ABB (ABBNY) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate ABBNY or GEV?

GE Vernova has a consensus price target of $314.35, suggesting a potential downside of 8.26%. Given GE Vernova's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe GE Vernova is more favorable than ABB.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ABB	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
GE Vernova	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79

Is ABBNY or GEV a better dividend stock?

ABB pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. 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.

Does the media refer more to ABBNY or GEV?

In the previous week, GE Vernova had 13 more articles in the media than ABB. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for GE Vernova and 3 mentions for ABB. GE Vernova's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat ABB's score of 0.56 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GE Vernova	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ABBNY or GEV 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
ABB	11.90%	27.58%	9.56%
GE Vernova	3.67%	4.22%	0.85%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ABBNY or GEV?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ABBNY or GEV?

ABB received 622 more outperform votes than GE Vernova when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 86.59% of users gave GE Vernova an outperform vote while only 62.66% of users gave ABB an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ABB	Outperform Votes 693 62.66%	Underperform Votes 413 37.34%
GE Vernova	Outperform Votes 71 86.59%	Underperform Votes 11 13.41%

Which has better earnings and valuation, ABBNY or GEV?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ABB	$32.24B	3.16	$3.75B	$2.09	26.17
GE Vernova	$34.42B	2.74	-$438M	N/A	N/A

Summary

ABB and GE Vernova tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.