Deutsche Bank analyst John Inch cut his price target for General Electric (GE) shares to $13 from $15 after introducing a 2020 earnings per share estimate of 90c, which represents a year-over-year decline of 16%. The stock closed yesterday down 2c to $15.25.

The analyst’s model assumes GE divests its IS, Rail, Lighting and Baker Hughes businesses by 2020. The 90c estimate could prove too high if the SEC investigation required GE to reduce contract asset earnings, Aviation/Healthcare were to incur operational hiccups and/or if GE were to make additional divestitures, Inch tells investors in a research note. His sum-of-the-parts analysis yields a $12 per share value for General Electric. The analyst keeps a Sell rating on the shares.
 

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