General Electric Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for General Electric in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" General Electric stock.
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General Electric is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 5th 2021.
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General Electric (NYSE:GE) posted its earnings results on Monday, January, 25th. The conglomerate reported $0.08 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.09 by $0.01. The conglomerate had revenue of $21.93 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $21.62 billion. General Electric had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.37% and a net margin of 4.52%. The business's revenue was down 16.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.21 earnings per share.
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General Electric's stock was trading at $8.21 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, GE stock has increased by 58.1% and is now trading at $12.98.
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General Electric declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 12th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.01 per share on Monday, April 26th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 5th.
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General Electric pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.31%. General Electric does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of General Electric is 6.15%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, General Electric will have a dividend payout ratio of 12.50% next year. This indicates that General Electric will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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General Electric issued an update on its FY21 earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.15-0.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.38.

14 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for General Electric's shares. Their forecasts range from $5.00 to $15.00. On average, they expect General Electric's share price to reach $10.85 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 16.4%.
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690 employees have rated General Electric CEO H. Lawrence Culp, Jr. on Glassdoor.com. H. Lawrence Culp, Jr. has an approval rating of 89% among General Electric's employees.

Some companies that are related to General Electric include Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (SIEGY), Emerson Electric (EMR), Koninklijke Philips (PHG), Peloton Interactive (PTON), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), Legrand (LGRVF) and Sharp (SHCAY).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other General Electric investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Micron Technology (MU), (CGC), AT&T (T), Bank of America (BAC), Intel (INTC), Ford Motor (F), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and The Walt Disney (DIS).

General Electric trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GE."

General Electric's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (7.78%), BlackRock Inc. (6.47%), FMR LLC (5.49%), Northern Trust Corp (1.11%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (1.03%) and Norges Bank (0.75%). Company insiders that own General Electric stock include Edward P Garden, H Lawrence Culp Jr, L Kevin Cox, Leslie Seidman, Paula Rosput Reynolds, Russell Stokes, Scott Strazik, Thomas S Timko, Thomas W Horton and Trian Fund Management, LP.
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GE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Causeway Capital Management LLC, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Korea Investment CORP, Northern Trust Corp, Russell Investments Group Ltd., and Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec. Company insiders that have sold General Electric company stock in the last year include Edward P Garden, and Trian Fund Management, LP.
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GE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, FMR LLC, Viking Global Investors LP, Bessemer Group Inc., Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., and State of Tennessee Treasury Department. Company insiders that have bought General Electric stock in the last two years include H Lawrence Culp Jr, L Kevin Cox, Leslie Seidman, Paula Rosput Reynolds, Scott Strazik, Thomas S Timko, and Thomas W Horton.
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One share of GE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.98.

General Electric has a market capitalization of $113.81 billion and generates $95.21 billion in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $-4,978,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.65 on an earnings per share basis.

General Electric employs 189,400 workers across the globe.

General Electric was founded in 1892.

The official website for General Electric is www.ge.com.

General Electric is headquartered at 5 Necco Street, BOSTON MA, 02210.

General Electric's mailing address is 5 Necco Street, BOSTON MA, 02210. The conglomerate can be reached via phone at 617-443-3000 or via email at [email protected]