GE Vernova (GEV) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GEV or ABBNY?

1.1% of ABB shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of GE Vernova shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of ABB shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, GEV or ABBNY?

GE Vernova has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ABB has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor GEV or ABBNY?

In the previous week, GE Vernova had 71 more articles in the media than ABB. MarketBeat recorded 76 mentions for GE Vernova and 5 mentions for ABB. GE Vernova's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat ABB's score of 0.33 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	47 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ABB	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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 0.2%. ABB pays an annual dividend of $0.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. GE Vernova pays out 14.4% 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.

Do analysts rate GEV or ABBNY?

GE Vernova presently has a consensus target price of $468.88, suggesting a potential downside of 19.12%. Given GE Vernova's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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)	20 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
ABB	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has higher valuation & earnings, 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	4.53	$1.55B	$6.94	83.53
ABB	$32.85B	3.63	$3.94B	$2.23	28.71

Is GEV or ABBNY more profitable?

ABB has a net margin of 11.98% compared to GE Vernova's net margin of 5.42%. 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	5.42%	10.10%	2.04%
ABB	11.98%	27.54%	9.76%

Summary

GE Vernova beats ABB on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.