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GE vs. GOOGL, HON, BA, CAT, CSL, DHR, GFF, ITT, MMM, and RTX

Should you be buying GE Aerospace stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GE Aerospace include Alphabet (GOOGL), Honeywell International (HON), Boeing (BA), Caterpillar (CAT), Carlisle Companies (CSL), Danaher (DHR), Griffon (GFF), ITT (ITT), 3M (MMM), and RTX (RTX).

GE Aerospace vs. Its Competitors

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

GE Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Alphabet pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. GE Aerospace pays out 20.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alphabet pays out 8.9% 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 and Alphabet has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. GE Aerospace is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
GE Aerospace$38.70B7.43$6.56B$7.1737.84
Alphabet$350.02B6.70$100.12B$9.3920.57

In the previous week, Alphabet had 217 more articles in the media than GE Aerospace. MarketBeat recorded 306 mentions for Alphabet and 89 mentions for GE Aerospace. GE Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Alphabet's score of 1.00 indicating that GE Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
GE Aerospace
70 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alphabet
167 Very Positive mention(s)
43 Positive mention(s)
39 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
GE Aerospace18.64% 31.32% 4.86%
Alphabet 31.12%34.31%24.88%

GE Aerospace has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alphabet has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

GE Aerospace presently has a consensus price target of $232.92, indicating a potential downside of 14.14%. Alphabet has a consensus price target of $211.32, indicating a potential upside of 9.39%. Given Alphabet's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Alphabet is more favorable than GE Aerospace.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
GE Aerospace
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.91
Alphabet
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
29 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

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

Summary

Alphabet beats GE Aerospace on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GE vs. The Competition

MetricGE AerospaceAEROSP/DEFENSE IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$288.00B$46.86B$27.98B$21.19B
Dividend Yield0.53%1.15%0.96%3.59%
P/E Ratio37.8417.0484.4628.45
Price / Sales7.434.226.9873.06
Price / Cash46.8726.2936.6423.19
Price / Book14.876.018.684.68
Net Income$6.56B$586.89M$368.78M$995.03M
7 Day Performance2.96%-1.78%-1.39%1.65%
1 Month Performance6.59%8.13%5.89%4.44%
1 Year Performance59.75%33.99%51.88%9.99%

GE Aerospace Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GE
GE Aerospace
4.616 of 5 stars
$271.28
+1.2%
$232.92
-14.1%
+59.8%$288.00B$38.70B37.8453,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.6903 of 5 stars
$183.00
+0.5%
$200.86
+9.8%
+15.7%$2.22T$359.71B20.40183,323Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
HON
Honeywell International
4.8103 of 5 stars
$236.19
+0.4%
$250.79
+6.2%
+10.6%$151.80B$38.50B27.15102,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
BA
Boeing
3.4949 of 5 stars
$229.68
-0.1%
$219.95
-4.2%
+24.7%$173.26B$66.52B-12.82172,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
CAT
Caterpillar
4.7506 of 5 stars
$412.15
+1.9%
$406.47
-1.4%
+23.9%$193.87B$64.81B20.06112,900Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CSL
Carlisle Companies
3.9935 of 5 stars
$394.59
-1.0%
$461.67
+17.0%
+2.4%$17.09B$5.00B14.715,500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
DHR
Danaher
4.8299 of 5 stars
$193.90
+0.5%
$248.43
+28.1%
-25.0%$138.72B$23.82B37.6463,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GFF
Griffon
4.8609 of 5 stars
$76.68
+0.1%
$98.20
+28.1%
+10.4%$3.61B$2.62B15.885,300Analyst Forecast
ITT
ITT
4.6032 of 5 stars
$157.93
+1.3%
$170.00
+7.6%
+14.7%$12.43B$3.63B25.1111,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MMM
3M
4.3371 of 5 stars
$157.26
+0.4%
$156.33
-0.6%
+19.0%$84.54B$24.58B19.8361,500Positive News
Earnings Report
RTX
RTX
4.3107 of 5 stars
$150.03
+0.9%
$162.61
+8.4%
+37.7%$200.50B$81.74B44.01186,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
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