcare.com) took its current form in January 2023 when former parent company General Electric Co. (New York symbol GE) spun off its healthcare products business in January 2023. Investors received one share of the new firm for every three GE shares they held. GEHC makes X-ray equipment, MRIs and ultrasound scanners. In the quarter ended September 30, 2023, GEHC’s revenue rose 5.4%, to $4.82 billion from $4.58 billion a year earlier. If you exclude businesses it bought and sold along with currency rates, revenue improved 6%. That’s partly due to improving supplies of computer chips and other components, which let it accelerate deliveries. As well, earnings before unusual items rose 13.8%, to $0.99 a share (or a total of $451 million) from $0.87 a share (or $393 million). GE HealthCare…