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As we’ve seen in the last few articles of this series, Lockheed Martin’s (LMT) management has been trying different strategies to drive growth in its revenue and earnings. These efforts seem to have paid off.

The ISM New Order Index for April was reported at 61.2, which represented the fourth consecutive monthly decline for the index.

Barclays gave an “overweight” rating to General Electric’s (GE) stock, with a target price of $34 on July 22. The target price implies a potential rise of 6.0% over July 22’s closing price of $32.06 per share.

General Electric (GE) expects Alstom’s expertise will be handy in gaining an edge in combined cycle gas plants, which typically employ gas turbines as well as steam turbines.

General Electric’s (GE) Appliances & Lighting business generated 5.8% of GE’s revenues in 2Q16 but accounted for only 2.3% of profit.

General Electric (GE) has a Wall Street analyst consensus rating of “buy.” Of the 20 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg, 11 gave the company “buy” ratings.

At first glance, one might wonder about the sudden rise in General Electric’s (GE) Industrial plus Verticals debt-to-equity in the last two quarters.

General Electric (GE) has a Wall Street analyst consensus rating of “buy.” Of 20 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg, 11 gave the company a “buy” rating while nine gave it “hold” rating.

As a large industrial conglomerate, GE’s performance relates to the performance of the macroeconomy. So you could say it’s cyclical in nature.

By increasing the aluminum content of a vehicle, auto manufacturers can reduce a vehicle’s weight by ~30% and increase the vehicle’s fuel economy.