ABB (ABBNY) Competitors

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

Is GEV or ABBNY a better dividend stock?

GE Vernova pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. ABB pays an annual dividend of $0.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. GE Vernova pays out 18.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ABB pays out 27.8% 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 GEV or ABBNY?

In the previous week, GE Vernova had 45 more articles in the media than ABB. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for GE Vernova and 1 mentions for ABB. GE Vernova's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat ABB's score of 0.36 indicating that GE Vernova is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GE Vernova	39 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ABB	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, GEV or ABBNY?

ABB has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
GE Vernova	$34.94B	2.65	$1.55B	$5.56	60.42
ABB	$32.85B	3.19	$3.94B	$2.12	26.60

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GEV or ABBNY?

ABB received 602 more outperform votes than GE Vernova when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 85.85% of users gave GE Vernova an outperform vote while only 62.60% of users gave ABB an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GE Vernova	Outperform Votes 91 85.85%	Underperform Votes 15 14.15%
ABB	Outperform Votes 693 62.60%	Underperform Votes 414 37.40%

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

1.1% of ABB shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.9% of ABB shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate GEV or ABBNY?

GE Vernova currently has a consensus target price of $348.72, suggesting a potential upside of 3.81%. Given GE Vernova's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe GE Vernova is more favorable than ABB.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GE Vernova	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	22 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91
ABB	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Is GEV or ABBNY 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
GE Vernova	4.44%	6.70%	1.39%
ABB	11.98%	27.54%	9.76%

Summary

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