ABB (ABBNY) Competitors

ABB (NYSE:ABBNY) and GE Vernova (NYSE:GEV) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ABBNY or GEV?

ABB has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GE Vernova. ABB is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GE Vernova, 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
ABB	$32.85B	2.88	$3.94B	$2.12	24.00
GE Vernova	$34.94B	2.58	$1.55B	$5.56	59.33

Is ABBNY or GEV a better dividend stock?

ABB pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. GE Vernova pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. ABB pays out 27.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GE Vernova pays out 18.0% 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.

Does the media refer more to ABBNY or GEV?

In the previous week, GE Vernova had 26 more articles in the media than ABB. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for GE Vernova and 6 mentions for ABB. GE Vernova's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat ABB's score of 0.67 indicating that GE Vernova is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ABB	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GE Vernova	16 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend ABBNY or GEV?

GE Vernova has a consensus price target of $343.66, indicating a potential upside of 4.17%. Given GE Vernova's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GE Vernova is more favorable than ABB.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ABB	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
GE Vernova	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	23 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91

Is ABBNY or GEV more profitable?

ABB has a net margin of 11.98% compared to GE Vernova's net margin of 4.44%. ABB's return on equity of 27.54% beat GE Vernova's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ABB	11.98%	27.54%	9.76%
GE Vernova	4.44%	6.70%	1.39%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ABBNY or GEV?

ABB received 600 more outperform votes than GE Vernova when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.82% of users gave GE Vernova an outperform vote while only 62.67% of users gave ABB an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ABB	Outperform Votes 695 62.67%	Underperform Votes 414 37.33%
GE Vernova	Outperform Votes 95 84.82%	Underperform Votes 17 15.18%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ABBNY or GEV?

1.1% of ABB shares are held by institutional investors. 4.9% of ABB shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

GE Vernova beats ABB on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.