Shares of General Electric Company have moved -1.7% today, and are now trading at a price of $72.14. In contrast, the S&P 500 index saw a 1.2% change and the Dow Industrial Average posted a 1.8% performance. Today's trading volume is 5,239,643 compared to the stock's average volume of 6,301,479.
General Electric Company operates as a high-tech industrial company in Europe, China, Asia, the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa. Based in Boston, the company has 168,000 full time employees and a market cap of $79,099,633,664. General Electric Company currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 0.4% per year.
The company is now trading -14.96% away from its average analyst target price of $84.82 per share. The 17 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $72 to $105, and on average give General Electric Company a rating of buy.
Over the last year, GE shares have gone down by -31.7%, which represents a difference of -14.7% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $116.17 per share and its 52 week low is $59.93. Based on General Electric Company's average gross margin growth of 4.7% over the last four years, its core business remains strong and the stock price may recover in the long term.
If you would like a free fundamental analysis of General Electric Company and other stocks that interest you, subscribe to our free newsletter!