GE said it is monitoring the health situation in China, which is an important market for the company. China represents around 9% of annual Industrial segment revenues. The company expects the coronavirus outbreak to have an impact of $300-500 million on its industrial free cash flow and $200-300 million on its operating profit in the first quarter of 2020. Adjusted EPS is expected to be $0.10 in Q1.
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For its Aviation segment, GE expects revenues to grow in the
low single digits. The company expects to see a slight contraction in demand
for 2020 with strong underlying fundamentals for air travel.
With regards to the 737 Max grounding impacts, GE said it has secured payment terms with Boeing (NYSE: BA) on deliveries for 2020 and on parked aircraft. The production volume for 2020 and the first half of 2021 have been secured.
GE’s stock has dropped 15% in the past one month. Shares were down slightly by 0.60% in afternoon trade.