GE Aerospace (GE Quick QuoteGE - Free Report) reported $11.61 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 2026, representing a year-over-year increase of 29%. EPS of $1.86 for the same period compares to $1.49 a year ago.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of +9.13% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $10.64 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.61, the EPS surprise was +15.68%.

While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.

Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.

Here is how GE performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Total Revenues- Defense and Propulsion Technologies: $3.21 billion versus $2.93 billion estimated by two analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +38.3% change.
• Total Revenues- Commercial Engines and Services: $8.92 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $8.18 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +27.9%.
• Segment profit- Defense & Propulsion Technologies: $379 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $361.1 million.
• Segment profit- Commercial Engines & Services: $2.36 billion versus the two-analyst average estimate of $2.16 billion.

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Shares of GE have returned +4.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +9.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.