Stock Analysis on Net

GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE)

Cash Flow Statement 
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

GE Aerospace, consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Sep 30, 2025 Jun 30, 2025 Mar 31, 2025 Dec 31, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021 Dec 31, 2020 Sep 30, 2020 Jun 30, 2020 Mar 31, 2020
Net income (loss) 2,154 2,021 1,972 1,890 1,843 1,268 1,565 1,591 334 40 7,478 2,238 (160) (772) (1,014) (3,843) 1,185 (1,135) (2,798) 2,639 (1,194) (2,132) 6,233
Net (income) loss from discontinued operations activities 17 (21) (10) 6 (147) 54 178 (2) (173) 1,018 (1,257) 64 84 210 286 339 (602) 564 2,894 (81) 35 (7) 178
Depreciation and amortization of property, plant and equipment 215 218 210 209 224 199 202 376 378 352 367 492 407 443 460 481 455 483 452 981 1,374 1,290 991
Amortization of intangible assets 88 93 89 89 89 84 88 158 149 159 140 244 237 236 1,025 278 271 288 301 306 428 308 340
Goodwill impairments 251 1,717
(Gains) losses on purchases and sales of business interests (1) (116) (39) 52 (24) (23) (4) (15) (115) 153 5 (3) (23) (21) (110) (12,372)
(Gains) losses on equity securities (68) (66) (43) 4 (409) 361 (675) (661) 1,101 (376) (5,906) (2,024) 181 1,773 214 (621) (341) (398) (296) (2,695) 769 (1,843) 5,874
Debt extinguishment costs 465 5,108 1,416
Principal pension plans cost (benefit) (164) (163) (161) (162) (163) (154) (174) (274) (278) (285) (271) 163 137 132 143 660 661 671 658 878 883 921 877
Principal pension plans employer contributions (49) (47) (48) (68) (48) (47) (47) (56) (52) (52) (52) (83) (83) (80) (79) (94) (78) (80) (74) (2,580) (82) (74) (70)
Other postretirement benefit plans, net (61) (59) (74) (78) (66) (67) (88) (148) (153) (162) (181) (243) (276) (312) (329) (372) (275) (208) (289) (181) (224) (234) (254)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes 344 388 283 395 198 125 244 421 138 332 271 (65) 21 316 204 37 2 (467) 142 163 (501) (199) 63
Cash (paid) recovered during the year for income taxes (184) (141) (112) (292) (133) (157) 248 (342) (285) (349) (172) (317) (331) (287) (192) (117) (211) (515) (322) (303) (516) (312) (310)
(Increase) decrease in current receivables (113) (831) (326) (326) (702) (309) 261 (953) 94 (510) 536 (333) (1,344) (585) (749) (1,051) (68) (4) 946 346 (1,475) 313 (503)
(Increase) decrease in inventories, including deferred inventory costs (393) (670) (724) (112) (215) (697) (504) 696 (418) (527) (1,275) 433 (428) (1,356) (990) 482 146 (608) (722) 1,363 472 248 (978)
(Increase) decrease in current contract assets (51) (111) 46 (105) (162) (5) 160 508 95 386 294 699 454 (132) 442 533 191 342 (35) 1,068 62 513 (12)
Increase (decrease) in contract liabilities and current deferred income 209 114 270 307 373 363 23
Increase (decrease) in progress collections (96) 137 132 248 (7) 150 140
Increase (decrease) in progress collections and current deferred income (legacy) 1,984 221 523 205 1,206 498 542 246 457 (188) (896) (425) 1,181 (727) (15) (655)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable 3 789 706 128 133 253 174 (615) 416 179 (201) 686 661 1,371 75 165 (367) 549 (349) 926 514 (1,414) (601)
Changes in operating working capital (441) (572) 104 140 (580) (245) 254 1,620 408 51 (441) 2,691 (159) (160) (976) 586 (286) (617) (585) 4,884 (1,154) (355) (2,749)
Increase (decrease) in sales discount and allowances 107 367 80 (597) 433 4 (106)
Financial services derivatives net collateral/settlement 3 69 (68) (155) 288 (107) 413 (1,737)
All other operating activities 598 330 (747) (218) 421 (468) (60) 534 438 (379) 124 970 1,216 (919) (107) (200) 637 (771) (983) (279) 1,410 (141) 1,051
