General Electric Company

NYSE:GE Stock Report

Market Cap: US$161.9b

General Electric Valuation

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

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • 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.

Below Fair Value: GE ($148.06) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($241.15)

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?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

GE key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue2.4x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA21x
PEG Ratio-5.8x

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 Average28.9x
RTX RTX
42.2x16.8%US$134.8b
LMT Lockheed Martin
16.1x0.3%US$111.6b
GD General Dynamics
23.8x9.2%US$79.1b
NOC Northrop Grumman
33.3x15.3%US$68.5b
GE General Electric
18.5x-3.2%US$161.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: GE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.5x) compared to the peer average (28.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a10.4%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: GE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.5x) compared to the US Aerospace & Defense industry average (30.2x).


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 Ratio18.5x
Fair PE Ratio26x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: GE is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26x).


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
CurrentUS$148.06
US$167.44
+13.1%
10.8%US$191.00US$120.43n/a16
Apr ’25US$175.36
US$172.62
-1.6%
13.6%US$210.00US$120.00n/a17
Mar ’25US$158.65
US$157.86
-0.5%
11.9%US$185.00US$120.00n/a17
Feb ’25US$135.41
US$143.56
+6.0%
8.4%US$165.00US$120.00n/a16
Jan ’25US$127.63
US$136.50
+6.9%
8.5%US$155.00US$115.00n/a16
Dec ’24US$122.50
US$131.00
+6.9%
7.7%US$150.00US$115.00n/a16
Nov ’24US$107.25
US$131.00
+22.1%
7.7%US$150.00US$115.00n/a16
Oct ’24US$110.55
US$127.89
+15.7%
7.2%US$141.00US$110.00n/a16
Sep ’24US$114.24
US$127.45
+11.6%
6.8%US$140.00US$110.00n/a16
Aug ’24US$113.22
US$123.87
+9.4%
8.9%US$140.00US$99.60n/a17
Jul ’24US$109.85
US$110.03
+0.2%
8.7%US$125.00US$90.00n/a19
Jun ’24US$104.67
US$108.18
+3.4%
7.3%US$121.00US$90.00n/a20
May ’24US$101.18
US$107.03
+5.8%
7.0%US$120.00US$91.90n/a18
Apr ’24US$95.60
US$99.18
+3.7%
6.3%US$113.00US$90.00US$175.3619
Mar ’24US$84.14
US$87.39
+3.9%
12.4%US$100.00US$50.00US$158.6519
Feb ’24US$82.32
US$85.73
+4.1%
11.5%US$97.00US$50.00US$135.4119
Jan ’24US$83.79
US$93.63
+11.7%
14.8%US$122.00US$58.00US$127.6319
Dec ’23US$85.26
US$90.61
+6.3%
15.7%US$122.00US$58.00US$122.5018
Nov ’23US$78.21
US$88.53
+13.2%
14.9%US$122.00US$58.00US$107.2519
Oct ’23US$61.91
US$88.95
+43.7%
16.4%US$122.00US$50.00US$110.5519
Sep ’23US$73.08
US$89.37
+22.3%
16.5%US$122.00US$50.00US$114.2419
Aug ’23US$75.80
US$90.00
+18.7%
17.5%US$122.00US$50.00US$113.2218
Jul ’23US$63.54
US$100.39
+58.0%
19.2%US$129.00US$55.00US$109.8518
Jun ’23US$77.52
US$102.53
+32.3%
17.2%US$129.00US$55.00US$104.6719
May ’23US$74.55
US$107.22
+43.8%
15.8%US$129.00US$55.00US$101.1818
Apr ’23US$92.49
US$114.86
+24.2%
15.4%US$133.00US$55.00US$95.6018

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


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