GE Aerospace (GE)

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With only $3B in Free Cash Flow for 2017, GE's problem with paying $.96 is very obvious - an unsustainably high FCF payout ratio of 279%. Doubling the FCF in 2018, to $6B, and halving the total payout to just $.48 will bring it to a much more manageable FCF payout ratio of ~70%.