GE Aerospace (GE) Competitors

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, GOOGL or GE?

Alphabet has higher revenue and earnings than GE Aerospace. Alphabet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GE Aerospace, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Alphabet	$350.02B	8.12	$100.12B	$9.39	25.03
GE Aerospace	$38.70B	7.66	$6.56B	$7.17	39.00

Is GOOGL or GE more profitable?

Alphabet has a net margin of 31.12% compared to GE Aerospace's net margin of 18.64%. Alphabet's return on equity of 34.31% beat GE Aerospace's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alphabet	31.12%	34.31%	24.88%
GE Aerospace	18.64%	31.32%	4.86%

Is GOOGL or GE a better dividend stock?

Alphabet pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. GE Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Alphabet pays out 8.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GE Aerospace pays out 20.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Alphabet has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and GE Aerospace has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. GE Aerospace is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts prefer GOOGL or GE?

Alphabet currently has a consensus target price of $222.33, indicating a potential downside of 5.39%. GE Aerospace has a consensus target price of $232.92, indicating a potential downside of 16.71%. Given Alphabet's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Alphabet is more favorable than GE Aerospace.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alphabet	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	31 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87
GE Aerospace	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GOOGL or GE?

40.0% of Alphabet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of GE Aerospace shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of Alphabet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of GE Aerospace shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, GOOGL or GE?

Alphabet has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GE Aerospace has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to GOOGL or GE?

In the previous week, Alphabet had 194 more articles in the media than GE Aerospace. MarketBeat recorded 257 mentions for Alphabet and 63 mentions for GE Aerospace. GE Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Alphabet's score of 0.92 indicating that GE Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alphabet	158 Very Positive mention(s)	27 Positive mention(s)	35 Neutral mention(s)	24 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GE Aerospace	41 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Alphabet beats GE Aerospace on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.