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 announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, September 7th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.12 per share on Thursday, October 25th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.10%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 14th. View General Electric's Dividend History.

General Electric (NYSE:GE) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 30th. The conglomerate reported $0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.06. The conglomerate earned $29.57 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $30.08 billion. General Electric had a negative net margin of 27.36% and a positive return on equity of 10.29%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.29 EPS. View General Electric's Earnings History.

General Electric is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for General Electric.

23 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for General Electric's stock. Their forecasts range from $6.00 to $21.00. On average, they anticipate General Electric's stock price to reach $14.1706 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 80.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for General Electric.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for General Electric in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 12 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for General Electric.

News headlines about GE stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the conglomerate a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

General Electric saw a increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 122,865,074 shares, an increase of 1.0% from the October 15th total of 124,163,569 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 118,855,932 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.0 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. View General Electric's Current Options Chain.

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General Electric's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.18%), FMR LLC (2.15%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.46%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (1.18%), Capital Research Global Investors (0.50%) and Pzena Investment Management LLC (0.38%). 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 Capital Research Global Investors, Franklin Resources Inc., FMR LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Capital World Investors, Fisher Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc. and Great Lakes Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for General Electric.

GE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Canyon Capital Advisors LLC, Pzena Investment Management LLC, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Capital International Investors, Prudential Financial Inc., Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, Bank of Montreal Can and Levin Capital Strategies L.P.. 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 $7.87.

General Electric has a market capitalization of $74.76 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.

The official website for General Electric is http://www.ge.com.

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]