GE Healthcare’s Q2 sales, profits decline

Both the top and bottom lines declined about -3% for GE Healthcare during the 2nd quarter, General Electric reported last week.

GE Healthcare posted profits of $705 million on $4.34 billion in sales for the 3 months ended June 30, down -3.3% and -3.4%, respectively.

The industrial conglomerate still managed to beat expectations with its overall earnings, despite a swing to red ink for the quarter. GE reported losses of -$1.36 billion, or -13¢ per share, on sales of $26.06 billion, down -0.2% compared with the same period last year.

Adjusted to exclude 1-time items, earnings were 31¢, 3¢ ahead of expectations on Wall Street.

For GE’s core industrial businesses, revenue was $26.9 billion, roughly unchanged from the year-ago quarter as 4 of 7 segments grew.

Sales of GE’s power and water unit, which sells a variety of power turbines, rose 8%, while its oil and gas segment saw sales drop 15%. Like other suppliers to the energy sector, GE is vulnerable to a sharp slide in oil prices as customers reduce capital expenditures.

Profit margins for the industrial businesses expanded to 16.2% from 15.5% a year ago, helped by cost cuts.

Material from Reuters was used in this report.

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