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, February 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.01 per share on Thursday, April 25th. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 8th. View General Electric's Dividend History.

General Electric (NYSE:GE) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 30th. The conglomerate reported $0.14 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.09 by $0.05. The conglomerate earned $27.29 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $27.31 billion. General Electric had a positive return on equity of 10.32% and a negative net margin of 14.65%. General Electric's revenue for the quarter was down 1.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.16 earnings per share. View General Electric's Earnings History.

General Electric is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 19th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for General Electric.

General Electric issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.50-0.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.59.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for General Electric's shares. Their forecasts range from $5.00 to $21.00. On average, they anticipate General Electric's share price to reach $12.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for General Electric.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for General Electric in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for General Electric.

News articles about GE stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. General Electric earned a news impact score of 1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the conglomerate a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for General Electric.

General Electric saw a drop in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 113,341,523 shares, a drop of 10.5% from the April 15th total of 126,651,407 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 67,608,503 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.7 days. Approximately 1.3% of the company's shares are sold short. View General Electric's Current Options Chain.

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General Electric's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (5.16%), Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.05%), MetLife Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%), Electron Capital Partners LLC (0.02%), Park National Corp OH (0.02%) and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co NY (0.01%). Company insiders that own General Electric stock include Alexander Dimitrief, Edward P Garden, Electric Co General, Elizabeth J Comstock, Francisco Dsouza, H Lawrence Culp Jr, James E Rohr, James S Tisch, John Leonard Flannery, Russell Stokes and Steven M Mollenkopf. View Institutional Ownership Trends for General Electric.

GE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Newman Dignan & Sheerar Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Huntington National Bank, First Hawaiian Bank, Nordea Investment Management AB, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, Clearbridge Investments LLC and Trust Department MB Financial Bank N A. Company insiders that have sold General Electric company stock in the last year include Edward P Garden and Russell Stokes. View Insider Buying and Selling for General Electric.

GE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Electron Capital Partners LLC, Allstate Corp, Park National Corp OH, CHICAGO TRUST Co NA, B.S. Pension Fund Trustee Ltd acting for the British Steel Pension Fund, M Holdings Securities Inc. and Advisory Services Network LLC. 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, John Leonard Flannery and Steven M Mollenkopf. 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 $10.10.

General Electric has a market capitalization of $88.08 billion and generates $121.62 billion in revenue each year. The conglomerate earns $-22,354,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.65 on an earnings per share basis. General Electric employs 283,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About General Electric.

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]