GE Vernova (GEV) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor ABBNY or GEV?

In the previous week, GE Vernova had 62 more articles in the media than ABB. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for GE Vernova and 0 mentions for ABB. GE Vernova's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat ABB's score of 0.00 indicating that GE Vernova is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
ABB	Neutral
GE Vernova	Positive

Do analysts prefer ABBNY or GEV?

GE Vernova has a consensus target price of $321.35, indicating a potential downside of 20.03%. 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	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67
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 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%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, 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	3.19	$3.75B	$2.09	26.43
GE Vernova	$33.24B	3.33	-$438M	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ABBNY or GEV?

ABB received 618 more outperform votes than GE Vernova when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.21% of users gave GE Vernova an outperform vote while only 62.60% of users gave ABB an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ABB	Outperform Votes 693 62.60%	Underperform Votes 414 37.40%
GE Vernova	Outperform Votes 75 87.21%	Underperform Votes 11 12.79%

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 0.2%. ABB pays out 27.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Summary

GE Vernova beats ABB on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.