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How to buy General Electric Company (GE) stocks

Learn how to easily invest in General Electric Company stocks.

General Electric Company is a specialty industrial machinery business based in the US. General Electric Company stocks (GE.US) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $91.59 – an increase of 1.61% over the previous week. General Electric Company employs 172,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $76.6 billion.

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General Electric Company stock price (NYSE:GE)

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General Electric Company shares at a glance

Information last updated 2023-03-23.
Latest market close$91.37
52-week range$46.62 - $94.94
50-day moving average $83.83
200-day moving average $64.58
Wall St. target price$95.67
PE ratio 169.0377
Dividend yield $0.32 (0.36%)
Earnings per share (TTM) $0.53

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Is it a good time to buy General Electric Company stock?

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General Electric Company price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $91.37 from 2023-03-24

1 week (2023-03-20) 1.61%
1 month (2023-02-23) 10.16%
3 months (2022-12-27) 10.30%
6 months (2022-09-26) 41.99%
1 year (2022-03-23) N/A
2 years (2021-03-26) 603.39%
3 years (2020-03-27) 1,099.08%
5 years (2018-03-27) 580.30%

Is General Electric Company stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing General Electric Company stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of General Electric Company's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

General Electric Company financials

Revenue TTM $76.6 billion
Operating margin TTM 6.41%
Gross profit TTM $18.5 billion
Return on assets TTM 1.59%
Return on equity TTM 2.36%
Profit margin 0.29%
Book value $33.39
Market capitalisation $97.7 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

General Electric Company's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like General Electric Company.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

General Electric Company's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 48.86

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and General Electric Company's overall score of 48.86 (as at 01/01/2019) is pretty weak – landing it in it in the 97th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like General Electric Company is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

General Electric Company's environmental score

Environmental score: 16.69/100

General Electric Company's environmental score of 16.69 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that General Electric Company is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

General Electric Company's social score

Social score: 22.75/100

General Electric Company's social score of 22.75 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that General Electric Company is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

General Electric Company's governance score

Governance score: 16.42/100

General Electric Company's governance score puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that General Electric Company is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

General Electric Company's controversy score

Controversy score: 3/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. General Electric Company scored a 3 out of 5 for controversy – a middle-of-the-table result reflecting that General Electric Company hasn't always managed to keep its nose clean.

General Electric Company share dividends

10%

Dividend payout ratio: 10.24% of net profits

Recently General Electric Company has paid out, on average, around 10.24% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.36% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), General Electric Company shareholders could enjoy a 0.36% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In General Electric Company's case, that would currently equate to about $0.32 per share.

While General Electric Company's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that General Electric Company is investing more in its future growth.

General Electric Company's most recent dividend payout was on 25 April 2023. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 6 March 2023 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have General Electric Company's shares ever split?

General Electric Company's shares were split on a 1281:1000 basis on 4 January 2023. So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1281 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your General Electric Company shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 21.9% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for General Electric Company shares which in turn could have impacted General Electric Company's share price.

General Electric Company share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, General Electric Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $46.6196 up to $94.94. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

GE.US volatility(beta: 1.19)Avg. volatility(beta: 1.00)LowHigh

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while General Electric Company's is 1.1898. This would suggest that General Electric Company's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

General Electric Company overview

General Electric Company operates as a high-tech industrial company in Europe, China, Asia, the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa. It offers gas and steam turbines, full balance of plant, upgrade, and service solutions, as well as data-leveraging software for power generation, industrial, government, and other customers. The company also provides various solutions for its customers through combining onshore and offshore wind, blade manufacturing, grid solutions, hydro, storage, hybrid renewables, and digital services offerings. In addition, it designs and produces commercial and military aircraft engines, integrated engine components, electric power, and mechanical aircraft systems; and provides aftermarket services. Further, it provides healthcare technologies to developed and emerging markets in medical imaging, digital solutions, patient monitoring and diagnostics, and drug discovery and performance improvement solutions that are the building blocks of precision health to hospitals and medical facilities. Additionally, the company engages in the provision of various financial solutions; and management of run-off insurance operations, which provides life and health insurance and reinsurance products, as well as grid management software. General Electric Company was incorporated in 1892 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

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