GE Aerospace stock faces an October 20 earnings test

Published on 10/03/2026 at 21:45 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

GE Aerospace stock closed at USD 309.56 on October 2, 2026, down 0.91 percent. Second-quarter adjusted EPS beat consensus by USD 0.16 before the October 20 report.

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GE Aerospace (ISIN US3696043013) closed at USD 309.56 on the NYSE on October 2, 2026, down 0.91 percent from the prior close of USD 312.39. Yahoo Finance lists October 20, 2026, as the next earnings date, while the stock's USD 0.47 dividend has an October 5 ex-dividend date.

Q2 earnings reset the benchmark

According to MarketBeat on October 2, 2026, GE Aerospace reported adjusted EPS of USD 2.02 for Q2 2026, beating the USD 1.86 consensus by USD 0.16. Revenue reached USD 12.63 billion, compared with a USD 11.87 billion estimate, and increased 21.1 percent from the prior-year quarter.

The company also produced a stronger GAAP revenue figure of USD 13.3 billion in Q2 2026, according to StockTitan. Its summary puts adjusted revenue at USD 12.6 billion, adjusted EPS at USD 2.02 and operating margin at 21.0 percent.

Guidance sets the October hurdle

StockTitan reports fiscal 2026 adjusted EPS guidance of USD 7.65-7.85 and free cash flow guidance of USD 8.9-9.2 billion. The same filing summary gives operating profit guidance of USD 10.55-10.75 billion and a commercial services backlog of USD 170 billion.

For the October 20 report, Yahoo Finance cites an adjusted EPS estimate of USD 2.01, versus USD 1.66 in the comparable quarter. That comparison makes execution against the raised annual range the central near-term test.

Stock sits 20.4 percent below high

At USD 309.56, GE Aerospace was 20.4 percent below its 52-week high of USD 388.84 and 15.1 percent above its 52-week low of USD 268.91 on October 2, 2026. Trading volume was 4,148,627 shares, while market capitalization stood at USD 321.2 billion.

GE Aerospace stock faces the earnings test

GE Aerospace closed at USD 309.56 on the NYSE on October 2, 2026, with the October 20 results set to measure whether Q2's USD 2.02 adjusted EPS and raised USD 7.65-7.85 full-year range can support the valuation.