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash from (used for) operating activities 385 348 (419) (578) 217 (365) (114) 1,627 1,728 (748) (6,066) 2,269 1,396 1,070 193 5,919 881 220 (2,736) 1,151 2,366 968 (6,559)
Cash from (used for) operating activities 2,556 2,348 1,543 1,318 1,913 957 1,629 3,216 1,889 310 155 4,571 1,320 508 (535) 2,415 1,464 (351) (2,640) 3,709 1,207 (1,171) (148)
Additions to property, plant and equipment and internal-use software (307) (327) (208) (267) (266) (295) (204) (530) (402) (364) (299) (449) (327) (345) (363) (388) (325) (292) (356) (1,037) (654) (625) (1,087)
Dispositions of property, plant and equipment 51 15 10 12 15 49 38 12 15 55 7 50 87 42 30 39 23 71 34 364 226 323 731
Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations 22,356
Proceeds from principal business dispositions (8) 433 74 15 1 (14) (244) 366 20,488
Net payments for principal businesses purchased (6) (254) (100) (9) (126) (32) (333) (30) (1,523) (27) (75) (3) (1) (6)
Sales of retained ownership interests 1,170 1,470 2,610 1,967 2,733 2,279 2,025 646 288 2,481 1,302 1,184 1,255 971 735 417
Net (purchases) dispositions of insurance investment securities 234 262 99 (265) 267 176 (1,141) 254 141 175 (1,556) 313 167 (12) (1,344) (132) (47) (399) (712) (1,352)
All other investing activities (364) (310) (121) (291) (704) (885) (2,409) (116) (56) (133) 1,096 47 (16) (676) (81) (740) 486 346 1,145 580 61 (775) (905)
Cash (used for) from investing activities (392) (614) (320) 342 1,089 (881) (1,106) 1,587 2,399 1,679 1,273 607 184 1,490 (456) 20,796 1,392 670 847 (1,117) (614) (712) 19,221
Net increase (decrease) in borrowings, maturities of 90 days or less (8) 25 (1) 1 16 (14) (20) (4) (32) 1 (2) 3 17 47 (320) (31) (40) (319) 30 (786) (1,507) (1,905)
Newly issued debt, maturities longer than 90 days 1,985 1 1 9 8,202 3 6 44 314 576 224 14,103 125
Repayments and other debt reductions, maturities longer than 90 days (51) (1,197) (56) (55) (117) (380) (236) (130) (640) (775) (1,815) (8,023) (1,136) (778) (1,268) (26,311) (104) (8,593) (1,513) (5,205) (2,666) (16,102) (5,903)
Dividends paid to shareholders (383) (386) (302) (306) (308) (308) (86) (88) (151) (147) (203) (184) (161) (154) (140) (144) (139) (144) (148) (236) (88) (235) (89)
Redemption of preferred stock (2,795) (3,000)
Cash received (paid) for debt extinguishment costs 338 (5,475) (1,721)
Purchases of common stock for treasury (1,844) (1,745) (1,965) (1,668) (1,536) (2,301) (322) (288) (313) (323) (309) (360) (318) (370) (20) (5) (82)
All other financing activities (65) 97 39 (145) 501 84 553 130 72 120 87 (429) (377) (397) (98) (524) (221) 136 58 20 277 (339) (147)
Cash used for financing activities (366) (3,206) (2,284) (2,175) (1,459) (2,889) (105) (395) (3,831) (1,156) (5,230) (458) (1,986) (1,682) (1,459) (32,794) (494) (10,400) (1,608) (4,815) (3,039) (4,080) (7,919)
Cash from (used for) operating activities, discontinued operations (55) (102) (34) (21) (405) (46) (635) (76) (65) 163 (413) (72) 103 42 (21) 17 877 870 680 (75) 128 13 (66)
Cash (used for) from investing activities, discontinued operations (213) 79 3 (21) 402 (3,402) 1,911 98 55 (44) (3,069) 71 (117) 479 12 286 (1,060) (977) (646) 80 (125) 44 (135)
Cash from (used for) financing activities, discontinued operations 1 (99) 1 7 (7) 1,999 (1) 1 18 99 (1) 3 1 (1) 1
Cash from (used for) discontinued operations (268) (23) (31) (42) (3) (3,447) 1,177 23 (3) 112 (1,483) (1) (15) 522 (9) 321 (84) (108) 37 6 2 58 (201)
Effect of currency exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 105 84 (135) 85 (82) (61) 211 (172) 15 65 254 (357) (191) (75) (76) (99) 92 (130) 155 206 39 (256)
Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 1,530 (1,390) (1,008) (692) 1,625 (6,342) 1,534 4,642 282 960 (5,220) 4,973 (854) 647 (2,534) (9,338) 2,179 (10,097) (3,494) (2,062) (2,238) (5,866) 10,697

