GE vs. DHR, MMM, CSL, EMR, GEV, OTIS, TRNR, UNP, UPS, and CNI
Should you be buying General Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Electric include Danaher (DHR), 3M (MMM), Carlisle Companies (CSL), Emerson Electric (EMR), GE Vernova (GEV), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), Interactive Strength (TRNR), Union Pacific (UNP), United Parcel Service (UPS), and Canadian National Railway (CNI).
Danaher (NYSE:DHR) and General Electric (NYSE:GE) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Danaher pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. General Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Danaher pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. General Electric pays out 36.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Danaher has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and General Electric has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Danaher has a net margin of 16.78% compared to Danaher's net margin of 5.05%. Danaher's return on equity of 12.54% beat General Electric's return on equity.
Danaher currently has a consensus price target of $267.31, suggesting a potential upside of 3.65%. General Electric has a consensus price target of $176.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.45%. Given Danaher's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe General Electric is more favorable than Danaher.
79.1% of Danaher shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of General Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of Danaher shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of General Electric shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
General Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Danaher. Danaher is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than General Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
General Electric received 1086 more outperform votes than Danaher when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.29% of users gave General Electric an outperform vote while only 74.73% of users gave Danaher an outperform vote.
Danaher has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Electric has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, General Electric had 15 more articles in the media than Danaher. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for General Electric and 16 mentions for Danaher. General Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Danaher's score of 0.80 indicating that Danaher is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
General Electric beats Danaher on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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