Earnings Per Share Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Calculation of earnings per share

	Three months ended March 31
	2017				2016
(In millions; per-share amounts in dollars)	Diluted		Basic		Diluted		Basic
Amounts attributable to the Company:
Consolidated
Earnings from continuing operations for
per-share calculation(a)(b)	$	886	$	886	$	533	$	533
Preferred stock dividends		(34)		(34)		(289)		(289)
Earnings from continuing operations attributable to
common shareowners for per-share calculation(a)(b)	$	852	$	852	$	244	$	244
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations
for per-share calculation(a)(b)		(243)		(243)		(311)		(311)
Net earnings attributable to GE common
shareowners for per-share calculation(a)(b)	$	613	$	613	$	(64)	$	(64)
Average equivalent shares
Shares of GE common stock outstanding		8,714		8,714		9,288		9,288
Employee compensation-related shares (including
stock options)		98		-		95		-
Total average equivalent shares		8,811		8,714		9,383		9,288
Per-share amounts
Earnings from continuing operations	$	0.10	$	0.10	$	0.03	$	0.03
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations		(0.03)		(0.03)		(0.03)		(0.03)
Net earnings		0.07		0.07		(0.01)		(0.01)

• Our unvested restricted stock unit awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents are considered participating securities. For the periods ended March 31, 2017and 2016, pursuant to the two-class method, as a result of the excess of dividends in respect to current period earnings, losses were not allocated to the participating securities.
• Included an insignificant amount of dividend equivalents in each of the periods presented.