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31).


Net Income (Loss) Trends
The net income data demonstrates significant volatility across the periods analyzed. Initially strong in early 2020, the company faced steep losses in several subsequent quarters during 2020 and 2021. A notable recovery appears in the first quarter of 2023 with a sharp rebound, followed by more stable, positive net income figures into 2024 and 2025, signaling improved profitability and operational stability in recent quarters.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization of property, plant, and equipment remained fairly consistent with minor fluctuations, generally staying within the range of approximately $200 million to $500 million. Amortization of intangible assets shows a high peak around early 2022, followed by generally lower, stable values indicative of reduced intangible asset writedowns or amortization schedules stabilizing.
Goodwill Impairments and Gains/Losses on Business Interests
Goodwill impairments were recorded primarily in 2024 with a significant charge, potentially indicating asset revaluation or restructuring activities. Gains and losses on purchases and sales of business interests presented variability with occasional sizeable losses, highlighting the impact of acquisition and divestiture activities on financial results. Frequent gains and losses on equity securities indicate active portfolio and investment management influencing reported earnings.
Income Taxes and Cash Taxes Paid
The provision for income taxes alternated between benefit and charge periods, reflecting changes in profitability and tax positions. Cash paid for income taxes shows a consistent outflow with some quarterly variance, which may be related to timing differences or tax planning outcomes.
Working Capital Changes
Operating working capital experienced fluctuations with periods of significant increases and decreases. Notably, inventory levels and receivables showed irregular patterns, indicating variable sales cycles or supply chain impacts. Accounts payable movements reflect active management of payables and possibly changing vendor payment terms.
Operating Cash Flows
Cash from operating activities experienced substantial fluctuation with negative flows during times of net losses and positive inflows during quarters of improved revenue and profitability. The positive trend in operating cash generation post-2022 aligns with recovering net income trends, supporting operational efficiency improvements.
Investing Activities
Investing activities showed large inflows in certain quarters related to proceeds from sales of discontinued operations and business dispositions. Capital expenditures on property, plant, equipment, and software generally maintained a consistent outflow, indicating ongoing investment in operational capacity or technology. Dispositions and sales figures suggest active portfolio management, with divestitures contributing materially to cash inflows in multiple periods.
Financing Activities
Financing cash flows reflect substantial debt issuances and repayments, with a notable period of large debt extinguishment costs. Share repurchases were prominent, especially from 2022 onward, indicating a strategy to return capital to shareholders or manage equity dilution. Dividend payments remained relatively stable, suggesting a steady shareholder return policy despite earnings volatility. The redemption of preferred stock also represents significant financing cash outflows.
Discontinued Operations
Discontinued operations contributed variably to net income and cash flows, including a large cash inflow from sales proceeds in the earlier period. Subsequent quarters show both positive and negative impacts on operating, investing, and financing cash flows related to discontinued components, illustrating ongoing portfolio adjustments and related cash impacts.
Effect of Currency Exchange Rate Changes
The effect of currency exchange rate changes on cash balances fluctuated with no persistent trend, indicating exposure to foreign exchange risk with both favorable and unfavorable impacts recorded irregularly across the timeline.
Overall Cash Position
The company’s overall cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash position experienced notable volatility. Early periods saw strong increases in cash balances, followed by several quarters of significant declines, likely driven by operational challenges and heavy financing outflows. More recent data points suggest some recovery in cash levels, aligning with improved operational cash flows and possibly more controlled investment and financing activities.