General Electric (GE) Competitors

General Electric (NYSE:GE) and Danaher (NYSE:DHR) are both large-cap transportation companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GE or DHR?

General Electric received 1078 more outperform votes than Danaher when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.40% of users gave General Electric an outperform vote while only 74.45% of users gave Danaher an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
General Electric	Outperform Votes 2133 75.40%	Underperform Votes 696 24.60%
Danaher	Outperform Votes 1055 74.45%	Underperform Votes 362 25.55%

Do analysts rate GE or DHR?

General Electric presently has a consensus target price of $211.31, indicating a potential downside of 0.41%. Danaher has a consensus target price of $278.24, indicating a potential upside of 31.02%. Given Danaher's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Danaher is more favorable than General Electric.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
General Electric	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94
Danaher	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

Is GE or DHR more profitable?

Danaher has a net margin of 16.33% compared to General Electric's net margin of 14.31%. General Electric's return on equity of 22.19% beat Danaher's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
General Electric	14.31%	22.19%	3.66%
Danaher	16.33%	10.82%	6.90%

Does the media refer more to GE or DHR?

In the previous week, Danaher had 8 more articles in the media than General Electric. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Danaher and 40 mentions for General Electric. Danaher's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat General Electric's score of 1.33 indicating that Danaher is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
General Electric	37 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Danaher	38 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, GE or DHR?

General Electric has higher revenue and earnings than Danaher. General Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Danaher, 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
General Electric	$38.70B	5.88	$6.56B	$5.99	35.42
Danaher	$23.88B	6.36	$3.90B	$5.28	40.22

Which has more volatility & risk, GE or DHR?

General Electric has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Danaher has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GE or DHR a better dividend stock?

General Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Danaher pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. General Electric pays out 24.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Danaher pays out 24.2% 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. General Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GE or DHR?

74.8% of General Electric shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of Danaher shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of General Electric shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of Danaher shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

General Electric and Danaher tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.