GE Aerospace trades at 47x forward earnings just 7% below its $397 internal fair value, making current prices a poor entry for new buyers. GE's $210 billion backlog and raised $8.9 billion free cash flow guidance put a real bid under shares on any pullback. Larry Culp flagged supply as the primary constraint, with spare parts delinquencies rising 20% and CES margins falling 160 basis points in Q2.
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The stock has hit a wall of premium multiples and supply-side execution risk, arguing for patience over fresh buying. GE Aerospace is a pure-play jet engine business dominating the commercial narrow-body market through its CFM joint venture, with roughly 50,000 commercial and 30,000 military engines installed. That footprint drives a services annuity that produced $3 billion of free cash flow in the June quarter.
Shares are up 38.63% over the past year and 498.99% across five years, a rerating that has taken the multiple from cyclical to structural. The operational story is flawless. GE printed five consecutive EPS beats, with Q2 2026 adjusted EPS of $2.02 against a $1.8565 consensus and revenue of $13.349 billion, up 21.1% year over year.
Management raised full-year guidance to $7.65 to $7.85 EPS and $8.9 to $9.2 billion in free cash flow. Backlog sits above $210 billion, the LEAP-1B durability kit is certified with a projected two-fold improvement in time-on-wing, and CEO Larry Culp said "demand could evolve from here, but it's been far more resilient than maybe many of us would have expected." That is why 86% of covering analysts carry a bullish rating. At the current price, GE trades at roughly 43x trailing earnings and 47x to 48x forward guidance, leaving little room for operational hiccups.
The bear case starts with the supply chain. Spare parts delinquencies rose 20% sequentially in Q2, MRO capacity is "really oversubscribed", and Culp framed it plainly: "It's much more supply side challenge than it is demand." Margins are compressing where growth is loudest. CES margins fell 160 basis points to 27.3% in Q2 on installed engine mix and GE9X investment.
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