General Electric Co. [NYSE: GE] traded at a low on Tuesday, posting a -1.96 loss after which it closed the day’ session at $157.86. The company report on February 29, 2024 at 4:51 PM that GE Board of Directors Approves Spin-Off of GE Vernova; GE Vernova and GE Aerospace to Launch April 2, 2024.
Board sets spin-off date for GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV) of April 2, 2024, pre-market.
Shareholders of record on March 19, 2024, will receive one share of GE Vernova for every four shares of GE owned.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 6328761 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of General Electric Co. stands at 2.10% while the volatility over the past one month is 1.61%.
The market cap for GE stock reached $171.80 billion, with 1.09 billion shares outstanding and 1.08 billion shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 5.09M shares, GE reached a trading volume of 6328761 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about General Electric Co. [GE]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for GE shares is $162.54 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on GE stock is a recommendation set at 1.74. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
RBC Capital Mkts have made an estimate for General Electric Co. shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Outperform, with their previous recommendation back on December 18, 2023. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Wells Fargo raised their target price from $115 to $144. The new note on the price target was released on December 15, 2023, representing the official price target for General Electric Co. stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $140, while Wolfe Research analysts kept a Outperform rating on GE stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for General Electric Co. is set at 2.68, with the Price to Sales ratio for GE stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 2.53. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 6.28, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 20.83. Price to Free Cash Flow for GE in the course of the last twelve months was 47.94 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.85.
How has GE stock performed recently?
General Electric Co. [GE] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 2.51. With this latest performance, GE shares gained by 15.61% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 38.18% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 82.75% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for GE stock in for the last two-week period is set at 76.88, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 73.72, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 77.04 for General Electric Co. [GE]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 137.34, while it was recorded at 158.00 for the last single week of trading, and 118.27 for the last 200 days.
General Electric Co. [GE]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
General Electric Co.’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.85 and a Current Ratio set at 1.18.
Earnings analysis for General Electric Co. [GE]
With the latest financial reports released by the company, General Electric Co. posted 0.27/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 0.14/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company surpassed the estimates by a Surprise Factor of 92.90%. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for GE. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for General Electric Co. go to 37.60%.
Insider trade positions for General Electric Co. [GE]
The top three institutional holders of GE stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.3 billion shares, which is approximately 8.2815%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.03 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $176.59 billion in GE stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $156.75 billion in GE stock with ownership which is approximately 5.8325%.
