Supply chain delays add to GE’s risk

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GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. $77 remains a hold. The conglomerate (New York symbol GE; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 1.1 billion; Market cap: $84.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.1; Dividend yield: 0.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.ge.com) plans to break itself up into three separate companies: GE HealthCare (X-ray equipment, MRI and ultrasound scanners); GE Vernova (renewable energy and power); and GE Aerospace (jet engines and aircraft electronics). It expects to complete these transactions in 2023 and 2024. Meantime, in the second quarter of 2022, GE’s revenue rose 2.2%, to $18.67 billion from $18.25 billion a year earlier. Stronger demand for aerospace equipment offset weaker sales of healthcare and power equipment. Thanks to a major cost-cutting plan, earnings soared 254.5%, to $0.78 a share from $0.22. However, pandemic-induced supply-chain shortages will likely continue to hinder deliveries. GE is still a hold. hold…