General Electric Company

SWX:GE Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 173.5b

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General Electric Valuation

Is GE undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of GE when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
CHF 198.35
Fair Value
23.4% undervalued intrinsic discount
17
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: GE (CHF152) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CHF198.35)

Significantly Below Fair Value: GE is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for GE?

Key metric: As GE is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for GE. This is calculated by dividing GE's market cap by their current earnings.
What is GE's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio50.8x
EarningsUS$4.02b
Market CapUS$204.58b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does GE's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for GE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average27.8x
ABBN ABB
27.2x8.9%CHF 95.9b
SCHN Schindler Holding
30.1x6.4%CHF 29.0b
RTX RTX
34.4x12.8%US$164.2b
LMT Lockheed Martin
19.4x7.2%US$103.7b
GE General Electric
50.8x17.1%CHF 204.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: GE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (50.8x) compared to the peer average (36.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does GE's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Aerospace & Defense Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
GE 50.8xIndustry Avg. 23.9xNo. of Companies8PE01632486480+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: GE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (50.8x) compared to the European Aerospace & Defense industry average (25.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is GE's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

GE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio50.8x
Fair PE Ratio43.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: GE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (50.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (43.6x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst GE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentn/a
CHF 167.69
0%
4.8%CHF 182.87CHF 153.10n/a17
Feb ’26n/a
CHF 167.69
0%
4.8%CHF 182.87CHF 153.10n/a17
Jan ’26n/a
CHF 167.69
0%
4.8%CHF 182.87CHF 153.10n/a17
Dec ’25n/a
CHF 167.69
0%
4.8%CHF 182.87CHF 153.10n/a17
Nov ’25n/a
CHF 167.69
0%
4.8%CHF 182.87CHF 153.10n/a17
Oct ’25CHF 152.00
CHF 167.69
+10.3%
4.8%CHF 182.87CHF 153.10n/a17
Sep ’25CHF 146.00
CHF 166.16
+13.8%
5.9%CHF 182.81CHF 144.55n/a16
Aug ’25CHF 150.00
CHF 170.46
+13.6%
6.1%CHF 187.83CHF 148.52n/a15
Jul ’25CHF 142.00
CHF 168.14
+18.4%
6.9%CHF 190.54CHF 150.81n/a16
Jun ’25CHF 147.00
CHF 168.54
+14.7%
5.8%CHF 192.75CHF 152.56n/a16
May ’25CHF 149.00
CHF 164.65
+10.5%
7.7%CHF 192.82CHF 135.25n/a17
Apr ’25CHF 158.00
CHF 156.18
-1.2%
13.6%CHF 189.99CHF 108.57n/a17
Mar ’25CHF 140.00
CHF 139.43
-0.4%
11.9%CHF 163.40CHF 105.99n/a17
Feb ’25CHF 115.00
CHF 124.51
+8.3%
8.4%CHF 143.10CHF 104.07n/a16
Jan ’25CHF 107.00
CHF 117.91
+10.2%
8.5%CHF 133.89CHF 99.34n/a16
Dec ’24CHF 106.00
CHF 118.92
+12.2%
7.7%CHF 136.17CHF 104.40n/a16
Nov ’24CHF 97.00
CHF 118.92
+22.6%
7.7%CHF 136.17CHF 104.40n/a16
Oct ’24CHF 102.00
CHF 117.77
+15.5%
7.2%CHF 129.85CHF 101.30CHF 152.0016
Sep ’24CHF 100.00
CHF 112.62
+12.6%
6.8%CHF 123.71CHF 97.20CHF 146.0016
Aug ’24CHF 98.00
CHF 108.03
+10.2%
8.9%CHF 122.10CHF 86.86CHF 150.0017
Jul ’24CHF 88.00
CHF 98.67
+12.1%
8.7%CHF 112.10CHF 80.71CHF 142.0019
Jun ’24CHF 88.00
CHF 98.54
+12.0%
7.3%CHF 110.22CHF 81.98CHF 147.0020
May ’24CHF 85.00
CHF 95.70
+12.6%
7.0%CHF 107.30CHF 82.18CHF 149.0018
Apr ’24CHF 72.00
CHF 90.73
+26.0%
6.3%CHF 103.37CHF 82.33CHF 158.0019
Mar ’24CHF 73.00
CHF 82.31
+12.8%
12.4%CHF 94.18CHF 47.09CHF 140.0019
Feb ’24CHF 61.50
CHF 78.48
+27.6%
11.5%CHF 88.80CHF 45.77CHF 115.0019
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 17 Analysts
CHF 158.84
Fair Value
4.3% undervalued intrinsic discount
17
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/09/24 09:41
End of Day Share Price 2024/09/24 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

General Electric Company is covered by 40 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John EadeArgus Research Company
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
David StraussBarclays