GE Aerospace reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday. The 2025 outlook from the company looked solid too.Investors don’t have much to complain about. Shares rose.GE Aerospace reported fourth-quarter sales of $9.

GE Aerospace posted a surge in quarterly revenue that blew past Wall Street’s estimates as the jet-engine maker received an influx of orders to end the year.

Shares of GE Aerospace were soaring toward levels not seen in nearly two decades after the maker of engines used by airlines and the military provided an upbeat earnings outlook for 2025 and said it was going to buy back more stock and boost its dividend by 30%.

GE Aerospace (GE) is set to announce Q4 earnings, with analysts focused on engine deliveries, margins, and aftermarket growth outlook.

GE Aerospace is slated to report fourth-quarter results before markets open Thursday, and analysts are bullish on the maker of airplane engines and other parts.

GE's fourth-quarter results are likely to benefit from strength across its commercial and defense end markets. High costs and expenses are likely to have been spoilsports.

GE Aerospace was long considered one of the crown jewels inside of the General Electric conglomerate. Now independent, the company is demonstrating to investors what it is capable of. GE earned $1.32 per share in the fourth quarter on revenue of $10.8 billion, easily surpassing Wall Street's consensus $1.04 per share on $9.5 billion estimates.

GE Aerospace plans to step up returns to shareholders this year. The maker of aircraft engines on Thursday said it plans to buy back $7 billion worth of stock in 2025 and to raise its dividend by 30%, subject to board approval.

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GE Aerospace has emerged from the former GE conglomerate as a formidable and focused turbine engine producer, powering about three of every four commercial airline flights.