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O mais engraçado na GE, foi a forma "manhosa" como a CNBC e a Reuters reportaram os resultados. Normalmente a CNBC utiliza as estimativas da First Call, mas hoje foram buscar umas estimativas manhosas quaisquer para dizer que as receitas da GE foram acima do esperado (quando segundo a First Call foram abaixo).

Lucro General Electric recua 14% no segundo trimestre

11-7-2003 12:42



A norte-americana General Electric apresentou uma queda de 14 por cento nos lucros do segundo trimestre, prejudicados pelas menores vendas de turbinas e plásticos.
O lucro líquido recuou de 4,43 para 3,79 mil milhões de dólares, ou 38 cêntimos por acção, face ao mesmo período do ano passado. As vendas subiram menos de 1 por cento para 33,37 mil milhões de euros.

O lucro da unidade de plásticos recuou 71 por cento e dos sistemas energéticos desceu 46 por cento, pior que o esperado.

O presidente executivo da empresa, Jeffrey Immelt, deverá anunciar as estimativas para a totalidade do ano durante a tarde, com os investidores a esperaram uma redução das expectativas para 1,57 a 1,63 dólares por acção.

BolsaPt.com

LONDON (CBS.MW) -- General Electric Co. (GE) posted a decline in second-quarter earnings $3.8 billion, or 38 cents a share, from $4.42 billion, or 44 cents a share, a year earlier. GE said it expects to narrow its full-year earnings per share target to within its $1.55-1.70 range.

General Electric (GE) said revenue in the second quarter was $33.4 billion, little changed from the yearago period. It said industrial sales were down 9 percent to $17.6 billion "reflecting lower U.S. gas turbine sales at Power Systems." Sales of product services grew 11 percent to $5.6 billion and financial services revenues of $15.9 billion were up 14 percent. CEO Jeff Immelt said: "The year is turning out as planned... As expected, the ramp-down of our turbine shipments in the first half created earnings pressure. However, we are executing with broad-based strength to generate significant growth in the second half. We see nine of 13 businesses growing in double digits and more favorable comparisons in Power Systems and Insurance."

Shares of General Electric (GE) dropped 49 cents, or 1.7 percent, at $27.70 on Instinet after GE posted earnings that were in line with analysts estimates and revenue that was a little above the average estimate. A decline in U.S. gas turbines impacted second quarter sales.

General Electric's lower 2Q earnings meet estimates of 38 cents a share.