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General Electric (GEC) Competitors

GBX 163.58
+0.78 (+0.48%)
(As of 10:09 AM ET)

GEC vs. COB, QQ, BOE, CHG, SNR, AVON, CHRT, VEL, HARL, and AERO

Should you be buying General Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Electric include Cobham (COB), QinetiQ Group (QQ), Boeing (BOE), Chemring Group (CHG), Senior (SNR), Avon Protection (AVON), Cohort (CHRT), Velocity Composites (VEL), Harland & Wolff Group (HARL), and Strat Aero (AERO). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

General Electric vs.

Cobham (LON:COB) and General Electric (LON:GEC) are both industrials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

General Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Cobham. Cobham is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than General Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cobham£1.97B2.01N/A-£1.90-86.58
General Electric£69.52B0.03£4.19B£3.8043.05

General Electric has a net margin of 5.05% compared to General Electric's net margin of 0.00%. Cobham's return on equity of 13.64% beat General Electric's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CobhamN/A N/A N/A
General Electric 5.05%13.64%2.43%

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cobham
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
General Electric
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Cobham received 349 more outperform votes than General Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.77% of users gave General Electric an outperform vote while only 41.93% of users gave Cobham an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CobhamOutperform Votes
408
41.93%
Underperform Votes
565
58.07%
General ElectricOutperform Votes
59
62.77%
Underperform Votes
35
37.23%

In the previous week, General Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Cobham'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cobham Neutral
General Electric Neutral

77.0% of General Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of General Electric shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

General Electric beats Cobham on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GEC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GEC vs. The Competition

MetricGeneral ElectricAerospace & Defense IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.78B£5.51B£3.65B£1.40B
Dividend Yield1.07%2.81%4.37%11.83%
P/E Ratio43.05232.81410.291,688.41
Price / Sales0.0359.88529.83310,776.73
Price / Cash0.0718.1430.4732.86
Price / Book0.063.183.952.71
Net Income£4.19B£243.56M£194.03M£165.77M
7 Day Performance55.79%4.78%3.70%-0.28%
1 Month Performance55.79%8.46%5.11%1.03%
1 Year Performance55.79%33.22%16.75%11.47%

General Electric Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COB
Cobham
0 of 5 stars
GBX 164.50
flat
N/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,069
QQ
QinetiQ Group
0.4981 of 5 stars
GBX 456.20
-0.6%
GBX 433.33
-5.0%
+23.6%£2.60B£1.91B1,900.838,268Dividend Cut
Positive News
High Trading Volume
BOE
Boeing
0 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A£1.32B£70.54B-30.77156,000Gap Up
CHG
Chemring Group
0.1982 of 5 stars
GBX 384
+1.6%
GBX 399
+3.9%
+31.5%£1.05B£472.60M2,953.852,600Dividend Cut
SNR
Senior
0 of 5 stars
GBX 158.20
-0.3%
GBX 168
+6.2%
-6.2%£652.83M£963.50M2,260.006,679Gap Up
AVON
Avon Protection
0.6428 of 5 stars
GBX 1,312
-0.6%
GBX 1,295
-1.3%
+47.4%£393.60M£243.80M-3,051.16928Dividend Increase
Positive News
CHRT
Cohort
0 of 5 stars
GBX 808
+0.2%
N/A+71.9%£326.43M£199.55M2,448.481,243Dividend Cut
VEL
Velocity Composites
1.5245 of 5 stars
GBX 39.50
flat
GBX 70
+77.2%
-28.8%£21.12M£16.41M-493.75102
HARL
Harland & Wolff Group
0 of 5 stars
GBX 9.60
+6.7%
N/A-29.3%£16.61M£38.09M-19.20769Gap Down
High Trading Volume
AERO
Strat Aero
0 of 5 stars
N/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.00N/AGap Down

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This page (LON:GEC) was last updated on 6/10/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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