General Electric beats low earnings expectations as cash flow stabilizes

Sebastien Bozon | AFP | Getty ImagesGE shares rose 1.6% in premarket trading from its previous close of $10.52 a share.EPS: 17 cents a share vs. 12 cents a share according to analysts surveyed by Refinitiv.Investors will be also looking to the company's metric of industrial free cash flow — money left over after a company pays for operating expenses and capital spending. Especially in the case of GE, industrial free cash flow is used as a gauge of efficiency.

CEO Larry Culp tempered investor expectations for this year in previous comments, as he seeks to turn GE around. The company'sDespite Culp's warnings, GE shares are up nearly 45% this year — on pace for

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