General Electric Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for General Electric in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" General Electric stock.
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General Electric saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 106,630,000 shares, an increase of 37.9% from the February 28th total of 77,330,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 85,510,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.2 days.
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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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, January, 25th. The conglomerate reported $0.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate 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 company's revenue for the quarter was down 16.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.21 earnings per share.
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General Electric's stock was trading at $8.21 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GE stock has increased by 65.0% and is now trading at $13.55.
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General Electric announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 12th. Shareholders 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 dividend yield of 0.30%. 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 0.29%. 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 updated its FY21 earnings guidance on Wednesday, March, 10th. The company provided EPS guidance of $0.15-0.20 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.26.

13 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for General Electric's stock. Their forecasts range from $5.00 to $17.00. On average, they anticipate General Electric's share price to reach $12.86 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.1%.
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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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Royal London Asset Management Ltd. (0.04%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.04%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.03%), DnB Asset Management AS (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%). Company insiders that own General Electric stock include Edward P Garden, H Lawrence Culp Jr, L Kevin Cox, Leslie Seidman, Paula Rosput Reynolds, 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 Retirement Systems of Alabama, Park National Corp OH, WealthTrust Axiom LLC, Thompson Investment Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL, Cacti Asset Management LLC, and 4J Wealth Management LLC. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, CMG Global Holdings LLC, Royal London Asset Management Ltd., Anderson Hoagland & Co., DnB Asset Management AS, Xcel Wealth Management LLC, Woodstock Corp, and Mcdonald Partners LLC. 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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Shares of GE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of GE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.55.

General Electric has a market capitalization of $119.03 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 184,000 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]