General Electric (GE)

She likes this now that they’ve spun off the GE Capital. Before they were really valued as a financial firm, which weighed down and kept their multiples down. Now they can be valued as an industrial. Sees higher potential for growth as well as multiple expansion. Also, has really good growth in international markets.

Currently looking at exiting this. He has done very well with it, and has traded in and out of it a couple of times over the last couple of years. His concern is that the stock price has started to flatten out back into the November-December phase. It got to the $32-$33 level and really hasn’t broken above that. In March it got back to the $32 and then started to break down again. If there is a bit of a breakdown in the market, this is a bit of a barometer and the stock is going to break down too. Dividend of around 3%.

He took advantage of the recent rebound in the share price by selling his position. Has concerns about the US economy, and this company is quite sensitive to the macro environment. It could suffer if we see bad economic data coming out.

He likes the company and is looking for an entry point. There is some sort of stability or base building at these prices. Have executed on what they said they were going to do in getting rid of their financial assets, which means they can give up their FDIC insurance which required them to hold back capital. Great dividend.

They have their fingers in everything, including things we won’t see for another 30 years. It is literally a bellwether for the economy. Well run and has great technology. However, any time there is major economic worries, it affects this company more so than any other. On companies like this, you really have to pay attention to valuation. Asia represents a 5^th of their overall revenue as of last year, and he would anticipate that to grow.

(Top Pick Apr 17/15, Up 17.24%) He likes the transformation back to an industrial company. They have a big oil and gas exposure through making equipment for it. He likes the new mix.

A great company and have managed it well. Now trading at a more reasonable multiple. Certainly not a table pounding buy, but a solid hold.

(Market Call Minute) He is taking a close look at it. They have done a good job of executing, getting rid of GE capital.

This is a great buy. In the last 6-12 months, they have gotten rid of GE Capital, which was the negative in 2008-2009. They have reinvented themselves, not just with the big turbines, jet engines, etc., but have bought in service contracts as well. This is going to be a company that sells you a jet engine, etc. and then sells you all the software that goes with it. They are going to make a lot of money off the software and servicing side of things. It will become a bit of a cash cow over time as they sell all this heavy equipment. Dividend yield of 2.97%.

It is in the process of spinning off GE capital. He has hated it since the last change in management in 2001 They are finally getting rid of GE capital He suspects his model price will move up considerably once GE capital goes away. Their competitor is trading well over EBV +5.

He does not own it because he does not focus so much on this large a capitalization stock. It is modestly priced and they divested themselves of the financial business.

Owned this some years ago, but basically lost patience. In Jeff Immelt’s 15-year tenure, the revenue per share, the cash flow and the earnings have been flat. He would not be an owner of this.

It has been transforming itself. It was a financial services power house until the financial crisis came. It is going back to being more of an industrial company. The market is starting to reward this company. They are now increasing their dividend on a regular basis. There is a temporary negative on the stock from their energy exposure.

For a long term trade? It is a meat and potatoes type of name. They went through quite a considerable change of business, getting more into industrial and energy. They aggressively sold the financial assets and are investing it into the more industrial type of space. You might want to make sure they are sending the money so as to be more accretive. He is not in a rush to buy it. Take a half position here at most. The 3% dividend is attractive. It all depends on the quality of acquisitions they can identify.

Likes this. The company is undergoing a very positive transformation in shedding away their financial non-core assets. They are going from about 80% financial too much less. Trading at 19X forward earnings with a 10% growth rate. Not too expensive in terms of valuations. Pays a nice dividend.