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GE Vernova (GEV)

Q1'26 earnings call · held April 22, 2026 · compared with the Q4'25 call · management-credibility review
11/12
Disclosure score
1 medium, 5 low flags
Financial quality
Bottom line
The sleeper story: GEV is quietly becoming a subscription business as their massive gas turbine installation wave (231 units on order, 100+ not commissioned) builds an enormous services annuity for the 2030s. Data centers are the obvious headline, but the real prize is Energy Management Systems getting them inside the fence for the first time. The binding constraint isn't demand - they booked more orders in three weeks of April than all of Q1. It's production capacity, but they've installed 280 new machines and are methodically ramping. Most revealing quote: 'We have 231 units on order right now; over 100 of those have not been commissioned yet. That number is going to grow substantially.' My view changes if framework agreement discussions continue to stall, suggesting customers prefer spot pricing because they think prices will fall, or if the services attach rates disappoint as this new fleet comes online.

The 30-second version

  • Power is becoming a subscription business - services backlog now $87B vs $76B equipment
  • Data center orders exploded 4x in one quarter - but the real prize is inside the fence
  • Wind losses narrowing faster than expected despite Vineyard Wind chaos

What changed this quarter

MetricQ4'25Q1'26Change
Total Orders$13.5B Q4 organic$18.3B Q1+71% acceleration driven by Power and Electrification
Revenue$9.8B Q4$9.1B Q1+7% YoY but -7% sequential due to seasonality
Adjusted EBITDA Margin5.0% Q49.8% Q1+390 bps expansion, highest Q1 in company history
Free Cash Flow$1.8B Q4$4.8B Q1+167% sequential, exceeds full-year 2025
Power Orders$7.0B Q4$9.1B Q1+59% with gas equipment doubling YoY
Power EBITDA Margin16.9% Q416.3% Q1+500 bps YoY despite seasonal headwinds
Gas Power Gigawatts Under Contract83 GW Q4100 GW Q1+17 GW in single quarter, accelerating
Electrification Orders$7.4B Q4$7.1B Q1+86% YoY with 2.5x book-to-bill ratio
Electrification EBITDA Margin17.1% Q417.8% Q1+590 bps YoY expansion continues
Data Center Orders$2.0B full year 2025$2.4B Q1 aloneSingle quarter exceeded full prior year

Accountability tracked

7 new promises made4 narrative shifts flagged6 prior promises scored
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