Jim Cramer - Mad Money
GE Vernova
GEV-N
BUY ON WEAKNESS
Jan 22, 2025
Is up 200% since spinning off from GE last April. Nuclear power is a small part of their business and it will take years to pay off. But they have a strong backlog of orders a record $13.2 billion worth; revenues are up a solid 5% YOY, but EPS fell far short. Free cash flow as a little light. Their business is 50/50 equipment and services; they sell equipment which they then service for years, which is a great setup. The equipment backlog is up 50% in the past two years, largely from price increases and customs have no choice but to pay off. So headline numbers in their recent earnings were disappointing, but their backlog numbers are phenomenal. If they can maintain their pricing power, then shares will continue to rise.
It reports Wednesday. Data centres are red hot and need energy and power plants, which they will need from GEV. GEV had a good 2024 and should have a good 2025.
Today they reported a strong quarter and positive full-year forecast despite the tariff turmoil and inflation. The stock is a good entry point now. They beat Q1 revenues.
By far is the best-performing industrial on the S&P, up 193% the past year. Has been hit hard lately since Trump came out against wind subsidies. GEV has a wind division, but GEV is chiefly a natural gas play.
Makes gas turbines -- sold out for next 5 years, doubling prices. That's reflected in the stock. Getting more richly valued, but it's a way to own NVDA via industrials. At the tail end of AI demand, so it will follow the pack in that segment.
Is up 200% since spinning off from GE last April. Nuclear power is a small part of their business and it will take years to pay off. But they have a strong backlog of orders a record $13.2 billion worth; revenues are up a solid 5% YOY, but EPS fell far short. Free cash flow as a little light. Their business is 50/50 equipment and services; they sell equipment which they then service for years, which is a great setup. The equipment backlog is up 50% in the past two years, largely from price increases and customs have no choice but to pay off. So headline numbers in their recent earnings were disappointing, but their backlog numbers are phenomenal. If they can maintain their pricing power, then shares will continue to rise.