GE vs. DHR, MMM, CSL, EMR, GEV, OTIS, TRNR, UNP, UPS, and CNI
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 National Railway (CNI).
General Electric (NYSE:GE) and Danaher (NYSE:DHR) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and earnings.
General Electric presently has a consensus target price of $177.27, indicating a potential upside of 13.86%. Danaher has a consensus target price of $269.29, indicating a potential upside of 5.69%. Given General Electric's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe General Electric is more favorable than Danaher.
General Electric has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Danaher has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
74.8% of General Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of Danaher shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of General Electric shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of Danaher shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
General Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Danaher pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. General Electric pays out 36.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Danaher pays out 18.3% 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.
In the previous week, General Electric had 17 more articles in the media than Danaher. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for General Electric and 13 mentions for Danaher. Danaher's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat General Electric's score of 0.67 indicating that Danaher is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Danaher has a net margin of 16.78% compared to General Electric's net margin of 5.05%. General Electric's return on equity of 12.54% beat Danaher's return on equity.
General Electric received 1086 more outperform votes than Danaher when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.30% of users gave General Electric an outperform vote while only 74.74% of users gave Danaher an outperform vote.
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.
Summary
General Electric beats Danaher on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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