GE Vernova (GEV)

EPS of $1.64 missed estimates of $1.75. Revenue of $9.96B beat estimates of $9.17B. Despite the miss, GE Vernova's 3Q earnings demonstrated good operational execution and better-than-expected orders in the Power and Electrification segments, but also a worsening sales and loss outlook for the Wind segment. The latter was expected, with no policy support for equipment. The backlog and slot reservations for the Power segment exceeded 60 GW, at least one quarter ahead of expectations. The Electrification segment led sales growth again, after an 18-month streak of exceeding management's expectations, and is driving annual sales toward the high end of guidance. Adjusted Ebitda margin expansion hasn't kept up with sales, with tariffs and the resulting inflation guided to cost toward the low end of the $300-$400 million range, net of mitigation actions. 
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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.

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.

Just had a nice little pullback, but long-term chart looks great. Backlog for turbines is deep, being sold into natural gas and nuclear plants.

They won't raise capacity and the industry has been burned many times. They need to expand capacity and build more turbines.

This has run so far that it's too expensive now. Multiples don't support future cash flow growth.

Likes industrials as a whole, especially the global ones. His choice in the space.

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.

She's up 160%, so she trimmed it. It's fairly rich. Are better opportunities in data centres like Eaton. Would buy back GEV at better levels.

 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.

No. Stock's moving up on the electrical plays that are being talked about across the world. One of the major suppliers of equipment all along the chain. Massive demand. Likes this play, would continue to hold. If you want to take a bit of profit, that's OK.

Has nuclear exposure, but little. It's expensive, but GEV has natural gas turbines connected to data centres, so it's solid.

Wind and solar power aren't enough to power the energy-hungry data centres that gen AI needs. Rather, natural gas is the baseload--nat gas will power gen AI. GEV has huge cash flow. They just announced a $6 billion buyback and a 25-cent dividend. GEV is the best of the GE spin-offs of years ago.

It sells on good news, and they're about to report. It attracts data centres, because they will generate nuclear power in 2030.