GE Aerospace (GE) Competitors

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

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

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

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 0.3%. 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 increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and GE Aerospace has increased 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 recommend GOOGL or GE?

Alphabet presently has a consensus target price of $240.76, indicating a potential downside of 2.02%. GE Aerospace has a consensus target price of $241.92, indicating a potential downside of 18.97%. Given Alphabet's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, 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)	33 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.87
GE Aerospace	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Does the media favor GOOGL or GE?

In the previous week, Alphabet had 97 more articles in the media than GE Aerospace. MarketBeat recorded 169 mentions for Alphabet and 72 mentions for GE Aerospace. GE Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Alphabet's score of 1.30 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	140 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GE Aerospace	66 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, GOOGL or GE?

Alphabet has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, GE Aerospace has a beta of 1.49, suggesting that its stock price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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	8.49	$100.12B	$9.39	26.17
GE Aerospace	$38.70B	8.18	$6.56B	$7.17	41.64

Summary

Alphabet beats GE Aerospace on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.