GE Aerospace (GE)
General Electric Company, doing business as GE Aerospace, designs and produces commercial and defense aircraft engines, integrated engine components, electric power, and aircraft systems.
Scored against other Industrials stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
GE Aerospace is right in the middle: the good and the not-so-good roughly cancel out.
- What's working
- It's been growing faster than most other industrial companies over the past year.
- Worth watching
- Its price is high compared with other industrial companies, given its sales and profits.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 21 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About GE Aerospace
General Electric Company, doing business as GE Aerospace, designs and produces commercial and defense aircraft engines, integrated engine components, electric power, and aircraft systems. The company operates through two segments, Commercial Engines & Services, and Defense & Propulsion Technologies…
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Employees
- 57,000
- Headquarters
- Evendale, OH
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 37.0 — lower than 12% of Industrials peers
P/B 18.5 — lower than 12% of Industrials peers
P/S 6.4 — lower than 4% of Industrials peers
EV/EBITDA 29.3 — lower than 0% of Industrials peers
EV/Revenue 6.6 — lower than 12% of Industrials peers
PEG 4.0 — lower than 4% of Industrials peers
FCF yield 2.0% — higher than 15% of Industrials peers
Profitability & quality
Gross margin 31.1% — higher than 58% of Industrials peers
Operating margin 20.6% — higher than 69% of Industrials peers
Net margin 17.7% — higher than 81% of Industrials peers
ROE 48.2% — higher than 80% of Industrials peers
ROA 5.1% — higher than 38% of Industrials peers
Free cash flow is 74% of reported net income
Financial health
Debt/equity 1.1 — lower than 48% of Industrials peers
Current ratio 0.98 — higher than 31% of Industrials peers
Quick ratio 0.63 — higher than 23% of Industrials peers
Cash/debt 0.49 — higher than 88% of Industrials peers
Debt/EBITDA 1.76 — lower than 80% of Industrials peers
Growth
Revenue growth 21.1% YoY — higher than 92% of Industrials peers
Earnings growth 19.4% YoY — higher than 64% of Industrials peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 19.6% — atypical vs Industrials peers
Net insider buying, +0.7% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -13.0% of shares held
Insiders hold 0.3% of shares outstanding
1.1% of float sold short
Momentum
Below its 50- & 200-day averages
37% of the way from its 52-week low to high