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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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

In the previous week, Alphabet had 91 more articles in the media than GE Aerospace. MarketBeat recorded 172 mentions for Alphabet and 81 mentions for GE Aerospace. GE Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Alphabet's score of 1.17 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
60 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alphabet
129 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
23 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

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$38.70B8.32$6.56B$7.1742.33
Alphabet$350.02B8.56$100.12B$9.3926.37

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

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 0.3%. 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.

GE Aerospace presently has a consensus price target of $267.13, indicating a potential downside of 11.98%. Alphabet has a consensus price target of $249.26, indicating a potential upside of 0.66%. Given Alphabet's higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88
Alphabet
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
34 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

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%

Summary

Alphabet beats GE Aerospace on 13 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

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GE vs. The Competition

MetricGE AerospaceAEROSP/DEFENSE IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$321.55B$49.55B$29.63B$21.76B
Dividend Yield0.48%1.06%0.92%3.64%
P/E Ratio42.2924.5185.6529.93
Price / Sales8.325.128.0766.72
Price / Cash51.3527.2335.7023.91
Price / Book16.657.1310.804.68
Net Income$6.56B$587.31M$379.66M$1.01B
7 Day Performance0.30%-0.11%-1.23%-0.71%
1 Month Performance5.79%16.54%10.09%1.18%
1 Year Performance59.25%65.33%66.08%14.46%

GE Aerospace Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GE
GE Aerospace
4.7 of 5 stars
$303.48
+1.1%
$267.13
-12.0%
+55.9%$321.55B$38.70B42.2953,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.6568 of 5 stars
$244.57
-0.5%
$242.98
-0.7%
+48.8%$2.96T$350.02B26.04183,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
HON
Honeywell International
4.867 of 5 stars
$209.82
+0.4%
$251.80
+20.0%
-4.1%$133.10B$38.50B23.85102,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BA
Boeing
3.7155 of 5 stars
$225.29
+1.6%
$233.91
+3.8%
+43.7%$170.47B$66.52B-13.65172,000Trending News
CAT
Caterpillar
4.5285 of 5 stars
$502.24
+3.2%
$473.53
-5.7%
+34.2%$235.38B$64.81B25.56112,900Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
CSL
Carlisle Companies
4.8024 of 5 stars
$329.46
+1.4%
$429.17
+30.3%
-31.4%$14.06B$5.00B18.385,500Analyst Forecast
DHR
Danaher
4.9775 of 5 stars
$205.14
-1.7%
$244.60
+19.2%
-24.1%$147.12B$23.88B43.7163,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
GFF
Griffon
4.8685 of 5 stars
$76.81
+0.6%
$98.20
+27.8%
+9.0%$3.59B$2.62B57.475,300Analyst Forecast
ITT
ITT
4.5278 of 5 stars
$179.69
+0.5%
$190.89
+6.2%
+12.2%$14.01B$3.63B28.2411,700Positive News
MMM
3M
4.3433 of 5 stars
$156.02
+0.4%
$164.70
+5.6%
+12.3%$83.11B$24.58B21.7061,500Upcoming Earnings
RTX
RTX
4.6811 of 5 stars
$168.50
-0.5%
$164.13
-2.6%
+27.9%$225.89B$80.74B37.09186,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:GE) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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