NYSE:GEGeneral Electric Stock Price, Forecast & News

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. Since then, GE stock has decreased by 18.5% and is now trading at $6.69. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for General Electric in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for General Electric.

General Electric is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for General Electric.

General Electric will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, July 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

General Electric (NYSE:GE) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 29th. The conglomerate reported $0.05 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.08 by $0.03. The conglomerate had revenue of $20.52 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $20.34 billion. General Electric had a negative net margin of 2.39% and a positive return on equity of 13.66%. General Electric's revenue for the quarter was down 24.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.12 earnings per share. View General Electric's earnings history.

General Electric declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 19th. Investors of record on Monday, June 29th will be given a dividend of $0.01 per share on Monday, July 27th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.60%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 26th. View General Electric's dividend history.

15 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for General Electric's stock. Their forecasts range from $5.00 to $13.00. On average, they anticipate General Electric's stock price to reach $9.30 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 39.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for General Electric.

Headlines about GE stock have trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. General Electric earned a coverage optimism score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the conglomerate a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about General Electric.

General Electric saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 111,820,000 shares, a drop of 25.3% from the May 31st total of 149,790,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 121,690,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.9 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's stock are sold short. View General Electric's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to General Electric include Siemens (SIEGY), Koninklijke Philips (PHG), Emerson Electric (EMR), Peloton (PTON), Legrand (LGRVF) and Sharp (SHCAY). View all competitors.

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

General Electric's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.01%), Park National Corp OH (0.01%), Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. (0.01%) and Moody National Bank Trust Division (0.01%). Company insiders that own General Electric stock include Alexander Dimitrief, Edward P Garden, Francisco Dsouza, H Lawrence Culp Jr, L Kevin Cox, Leslie Seidman, Paula Rosput Reynolds, Russell Stokes, Scott Strazik, Thomas S Timko and Thomas W Horton. View institutional ownership trends for General Electric.

GE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Park National Corp OH, HNP Capital LLC, Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc., Exane Derivatives, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, FLC Capital Advisors, Clarius Group LLC, and Rockland Trust Co.. View insider buying and selling activity for General Electric.

GE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sanders Morris Harris LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Canandaigua National Corp, Xcel Wealth Management LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Acorn Financial Advisory Services Inc. ADV, and Cacti Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought General Electric stock in the last two years include Alexander Dimitrief, Francisco Dsouza, H Lawrence Culp Jr, L Kevin Cox, Leslie Seidman, Paula Rosput Reynolds, Scott Strazik, Thomas S Timko, and Thomas W Horton. View insider buying and selling activity for General Electric.

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

One share of GE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $6.69.

General Electric has a market capitalization of $58.52 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 205,000 workers across the globe.

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

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]