通用電氣于上周二宣布第三季度虧損228億美元，公司正在大幅削減股息。

虧損緣于10月初通用電氣一次性減記電力業(yè)務(wù)230億美元，由于經(jīng)營(yíng)狀況不佳，同時(shí)還宣布辭退了時(shí)任CEO兼總裁約翰·弗蘭納里，距他上任時(shí)間不過(guò)一年出頭。

繼任者勞倫斯·卡爾普利用上周二發(fā)布業(yè)績(jī)報(bào)告之機(jī)，簡(jiǎn)單介紹了他計(jì)劃扭轉(zhuǎn)通用頹勢(shì)的第一步。

首當(dāng)其沖的是減少股息，公司將在12月把每股股息從0.12美元減少至0.01美元。通用電氣稱(chēng)這樣可以保證公司每年能持有39億美元現(xiàn)金。

第二大變化是重組公司的電力部門(mén)，該部門(mén)因?yàn)槭袌?chǎng)對(duì)化石燃料產(chǎn)品需求疲軟而陷入困境。電力部門(mén)將分為兩部分，一部分負(fù)責(zé)天然氣產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)，另一部分負(fù)責(zé)其它門(mén)類(lèi)的業(yè)務(wù)，例如蒸汽、核、電網(wǎng)、能量變換等。

“我們要提高緊迫感，強(qiáng)化組織內(nèi)部每個(gè)人的責(zé)任感，這樣才能提升業(yè)績(jī)?！笨柶赵诼暶髦姓f(shuō)?！肮緦⒅铝τ谧尞a(chǎn)品種類(lèi)更集中，加強(qiáng)收支平衡，這是正確的選擇。我任職前100天的首要任務(wù)是對(duì)業(yè)務(wù)進(jìn)行重新定位，最終目標(biāo)是取得勝利。我們先從電力部門(mén)開(kāi)始，再加快去杠桿進(jìn)程?！?/p>

調(diào)整后，通用電氣第三季度每股收益為0.14美元，比華爾街預(yù)測(cè)低了0.06美元。公司本季度收入同樣低于預(yù)期，為295.7億美元。

然而，在通用電氣公布了業(yè)績(jī)、卡爾普通報(bào)了他的計(jì)劃后，公司股價(jià)在盤(pán)前交易中上漲了1.7%。

通用電氣上一次削減股息是去年11月，削減了一半；之前這種做法曾出現(xiàn)在金融危機(jī)和大衰退時(shí)期。去年削減股息后，公司股價(jià)大跌7%。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

譯者：Agatha

GE is heavily slashing its dividends, the company said last Tuesday as it announced a $22.8 billion loss for the third quarter.

That loss can be attributed to the $23 billion writedown of GE Power that took place earlier October, when the ailing conglomerate defenestrated CEO and chairman John Flannery, little more than a year after he took the reins.

Flannery’s replacement, Lawrence Culp, used last Tuesday’s earnings release to outline his first steps for turning GE around.

First, there’s that dividend cut, from $0.12 to $0.01 per share, which will take place in December. GE said this will let it hang on to around $3.9 billion in cash per year.

The second change is the reorganization of GE Power, which has been floored by weak demand for its fossil-fuel-oriented products. The unit will be split in two: one for gas products and services, and the other for everything else, such as steam, nuclear, grids and power conversion.

“We will heighten our sense of urgency and increase accountability across the organization to deliver better results,” said Culp in a statement. “We are on the right path to create a more focused portfolio and strengthen our balance sheet. My priorities in my first 100 days are positioning our businesses to win, starting with Power, and accelerating deleveraging.”

GE’s adjusted third-quarter earnings of $0.14 per share missed Wall Street forecasts by $0.06. Revenue came in below expectations too, at $29.57 billion for the quarter.

However, GE’s shares went up 1.7% in premarket trading, following the results and Culp’s outlining of his plans.

GE last cut its dividends in November last year, halving them; previous cuts took place during the financial crisis and the Great Depression. Last year’s cut helped to knock more than 7% off GE’s share price.