General Electric (GE) — reserve cushion, read against the 10-Q

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$211 billion in contracted backlog provides exceptional revenue visibility and reduces cyclical earnings volatility, as airlines are contractually committed to GE for both new engines and multi-year service agreements that cannot be easily terminated without substantive penalty

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the finding

The description of what drove RPO growth shifted from contract modifications to commercial actions and increases to existing long-term service agreements.

The report says this changed. It does not say whether that is good or bad, so neither do we.

before · MD&A · 2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30

“contract modifications and engines contracted under long-term service agreements that have now been put into service”

→ after