As the first earnings cycle of 2025 is ramping up, so are the announcements of new share buyback authorizations. Among these announcements, three big-name U.S. stocks stick out so far, all of which also posted impressive Q4 2024 earnings.

Four Cincinnati companies were named by Fortune as being among the world's most-admired for 2025. Fortune named Procter & Gamble, Cintas, Fifth Third Bancorp and GE Aerospace to its 2025 " World's Most Admired Companies" list, its 27th annual ranking that polls executives, asking them to rank firms in their industry by nine criteria.

GE Aerospace stock rallied, after the jet-engine maker posted quarterly profit and revenue that flew past Wall Street's estimates. Chief Executive Larry Culp said the company ended 2024 with robust demand for its services and products,

We recently published an article titled Jim Cramer Discussed 9 Stocks for This Week’s Game Plan. In this article, we are going to take a look at where GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) stands against the other stocks Jim Cramer recently talked about.

U.S. stocks traded mixed this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 50 points on Thursday. Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.15% to 44,221.41 while the NASDAQ fell 0.

The S&P 500 hit a high as part of a broad market rally with President Trump back in the White House. AI stocks leaped on the Stargate project. Netflix jumped on earnings.

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Dow Jones futures edged lower early Thursday, while S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures rose modestly. Tesla, Meta Platforms, Microsoft headlined a huge slate of Wednesday night earnings, with ServiceNow and IBM also key.

U.S. stock futures are mixed after indexes pushed higher yesterday on tech optimism; Netflix (NFLX) shares are in focus after leading S&P 500 risers yesterday; the U.K. opens an antitrust investigation into the mobile ecosystems of Apple (AAPL) and Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google;

GE Aerospace's transformation into a pure-play aerospace leader makes it a compelling long-term investment. Click here to find out why I rate GE a Strong Buy.

GE Aerospace (NYSE: GE) beat analyst expectations in the fourth quarter and announced plans to boost returns to shareholders. Investors cheered, sending GE shares up 10% as of 10 a.m. ET.