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April 17, 2009 - Mira, Portugal – SADIF Investment Analytics SA, today announced the release of a new equity research report covering General Electric Company (GE). The report utilizes SADIF's powerful StockMarks™ stock rating system and is required reading for any current or potential GE investor.
Report Summary: US industrial conglomerate General Electric reports first quarter 2009 results before the market opens on April 17th. The company's fourth quarter results, released in late January, revealed that GE saw a steep 43% decline in its earnings during the quarter compared to the same period in 2007. Fourth quarter revenues also dropped, slumping by 5%. Investors grew concerned about the company last year when GE reported far lower than expected earnings in the first quarter of 2008 due to weak performance in its GE Capital segment. These problems related to the company's credit card lending and exposure to commercial real estate continued throughout 2008, leading to a 67% decline in fourth quarter profits at GE Capital.
Concerns have also been raised that the company's industrial segment may not be able to make up for the company's weak financial services division as companies reign-in capital spending due to tight credit and economic uncertainty. While GE has hit problems due to the global economic slowdown, in order to assess the company as a potential long-term investment investors should focus on the company's underlying long-term fundamentals. We can assess GE's long-term fundamentals through the use of the StockMarks framework. General Electric currently has an overall long-term investment-attractiveness rating (Total StockMark or SMT) of 58, rating slightly above the US market average. This rating places the company seventh among nine of the company's closest US-listed peers, selected on the basis of similarity of business, market positioning factors such as size and share comparisons.
The complete report breaks down the Total StockMark into its three components – business, management and price, performing a thorough analysis of GE Limited for long-term investors.
A summary of the StockMarks™ ratings for General Electric Company is available here:
http://sadifanalytics.com/stockmarks/company.php?ticker=GE&cod_country=125
The report has been distributed to Reuters, and forwarded to Yahoo Finance and FT.com. It is available under 'Analyst Reports' from these websites, from multiple professional platforms including Reuters Knowledge, TheMarkets.com and Thomson Research or directly from SADIF-Investment Analytics SA at:
http://sadifanalytics.com/stockmarks/article/hist_article.php?cod_country=125
About SADIF-Investment Analytics SA:
SADIF-Investment Analytics SA is an independent investment research company covering sixteen different markets and over 12,000 companies. The StockMarks™ system is based on proven investment principles and is designed to drive long-term shareholder returns.
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