GE Aerospace (GE) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate BA or GE?

Boeing currently has a consensus target price of $209.35, suggesting a potential upside of 2.22%. GE Aerospace has a consensus target price of $221.15, suggesting a potential downside of 8.28%. Given Boeing's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Boeing is more favorable than GE Aerospace.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boeing	2 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.74
GE Aerospace	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Is BA or GE more profitable?

GE Aerospace has a net margin of 14.31% compared to Boeing's net margin of -17.76%. GE Aerospace's return on equity of 22.19% beat Boeing's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Boeing	-17.76%	N/A	-9.19%
GE Aerospace	14.31%	22.19%	3.66%

Which has more risk & volatility, BA or GE?

Boeing has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GE Aerospace has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BA or GE?

GE Aerospace received 80 more outperform votes than Boeing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.44% of users gave GE Aerospace an outperform vote while only 69.94% of users gave Boeing an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Boeing	Outperform Votes 2061 69.94%	Underperform Votes 886 30.06%
GE Aerospace	Outperform Votes 2141 75.44%	Underperform Votes 697 24.56%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BA or GE?

64.8% of Boeing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of GE Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Boeing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of GE Aerospace shares are held 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 stronger valuation and earnings, BA or GE?

GE Aerospace has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Boeing. Boeing 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
Boeing	$69.44B	2.22	-$11.82B	-$17.92	-11.43
GE Aerospace	$39.68B	6.48	$6.56B	$6.43	37.50

Does the media favor BA or GE?

In the previous week, Boeing had 59 more articles in the media than GE Aerospace. MarketBeat recorded 121 mentions for Boeing and 62 mentions for GE Aerospace. GE Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Boeing's score of 0.71 indicating that GE Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Boeing	45 Very Positive mention(s)	19 Positive mention(s)	36 Neutral mention(s)	12 Negative mention(s)	7 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GE Aerospace	43 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BA or GE a better dividend stock?

Boeing pays an annual dividend of $8.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. GE Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Boeing pays out -45.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GE Aerospace pays out 22.4% 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. GE Aerospace has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Boeing is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

GE Aerospace beats Boeing on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.