GE vs. DHR, MMM, CSL, EMR, GEV, OTIS, TRNR, UNP, UPS, and CP
Should you be buying General Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Electric include Danaher (DHR), 3M (MMM), Carlisle Companies (CSL), Emerson Electric (EMR), GE Vernova (GEV), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), Interactive Strength (TRNR), Union Pacific (UNP), United Parcel Service (UPS), and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CP).
Danaher (NYSE:DHR) and General Electric (NYSE:GE) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking and risk.
General Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Danaher. Danaher is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than General Electric, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Danaher had 12 more articles in the media than General Electric. MarketBeat recorded 67 mentions for Danaher and 55 mentions for General Electric. Danaher's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat General Electric's score of 0.44 indicating that General Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Danaher pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. General Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Danaher pays out 18.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. General Electric pays out 36.7% 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.
Danaher has a net margin of 16.94% compared to Danaher's net margin of 7.66%. Danaher's return on equity of 16.07% beat General Electric's return on equity.
General Electric received 1084 more outperform votes than Danaher when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.34% of users gave General Electric an outperform vote while only 74.58% of users gave Danaher an outperform vote.
79.1% of Danaher shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of General Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of Danaher shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of General Electric shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Danaher has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Electric has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Danaher currently has a consensus target price of $276.88, indicating a potential upside of 0.91%. General Electric has a consensus target price of $183.93, indicating a potential upside of 7.87%. Given Danaher's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe General Electric is more favorable than Danaher.
Summary
General Electric beats Danaher on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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