EARNINGS PER SHARE INFORMATION (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share

	Three months ended June 30
	2018						2017
(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)	$	919		$	920		$	1,204		$	1,204
Preferred stock dividends	(185		)	(185		)	(182		)	(182		)
Earnings from continuing operations attributable to common shareowners for per-share calculation(a)(b)	$	734		$	735		$	1,022		$	1,022
Loss from discontinued operations for per-share calculation(a)(b)	(125		)	(125		)	(157		)	(157		)
Net earnings attributable to GE common shareowners for per-share calculation(a)(b)	$	614		$	615		$	869		$	869
Average equivalent shares
Shares of GE common stock outstanding	8,688			8,688			8,671			8,671
Employee compensation-related shares (including stock options)	11			—			89			—
Total average equivalent shares	8,699			8,688			8,760			8,671
Per-share amounts
Earnings from continuing operations	$	0.08		$	0.08		$	0.12		$	0.12
Loss from discontinued operations	(0.01		)	(0.01		)	(0.02		)	(0.02		)
Net earnings	0.07			0.07			0.10			0.10

	Six months ended June 30
	2018						2017
(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)	$	1,321		$	1,322		$	1,355		$	1,354
Preferred stock dividends	(222		)	(222		)	(216		)	(216		)
Earnings from continuing operations attributable to common shareowners for per-share calculation(a)(b)	$	1,099		$	1,100		$	1,139		$	1,138
Loss from discontinued operations for per-share calculation(a)(b)	(1,680		)	(1,679		)	(399		)	(400		)
Net earnings attributable to GE common shareowners for per-share calculation(a)(b)	$	(574	)	$	(573	)	$	747		$	747
Average equivalent shares
Shares of GE common stock outstanding	8,686			8,686			8,695			8,695
Employee compensation-related shares (including stock options)	9			—			94			—
Total average equivalent shares	8,694			8,686			8,789			8,695
Per-share amounts
Earnings from continuing operations	$	0.13		$	0.13		$	0.13		$	0.13
Loss from discontinued operations	(0.19		)	(0.19		)	(0.05		)	(0.05		)
Net earnings	(0.07		)	(0.07		)	0.09			0.09

(a) Our unvested restricted stock unit awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents are considered participating securities. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, pursuant to the two-class method, as a result of excess dividends in respect to the current period earnings, losses were not allocated to the participating securities.

(b) Included an insignificant amount of dividend equivalents in each of the periods presented.