General Electric Company (GE) Stock Guide

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Looking to buy or sell General Electric Company (GE)? Interested in getting the full scoop on GE, including earnings and dividends, stock forecast, buy or sell analysis and key stats? If so, you came to the right place.

In this GE stock guide, we'll address key questions about GE, above and beyond what you can find on Yahoo Finance, Zacks, MarketWatch or Morningstar.

Here is what you'll be able to find in this guide:

Earnings and Dividends: earnings, earnings date, dividend rate and dividend yield;
Analyst Predictions: stock forecast and analyst ratings;
Analysis: Finny Score and buy or sell analysis;
Key Stats: revenue, market cap, revenue growth, profit margin, P/E ratio, P/B ratio, industry, sector, and number of employees.

And here is the list of questions we'll answer:
1. What are GE earnings?
2. What is GE dividend?
3. What is GE dividend yield?
4. What is GE stock forecast (i.e., prediction)?
5. GE buy or sell? What is GE Finny Score?
6. What are the reasons to buy GE? Why should I buy GE stock?
7. What are the reasons to sell GE? Why should I sell GE stock?
8. What are GE key stats: revenue, market cap, revenue growth, profit margin, P/E ratio, P/B ratio industry, sector, and number of employees?

So let's start. Scroll down to the question that interests you the most.

Earnings and Dividends

1. What are GE earnings?

GE trailing 12-month earnings per share (EPS) is -$0.58.

2. What is GE dividend?

GE forward dividend is $0.04.

3. What is GE dividend yield?

GE forward dividend yield is 0.63%.

Analyst Predictions

4. What is GE stock forecast (i.e., prediction)?

Based on GE analyst price targets, GE stock forecast is $7.75 (for a year from now). That means the average analyst price target for GE stock is $7.75. The prediction is based on 17 analyst estimates.

The low price target for GE is $4.80, while the high price target is $11.00.

GE analyst rating is Hold.

Analysis

5. GE buy or sell? What is GE Finny Score?

Our quantitative analysis shows 3 reasons to buy and 2 reasons to sell GE, resulting in Finny Score of 60.

6. What are the reasons to buy GE? Why should I buy GE stock?

Here are the reasons to buy GE stock:

• General Electric is restructuring its business. In the long-term it will focus only on its core segments - Power, Aviation, and Renewable Energy. The company looks attractive based on the sum of the parts valuation.
• The company's global presence is helping in fueling its growth. Some investors who are looking for emerging markets presence will choose to have GE in their stock portfolios.
• GE's aviation business will be a growth engine for the company. It is generating good cash flows. LEAP engines have become one of the fast-selling units.
• The company is led by industry veterans with a solid success record who are well positioned to restore GE's culture of accountability.
• GE Price/Book ratio is 1.61, which is low compared to its industry peers’ P/B ratios. See GE forward Price/Book ratio chart.
• GE Price/Sales ratio is 0.62, which is low compared to its industry peers’ P/S ratios. See GE forward Price/Sales ratio chart.
• GE cash to debt ratio is 0.26, higher than the average industry (0.15) and sector (0.12) cash to debt ratio. See GE cash to debt chart.

7. What are the reasons to sell GE? Why should I sell GE stock?

Let's look at the reasons to sell GE stock (i.e., the bear case):

• The restructuring hype is overblown. Weak global growth and emerging trade wars will slow the company's revenue growth.
• GE's turnaround has a lot of unknowns, including the impact of an economic recession and trade wars.
• GE continues to burn substantial cash, with no apparent road to recovery. An increase in operating expenses has put pressure on the company's profits.
• GE Capital has zero equity value and continues to be a drag on the business.
• GE quarterly revenue growth was -24.20%, lower than the industry and sector average revenue growth (1.03% and 1.01%, respectively). See GE revenue growth chart.
• GE profitability is declining. The YoY profit margin change was -11.71 percentage points. See GE profitability chart.

Key Stats

8. What are GE key stats : revenue, market cap, revenue growth, profit margin, P/E ratio, P/B ratio industry, sector, and number of employees?

Let's look at the key statistics for GE:

Metrics	GE
Price	$7.33
Average Price Target / Upside	$7.90 / 7.85%
Average Analyst Rating	Hold
Forward Dividend Yield	0.60%
Industry	Diversified Industrials
Sector	Industrials
Number of Employees	283,000
Market Cap	$59.7B
Forward P/E Ratio	20.67
Price/Book Ratio	0.68
Revenue (TTM)	$87.87B
YoY Quarterly Revenue Growth	-24.20%
Profit Margin	-5.10%

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