General Electric Stock Forecast, Price & News

General Electric's stock was trading at $8.21 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GE shares have increased by 35.3% and is now trading at $11.11.
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15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for General Electric in the last twelve months. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" General Electric stock.
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6,978 employees have rated General Electric CEO Larry J. Merlo on Glassdoor.com. Larry J. Merlo has an approval rating of 37% among General Electric's employees. This puts Larry J. Merlo in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

General Electric is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 26th 2021.
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General Electric will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 26th 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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 28th. The conglomerate reported $0.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.04) by $0.10. The conglomerate had revenue of $19.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $19.15 billion. General Electric had a return on equity of 5.37% and a net margin of 4.52%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.15 EPS.
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General Electric declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 11th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.01 per share on Monday, January 25th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.36%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 18th.
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General Electric pays an annual dividend of $0.04 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.36%. 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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15 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for General Electric's stock. Their forecasts range from $5.00 to $14.00. On average, they anticipate General Electric's share price to reach $10.20 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.2%.
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Some companies that are related to General Electric include Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (SIEGY), Koninklijke Philips (PHG), Emerson Electric (EMR), 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%), TIAA FSB (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Thompson Investment Management Inc. (0.01%), Community Bank of Raymore (0.01%) and IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.01%). 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 Highland Capital Management LLC, Pendal Group Limited, Avantax Advisory Services Inc., TIAA FSB, Community Bank of Raymore, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Huntington National Bank, and Pacer Advisors Inc.. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Investment House LLC, Cumberland Advisors Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Congress Park Capital LLC, Kestra Advisory Services LLC, Solitude Financial Services, IMS Capital Management, and Community Bank of Raymore. 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.

One share of GE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.11.

General Electric has a market capitalization of $97.32 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]