jetcityimage/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Shares of GE HealthCare ( GEHC ) have fallen to the $60 mark in response to a soft first-quarter earnings report. Shares are trading towards the lower end of the $60-$90 trading range in which the stock has traded since 2022, when the business was spun out of the former General Electric. Just two weeks ago, I called shares a better proposition at leve...
jetcityimage/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Shares of GE HealthCare ( GEHC ) have fallen to the $60 mark in response to a soft first-quarter earnings report. Shares are trading towards the lower end of the $60-$90 trading range in which the stock has traded since 2022, when the business was spun out of the former General Electric. Just two weeks ago, I called shares a better proposition at levels around $72 per share. While an original 3-4% organic growth guidance for 2026 and modest margin expansion were not spectacular, a more expensive deal was announced, with valuations gradually coming down. Other interesting corporate events, including M&A events, are discussed more extensively at Value In Corporate Events . About Those Results GE HealthCare started the year 2026 with a 7.4% increase in first-quarter sales driven by favorable currency moves and M&A (to a lesser extent), supported by 2.9% organic growth, with that latter number a touch light in relation to the full-year outlook. While orders rose by just over a percent, they represent a 1.07 book-to-bill ratio, with the backlog growing to $21.8 billion, that number being at par to the end of 2025. The lack of growth in the backlog surprises me a bit, as I would have expected growth, but I have not seen any remarks about previous order cancellations, or the like. Roughly 4% organic growth rates were reported for the largest $2.3 billion imaging business and $1.3 billion advanced visualizations business. Precision pharmaceuticals has become the third largest segment, generating just over three-quarters of a billion (in relation to a >$5 billion quarterly revenue number) with an organic growth rate reported near 10%. A $700 million patient care solutions business has become the smallest segment following an 8% drop in organic sales, attributed to adverse timing. So far so good, as adjusted EBIT margins dropped no less than 150 basis points to 13.5% of sales, attributed to tariffs, a PDx supplier issue, and decl...
LD The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, but market pricing pointed to a more hawkish path into 2027, according to data shared by Neil Sethi of Sethi Advisors. The CME FedWatch tool indicated that traders had shifted toward a greater likelihood of rate hikes rather than cuts. For 2026, the market still priced a modest net 4 basis points of cuts, with only about a 12% prob...
LD The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, but market pricing pointed to a more hawkish path into 2027, according to data shared by Neil Sethi of Sethi Advisors. The CME FedWatch tool indicated that traders had shifted toward a greater likelihood of rate hikes rather than cuts. For 2026, the market still priced a modest net 4 basis points of cuts, with only about a 12% probability attached to easing. However, expectations turned notably tighter further out. By December 2027, the probability of a rate hike rose to 62%, with markets pricing in a net 17 basis points of hikes, Sethi wrote in a markets update. That implied a clear reversal from earlier expectations of policy easing. The shift also included a nearly 12% chance of three rate hikes by that point. The implied rate path moved upward across future Federal Open Market Committee meetings, forming what Sethi described as an “upwardly sloped path.” Chart data showed the projected fed funds rate climbing toward roughly 3.79% by late 2027, compared with about 3.52% in earlier projections. This trajectory diverged sharply from the Federal Reserve’s March 2026 Summary of Economic Projections, where the median path was lower. The pricing suggested markets increasingly expected policy to remain restrictive for longer, even as near-term expectations still leaned toward minimal easing. Here is the chart Sethi posted on X: CME More on United States 10-Year Bond Yield Wall Street Lunch Fed Special: Powell Doesn't Go Gently Into That Good Night Middle East Turmoil Fuels Inflation Fears, Testing Fed's Patience JBND: Active Management Cannot Fix Structural Risk Treasury yields top 1-month high as oil prices fuel inflation fears Federal Reserve ‘doesn’t need to do much’ - Piper Sandler
Brunswick press release ( BC ): Q1 GAAP EPS of $0.32 misses by $0.06 . Revenue of $1.38B (+13.1% Y/Y) beats by $60M . Propulsion segment reported a 17 percent increase in sales resulting primarily from strong OEMorders, wholesale acceleration, and continued global share gains. Segment adjusted operatingearnings and margin were lower, as the benefits from higher sales and improved absorption weresl...
