NYSE:GE - General Electric Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

General Electric declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 8th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Wednesday, July 25th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.90%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 15th. View General Electric's Dividend History.

General Electric (NYSE:GE) released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July, 20th. The conglomerate reported $0.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.01. The conglomerate earned $30.10 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $29.39 billion. General Electric had a positive return on equity of 10.40% and a negative net margin of 6.59%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 3.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.21 earnings per share. View General Electric's Earnings History.

General Electric is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October, 19th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for General Electric.

General Electric updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Friday, July, 20th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.00-1.07 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $0.94.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for General Electric's stock. Their forecasts range from $11.00 to $27.00. On average, they anticipate General Electric's stock price to reach $16.8647 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 37.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for General Electric.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for General Electric in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 14 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for General Electric.

General Electric saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 112,133,570 shares, an increase of 1.6% from the July 13th total of 110,377,426 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 66,232,415 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.7 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's stock are short sold. View General Electric's Current Options Chain.

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Media coverage about GE stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. General Electric earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the conglomerate an impact score of 46.65 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for General Electric.

General Electric's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (2.37%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.93%), Morgan Stanley (0.63%), Legal & General Group Plc (0.45%), Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (0.42%) and Swiss National Bank (0.33%). Company insiders that own General Electric stock include Alexander Dimitrief, David Leon Joyce, Electric Co General, Elizabeth J Comstock, Francisco Dsouza, H Lawrence Culp Jr, James E Rohr, James S Tisch, Jeffrey R Immelt, Jeffrey S Bornstein, John Leonard Flannery, Marijn E Dekkers, Steven M Mollenkopf and William G Beattie. View Institutional Ownership Trends for General Electric.

GE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including OppenheimerFunds Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Levin Capital Strategies L.P., United Services Automobile Association, Calamos Advisors LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for General Electric.

GE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Pzena Investment Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd, WELLCOME TRUST LTD THE as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST, Natixis, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board and Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc.. Company insiders that have bought General Electric stock in the last two years include Alexander Dimitrief, Francisco Dsouza, H Lawrence Culp Jr, James E Rohr, James S Tisch, Jeffrey R Immelt, Jeffrey S Bornstein, John Leonard Flannery, Marijn E Dekkers, Steven M Mollenkopf and William G Beattie. View Insider Buying and Selling 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.30.

General Electric has a market capitalization of $110.88 billion and generates $122.09 billion in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $-5,786,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.05 on an earnings per share basis. General Electric employs 313,000 workers across the globe.

General Electric's mailing address is 41 FARNSWORTH STREET, BOSTON MA, 02210. The conglomerate can be reached via phone at 617-443-3000 or via email at [email protected]