GE Aerospace (GE) Competitors

GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) and Boeing (NYSE:BA) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is GE or BA more profitable?

GE Aerospace has a net margin of 17.63% compared to Boeing's net margin of -16.58%. GE Aerospace's return on equity of 29.15% beat Boeing's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GE Aerospace	17.63%	29.15%	4.51%
Boeing	-16.58%	N/A	-8.57%

Do analysts prefer GE or BA?

GE Aerospace currently has a consensus target price of $223.75, suggesting a potential downside of 9.33%. Boeing has a consensus target price of $215.77, suggesting a potential upside of 0.01%. Given Boeing's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Boeing 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
Boeing	3 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.72

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, GE or BA?

GE Aerospace has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Boeing. Boeing 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
GE Aerospace	$39.68B	6.63	$6.56B	$6.43	38.38
Boeing	$69.44B	2.34	-$11.82B	-$17.92	-12.04

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GE or BA?

74.8% of GE Aerospace shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.8% of Boeing shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of GE Aerospace shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Boeing shares are owned 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, GE or BA?

GE Aerospace has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Boeing has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor GE or BA?

In the previous week, Boeing had 52 more articles in the media than GE Aerospace. MarketBeat recorded 110 mentions for Boeing and 58 mentions for GE Aerospace. GE Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Boeing's score of 0.86 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	44 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Boeing	55 Very Positive mention(s)	27 Positive mention(s)	20 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GE or BA a better dividend stock?

GE Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Boeing pays an annual dividend of $8.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. GE Aerospace pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Boeing pays out -45.9% 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 raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Boeing is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

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