Brunswick press release ( BC ): Q1 GAAP EPS of $0.32 misses by $0.06 . Revenue of $1.38B (+13.1% Y/Y) beats by $60M . Propulsion segment reported a 17 percent increase in sales resulting primarily from strong OEMorders, wholesale acceleration, and continued global share gains. Segment adjusted operatingearnings and margin were lower, as the benefits from higher sales and improved absorption wereslightly more offset by incremental tariffs and planned accelerated investments in new productdevelopment. “Using our best estimates related to these items and all other business impacts, the following is ourupdated full-year guidance:1. Net sales: $5.65 billion to $5.8 billion vs $5.72B consensus2. Adjusted operating margin: 7.5 percent to 8.0 percent;3. Adjusted diluted EPS: $4.00 to $4.50 vs $4.20 consensus4. Free cash flow: $350 million or more; and5. Second quarter 2026 revenue of $1.45 billion to $1.55 billion, and adjusted diluted EPS of$1.10 to $1.20. More on Brunswick Brunswick Corporation (BC) Presents at 47th Annual Raymond James Institutional Investor Conference - Slideshow Brunswick Corporation (BC) Presents at 47th Annual Raymond James Institutional Investor Conference Transcript Brunswick: Economic Woes Justify Caution (Downgrade) Brunswick Q1 2026 Earnings Preview Freedom Boat Club acquires Greater Boston & Cape Cod franchise to expand Northeast presence
Delta Electronics Inc. plans to accelerate plant expansions to address production bottlenecks after surging demand for artificial intelligence data centers drove first-quarter earnings to a record. The Taiwanese firm expects capital expenditure to rise more than 10% this year. The rapid proliferation of data centers is currently outpacing the supply of critical components, such as memory and raw m...
Delta Electronics Inc. plans to accelerate plant expansions to address production bottlenecks after surging demand for artificial intelligence data centers drove first-quarter earnings to a record. The Taiwanese firm expects capital expenditure to rise more than 10% this year. The rapid proliferation of data centers is currently outpacing the supply of critical components, such as memory and raw materials, Chairman Ping Cheng said during an earnings call Thursday. “If we were to meet all the capacity they’re demanding us to prepare, our current capacity would absolutely be insufficient,” he said. “We have to find locations fast and expand immediately, none of this can be done overnight.” To bolster supply, the company approved a NT$10.3 billion ($325 million) project to build a fuel cell production facility in Taiwan’s Guanyin District. Executives said on the call that they expect costs to rise in the next few quarters because of rising oil prices and materials shortages caused by the Middle East conflict. First-quarter net income grew to a record NT$20.56 billion, beating the analyst estimate of NT$19.31 billion, according to a Wednesday statement . Revenue also beat consensus at NT$159.35 billion.
Jian Fan Stock index futures were mixed Thursday as traders digested results from Magnificent 7 companies and assessed the Federal Reserve’s decision to keep rates unchanged. Now, here are 5 news stories that broke overnight to watch out for: Starwood halts redemptions from $22B real estate trust: Billionaire investor Barry Sternlicht’s Starwood Capital Group has suspended redemptions from its Sta...
Jian Fan Stock index futures were mixed Thursday as traders digested results from Magnificent 7 companies and assessed the Federal Reserve’s decision to keep rates unchanged. Now, here are 5 news stories that broke overnight to watch out for: Starwood halts redemptions from $22B real estate trust: Billionaire investor Barry Sternlicht’s Starwood Capital Group has suspended redemptions from its Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, highlighting ongoing stress in private real estate vehicles amid weak commercial property conditions. The firm said it is “temporarily suspending” share repurchases following a strategic review, aiming to preserve liquidity while waiting for a recovery in commercial real estate markets. The move also includes a distribution cut, with the annualized payout reduced to about 4.7% from 6.3% for Class I shares. Social Security funds projected to run dry by 2034: The trust fund reserves backing Social Security are heading toward insolvency, according to a 2025 report from the Social Security Board of Trustees. “At that time, there would be sufficient income coming in to pay 81% of scheduled benefits,” the report noted. A recent Seeking Alpha poll showed many readers expect lower benefit payments for some retirees through means testing or raising the retirement age, while others anticipate tax increases to cover existing obligations. Trump administration seeks coalition for Strait of Hormuz: The Trump administration is asking other countries to join a new international coalition to restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing an internal State Department cable. The cable, sent to U.S. embassies and titled “Maritime Freedom Construct,” called on diplomats to press foreign governments to sign up for the coalition. Fed’s divided decision weighs on sentiment: A split Federal Reserve decision set the tone for a cautious session, as investors weighed policy uncertainty alongside the approaching wave of Bi...