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 businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.

Which has better valuation & 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	7.05	$100.12B	$9.39	21.71
GE Aerospace	$38.70B	7.33	$6.56B	$7.17	37.32

Which has more risk & volatility, 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 1.44, indicating that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate GOOGL or GE?

Alphabet currently has a consensus price target of $211.53, suggesting a potential upside of 3.74%. GE Aerospace has a consensus price target of $232.92, suggesting a potential downside of 12.97%. Given Alphabet's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly 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)	29 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
GE Aerospace	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91

Does the media prefer GOOGL or GE?

In the previous week, Alphabet had 149 more articles in the media than GE Aerospace. MarketBeat recorded 206 mentions for Alphabet and 57 mentions for GE Aerospace. GE Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Alphabet's score of 1.18 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	149 Very Positive mention(s)	21 Positive mention(s)	20 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GE Aerospace	49 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of GE Aerospace shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company 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%

Summary

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