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General Electric - GE Competitors

$89.92
-0.37 (-0.41%)
(As of 03/20/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$89.41
$91.23
50-Day Range
$75.27
$91.97
52-Week Range
$46.55
$94.94
Volume
6.46 million shs
Average Volume
8.45 million shs
Market Capitalization
$97.95 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
0.36%
Price Target
$93.14

GE vs. HON, MMM, DHR, IEP, CSL, ITT, IAC, FSS, VGR, and GFF

Should you be buying General Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of General Electric include Honeywell International (HON), 3M (MMM), Danaher (DHR), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), Carlisle Companies (CSL), ITT (ITT), IAC (IAC), Federal Signal (FSS), Vector Group (VGR), and Griffon (GFF). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.

General Electric vs.

General Electric (NYSE:GE) and Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.

General Electric pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. General Electric pays out -1,066.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Honeywell International pays out 56.7% 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.

General Electric currently has a consensus price target of $93.14, indicating a potential upside of 3.58%. Honeywell International has a consensus price target of $214.88, indicating a potential upside of 13.16%. Given Honeywell International's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Honeywell International is more favorable than General Electric.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
General Electric
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85
Honeywell International
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

General Electric received 892 more outperform votes than Honeywell International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.28% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 75.87% of users gave General Electric an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
General ElectricOutperform Votes
2066
75.87%
Underperform Votes
657
24.13%
Honeywell InternationalOutperform Votes
1174
76.28%
Underperform Votes
365
23.72%

Honeywell International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than General Electric. General Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Honeywell International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
General Electric$76.56 billion1.28$225 million-$0.03-2,997.33
Honeywell International$35.47 billion3.58$4.97 billion$7.2726.12

In the previous week, General Electric and General Electric both had 27 articles in the media. General Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Honeywell International's score of 0.43 indicating that General Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
General Electric
7 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Honeywell International
7 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

70.1% of General Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.3% of Honeywell International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of General Electric shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Honeywell International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Honeywell International has a net margin of 14.00% compared to General Electric's net margin of 0.29%. Honeywell International's return on equity of 32.89% beat General Electric's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
General Electric 0.29% 8.47% 1.66%
Honeywell International 14.00% 32.89% 9.66%

General Electric has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Honeywell International has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Honeywell International beats General Electric on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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

MetricGeneral ElectricElectronic, electrical equipment & components, except computer equipment IndustryMulti-Sector SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$97.95B$55.66B$15.54B$14.04B
Dividend Yield0.35%1.89%4.35%3.94%
P/E Ratio-2,997.3330.115.1619.86
Price / Sales1.281.7927.049.96
Price / Cash14.6914.019.4724.71
Price / Book2.612.451.756.74
Net Income$225M$1.74B$1.21B$876.95M
7 Day Performance1.07%0.59%-0.70%-1.54%
1 Month Performance8.29%-0.44%-6.00%-9.74%
1 Year Performance-5.93%-7.40%-13.96%-15.02%

General Electric Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HON
Honeywell International
2.5979 of 5 stars
$188.12
-2.5%
$214.88
+14.2%
-2.5%$125.69B$35.47B25.8897,000
MMM
3M
2.2036 of 5 stars
$102.78
flat
$125.92
+22.5%
-29.7%$56.58B$34.23B10.1392,000
DHR
Danaher
2.8388 of 5 stars
$242.11
-1.1%
$310.29
+28.2%
-16.2%$176.40B$31.47B25.0981,000
IEP
Icahn Enterprises
1.7442 of 5 stars
$50.35
+0.0%
N/A-1.6%$17.80B$14.10B-109.4520,041High Trading Volume
CSL
Carlisle Companies
3.0448 of 5 stars
$222.63
-6.2%
$331.00
+48.7%
-10.0%$11.39B$6.59B12.6912,100Analyst Revision
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ITT
ITT
2.9787 of 5 stars
$80.08
-7.0%
$95.30
+19.0%
+0.6%$6.62B$2.99B18.2410,300Gap Down
High Trading Volume
IAC
IAC
2.9385 of 5 stars
$50.71
-0.5%
$88.13
+73.8%
-52.5%$4.21B$5.24B-3.7611,000
FSS
Federal Signal
2.6749 of 5 stars
$51.00
-3.4%
$59.25
+16.2%
+49.5%$3.10B$1.43B25.894,100Gap Down
High Trading Volume
VGR
Vector Group
2.5163 of 5 stars
$11.99
-0.9%
$15.00
+25.1%
+7.2%$1.87B$1.44B11.87500
GFF
Griffon
1.9817 of 5 stars
$30.23
-3.9%
$42.00
+38.9%
+35.4%$1.73B$2.91B-9.196,200Gap Down
This page (NYSE:GE) was last updated on 3/21/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff