ABB (ABBNY) Competitors

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

Is GEV or ABBNY more profitable?

ABB has a net margin of 11.90% compared to GE Vernova's net margin of 3.67%. ABB's return on equity of 27.58% beat GE Vernova's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
GE Vernova	3.67%	4.22%	0.85%
ABB	11.90%	27.58%	9.56%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in GEV or ABBNY?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GEV or ABBNY?

ABB received 638 more outperform votes than GE Vernova when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 84.62% of users gave GE Vernova an outperform vote while only 62.66% of users gave ABB an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GE Vernova	Outperform Votes 55 84.62%	Underperform Votes 10 15.38%
ABB	Outperform Votes 693 62.66%	Underperform Votes 413 37.34%

Do analysts rate GEV or ABBNY?

GE Vernova currently has a consensus price target of $270.02, indicating a potential downside of 21.22%. Given GE Vernova's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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)	18 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
ABB	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, GEV or ABBNY?

ABB has lower revenue, but higher earnings than GE Vernova.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
GE Vernova	$33.24B	2.84	-$438M	N/A	N/A
ABB	$32.24B	3.21	$3.75B	$2.09	26.57

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. ABB's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat GE Vernova's score of 0.98 indicating that ABB is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GE Vernova	25 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ABB	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

ABB beats GE Vernova on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.