general electric co is scheduled to report next week its final quarterly results before the start of its breakup with the industrial conglomerate expected to report its highest profit since before the covid pandemic before the jan 24 opening bell the company ge it will release results for the fourth quarter through the end of 2022 on jan 3 the company completed the spinoff of its healthcare business ge healthcare technologies inc gehc  the spinoff of ge vernova which combines ge’s renewable energy power digital and energy financial services businesses isn’t expected to be completed until early 2024 after that ge will be known as ge aerospace ge healthcare is slated to report results on jan 30 before the opening bell ge’s stock has soared in recent months and analyst expectations for fourthquarter earnings have jumped despite increasing amounts of economic data showing that industrial and manufacturing activity has been contracting however wall street estimates for revenue and free cash flow a closely watched financial metric for ge may be a better indicator of the economic climate as they have slipped in recent months the average analyst estimate compiled by factset for adjusted earnings per share which excludes nonrecurring items has climbed to 115 at last look from 94 cents at the end of the third quarter if ge matches that forecast it would be the highest eps reported since the 131 reported for the fourth quarter of 2019 in october ge said in its thirdquarter earnings report that it expected adjusted organic profit margin for 2022 to expand by 125 to 150 percentage points which compares with yearoveryear expansion of 1 percentage point for the first nine months of 2022 that means the company was expecting the profitability of products and services sold excluding nonrecurring costs to increase during the fourth quarter meanwhile the stock has soared 41 over the past three months including a 16 jump since the ge healthcare spinoff was completed that compares with a 14 rally in the industrial select sector spdr exchangetraded fund xli and the sp 500’s spx 75 gain over the same period the factset consensus for revenue has slipped to 2125 billion from 2141 billion at the end of september but that would still represent the most revenue since the 2193 billion recorded in the fourth quarter of 2020 the estimate for free cash flow a closely watched financial metric for ge has declined to 398 billion from 435 billion at the end of the third quarter but that would still be the highest fcf seen since the 436 billion recorded in the fourth quarter of 2020 here’s a breakdown of revenue expectations for each of ge’s business segments   aviation 756 billion which would be the most since the fourth quarter of 2019   power 532 billion the most since the fourth quarter of 2020   healthcare 492 billion the most since the fourthquarter of 2019   renewable energy 377 billion the most since the fourth quarter of 2021