GE Aerospace (GE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

GE Aerospace (also known as General Electric) is a company that specializes in providing aerospace products and services. It operates through two reportable segments: Commercial Engines and Services and Defense and Propulsion Technologies. It offers jet and turboprop engines, as well as integrated systems for commercial, military, business, and general aviation aircraft. GE demerged into GE Vernova, GE Aerospace, and GE Healthcare.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $263.18 to $269.84
• 50-Day Range: $229.05 to $266.26
• 52-Week Range: $150.20 to $272.80
• Volume: 2.52 million shs
• Average Volume: 6.25 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $285.42 billion
• P/E Ratio: 37.54
• Dividend Yield: 0.54%
• Price Target: $232.92
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

GE Aerospace Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

GE Aerospace scored higher than 92% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 4th out of 58 stocks in the aerospace sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

GE Aerospace has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.91, and is based on 10 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

GE Aerospace has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 19.63%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for GE Aerospace are expected to grow by 19.63% in the coming year, from $5.40 to $6.46 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of GE Aerospace is 37.59, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.71.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of GE Aerospace is 37.59, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Aerospace sector average P/E ratio of about 84.22.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

GE Aerospace has a PEG Ratio of 2.93. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

GE Aerospace has a P/B Ratio of 14.77. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.46% of the float of GE Aerospace has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

GE Aerospace has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in GE Aerospace has recently increased by 21.33%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

GE Aerospace has a dividend yield of 0.56%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

GE Aerospace has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of GE Aerospace is 20.08%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, GE Aerospace will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.29% next year. This indicates that GE Aerospace will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• Environmental Score: -1.27

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.46% of the float of GE Aerospace has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

GE Aerospace has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.3, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in GE Aerospace has recently increased by 21.33%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.15

News Sentiment

GE Aerospace has a news sentiment score of 1.15. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.85 average news sentiment score of Aerospace companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 94 news articles for GE Aerospace this week, compared to 41 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

174 people have searched for GE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 54% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 58 people have added GE Aerospace to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -12% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, GE Aerospace insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,128,853.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.21% of the stock of GE Aerospace is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

74.77% of the stock of GE Aerospace is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

GE Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have GE shares performed this year?

GE Aerospace's stock was trading at $166.79 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, GE shares have increased by 61.5% and is now trading at $269.3910.

How were GE Aerospace's earnings last quarter?

GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 17th. The company reported $1.66 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.43 by $0.23. The company's revenue was up 21.2% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

When did GE Aerospace's stock split?

GE Aerospace shares reverse split on the morning of Monday, August 2nd 2021.The 1-8 reverse split was announced on Monday, August 2nd 2021. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the closing bell on Monday, August 2nd 2021. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the reverse split would have 13 shares after the split.

Who are GE Aerospace's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of GE Aerospace include Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC (0.08%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.06%), Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.06%) and Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.05%). Insiders that own company stock include General Electric Pension Trust, Russell Stokes, Michael J Holston, Scott Strazik, Thomas S Timko, Riccardo Procacci, Robert M Giglietti, Amy L Gowder and Mohamed Ali.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of GE Aerospace?

Shares of GE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of GE Aerospace own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that GE Aerospace investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Alibaba Group (BABA), Micron Technology (MU), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Chevron (CVX) and Intel (INTC).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 4/25 Dividend: 3/10/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 4/25 Dividend: 3/10/2025
• Dividend Payable: 4/25/2025
• Record date for 7/25 Dividend: 7/07/2025
• Last Earnings: 7/17/2025
• Today: 7/24/2025
• Dividend Payable: 7/25/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Aerospace
• Industry: AEROSP/DEFENSE
• Sub-Industry: Aerospace & Defense
• Current Symbol: NYSE:GE
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:GE
• CIK: 40545
• Web: www.geaerospace.com
• Phone: (617) 443-3000
• Fax: 203-373-3131
• Employees: 53,000
• Year Founded: 1892

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for GE Aerospace: $232.92
• High Price Target: $321.00
• Low Price Target: $38.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -11.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.91
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $7.17
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 36.65
• Forward P/E Ratio: 48.66
• P/E Growth: 2.93
• Net Income: $6.56 billion
• Net Margins: 18.64%
• Pretax Margin: 21.20%
• Return on Equity: 31.32%
• Return on Assets: 4.86%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.88
• Current Ratio: 1.04
• Quick Ratio: 0.73

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $38.70 billion
• Price / Sales: 7.20
• Cash Flow: $5.88 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 44.70
• Book Value: $18.24 per share
• Price / Book: 14.41

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,060,440,000
• Free Float: 1,064,148,000
• Market Cap: $278.67 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.37