GE HealthCare
GE HealthCare's revenue rose 4.8% to $20.6 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 13.4%, up from 13.3% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $1.5 billion, down 3.1%. It paid out $264 million in dividends and buybacks, 18% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 0.2%.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.
What GE HealthCare does
GE HealthCare makes medical imaging machines, patient monitors and the drugs used in scans, and it sells software and services to go with them. Its customers are hospitals, health systems and researchers in more than 160 countries. Revenue comes from selling devices, consumable products, service contracts and cloud and software products. It was spun off from General Electric in January 2023.
It reports four segments. Imaging makes CT, MR, X-ray, molecular imaging and women's health scanners. Advanced Visualization Solutions makes ultrasound systems and equipment used in heart procedures and surgery. Patient Care Solutions makes monitors, heart-test (ECG) devices, anesthesia machines and equipment for newborns, with recurring sales of supplies and services. Pharmaceutical Diagnostics supplies contrast media and radioactive tracers that make tissues show up in scans.
The company names Siemens Healthineers, Philips, United Imaging, Mindray and Canon as its main rivals in equipment, and Bayer, Bracco, Guerbet and Curium in diagnostic agents. It has about 54,000 employees, and 32% of them are in the United States. It also employs about 11,100 engineers and scientists and about 9,700 people in sales.
Its biggest risks, as it describes them
- Strong competition that could force price cuts or cost it market share.
- Delays or failures in getting regulatory approval for its products, and strict rules from the FDA and other agencies.
- Health insurers and public payers limiting what they pay, which could reduce prices and demand.
- Supply chain problems that limit its ability to get parts and materials and make its products.
- Costs and legal exposure if the 2023 spin-off from GE is found to be a taxable transaction.
Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, earnings per share fell 2.1% a year and net income 1.9% a year, as new shares raised the share count by 1% and diluted each share's earnings.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Valuation
Two ways to value GE HealthCare yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.
Discounted cash flow (DCF)
A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from GE HealthCare's 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from GE HealthCare's fiscal 2025 free cash flow of $1.5B, net cash of −$6.0B at December 31, 2025 and 458 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to GE HealthCare: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, 4.0% a year; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 9% for a business of moderate risk (Health Care Equipment); the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $71.98
- Value on these assumptions, against the last close
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- Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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- Everything after year 10, valued today
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- Plus net cash
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- Share of value from after year 10
How the value changes with two assumptions
Price-to-earnings (P/E) method
Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from GE HealthCare's earnings per share of $4.18 (over the last four quarters). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 28×, the middle of GE HealthCare's own P/E today, its peers' median and its sector's median (the Health Care median) for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 10%, 9% and 8%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $71.98
- Value at this multiple, against the last close
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- GE HealthCare's P/E at the last close
- 17.2×
| Company | Last close | Earnings per share | P/E today |
|---|---|---|---|
| Becton DickinsonBDX | $196.39 | $3.32 | 59.2× |
| StrykerSYK | $306.13 | $9.65 | 31.7× |
| Boston ScientificBSX | $45.58 | $2.47 | 18.5× |
| GE HealthCareGEHC | $71.98 | $4.18 | 17.2× |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 4.5 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | — | 8.3 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | — | 6.8 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 6.0 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | 2.2x | 2.6x | 2.4x | 1.8x |
| Debt to equity | — | 0.9x | 1.5x | 1.2x | 1.0x |
| Interest coverage | 69.9x | 32.8x | 4.5x | 5.2x | 6.3x |
| Current ratio | — | 1.2x | 1.1x | 1.0x | 1.4x |
| Quick ratio | — | 0.9x | 0.8x | 0.8x | 1.1x |
Insider trades
Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, 8 insiders bought $6.4 million of GE HealthCare shares on the open market, and none sold any.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2026 | Kevin LoboDirector | Bought | 10,000 | $64.18 | $641,800 | Form 4 |
| May 12, 2026 | Rodney F HochmanDirector | Bought | 1,618 | $62.03 | $100,365 | Form 4 |
| May 8, 2026 | Watkin Phoebe L. YangDirector | Bought | 1,000 | $63.01 | $63,010 | Form 4 |
| May 6, 2026 | Culp H Lawrence JrDirector | Bought | 80,805 | $61.88 | $5.0 million | Form 4 |
| May 6, 2026 | William J StrombergDirector | Bought | 1,000 | $61.69 | $61,690 | Form 4 |
| May 1, 2026 | James SaccaroChief Financial Officer | Bought | 3,310 | $60.60 | $200,586 | Form 4 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Peter J ArduiniPresident and CEO, Director | Bought | 4,169 | $59.93 | $249,848 | Form 4 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Frank R JimenezGC & Corporate Secretary | Bought | 1,750 | $60.45 | $105,788 | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | — | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Fail | Fail |
| Debt fell relative to assets | — | Pass | Pass |
| Current ratio rose | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Share count didn't rise | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | — | Fail | Pass |
| F-score | — | 5 of 9 | 7 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | −1.8% | 0.1% | 0.3% |
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| Company | Year | Revenue growth | Operating margin | Free cash flow margin | Return on capital | Net debt to EBITDA | F-score | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GE HealthCare | FY25 | 4.8% | 13.4% | 7.3% | 13.2% | 1.8x | 7 | |
| Boston Scientific | FY25 | 19.9% | 18.0% | 18.2% | 9.6% | 1.8x | 7 | Compare |
| Becton Dickinson | FY25 | 8.2% | 11.8% | 12.2% | 5.5% | 3.4x | 6 | Compare |
| Philips | FY25 | −1.0% | 8.0% | — | 6.5% | 2.1x | — | Compare |
| Stryker | FY25 | 11.2% | 19.5% | 17.1% | 11.3% | 1.7x | 6 | Compare |
5 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | |||||
| Revenue | 17.6 | 18.3 | 19.6 | 19.7 | 20.6 |
| Revenue growth | — | 4.3% | 6.6% | 0.6% | 4.8% |
| Gross profit | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 8.2 |
| Research and development | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Operating income | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| Net income | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 4.95 | 4.22 | 3.03 | 4.34 | 4.55 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 454 | 454 | 458 | 459 | 458 |
| Cash flow | |||||
| Cash from operations | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Capital expenditure | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Free cash flow | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| Dividends paid | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Share buybacks | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Acquisitions | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Stock-based compensation | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 4.5 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | — | 8.3 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
| Total assets | — | 27.5 | 32.5 | 33.1 | 36.9 |
| Total liabilities | — | 17.9 | 25.1 | 24.4 | 26.3 |
| Shareholders' equity | 16.7 | 9.4 | 7.1 | 8.4 | 10.4 |
| Margins and ratios | |||||
| Gross margin | 40.8% | 39.1% | 40.5% | 41.7% | 40.0% |
| Operating margin | 15.9% | 13.8% | 12.4% | 13.3% | 13.4% |
| Net margin | 12.8% | 10.4% | 8.0% | 10.1% | 10.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 7.7% | 9.9% | 8.8% | 7.9% | 7.3% |
| Return on capital | — | — | 10.7% | 13.4% | 13.2% |
| Return on equity | — | — | 19.0% | 25.6% | 22.1% |
| Return on assets | — | — | 5.2% | 6.1% | 6.0% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | 2.2x | 2.6x | 2.4x | 1.8x |