General Electric Co. is scheduled to release fourth-quarter results on Friday before the market opens, with the diversified industrial giant expected to report a decline in quarterly earnings for the first time in a year.Earnings: GE is expected to report earnings excluding nonrecurring items of 46 cents a share for the quarter to Dec. 31, according to the average estimate of 17 analysts surveyed by FactSet. That is down from 52 cents a share in the same period a year ago, and down from consensus of 47 cents as of Sept. 30.Estimize, a crowdsourcing platform that gathers estimates from Wall Street analysts, as well as buy-side analysts, hedge-fund managers, company executives, academics and others, has a consensus earnings-per-share estimate of 48 cents, based on 84 estimates.GE has beat the FactSet EPS estimate the past six quarters, and in eight of the past nine quarters.Revenue: The FactSet revenue consensus is $33.94 billion, which matches what GE reported for the same quarter last year. Those crowdsourced by Estimize are projecting, on average, revenue of $34.33 billion. As of Sept. 30, the FactSet consensus was $34.89 billion.GE missed the FactSet revenue consensus in the previous quarter, and missed in nine of the past 11 quarters.Will GE's profit exceed 46 cents a share? And what is your price target for a medium-term?