GE Vernova (NYSE:GEV) Stock Price Down 7.3% – Here’s What Happened

GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE:GEV) shares were down 7.3% on Thursday. The stock traded as low as $750.00 and last traded at $772.4230. Approximately 7,558,130 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 176% from the average daily volume of 2,738,694 shares. The stock had previously closed at $832.83.

Trending Headlines about GE Vernova

Here are the key news stories impacting GE Vernova this week:

• Positive Sentiment: GE Vernova’s backlog and order growth support its longer-term earnings potential, while its HA turbines could generate additional high-margin services revenue. Prediction: GE Vernova Will Make Investors a Lot Richer by 2030
• Positive Sentiment: The company’s planned $9 billion purchase of Trench Group highlights its push into grid equipment, which could benefit from sustained electricity demand and infrastructure upgrades. GE Vernova Is Paying $9 Billion for Trench Group
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst signals are mixed: Bernstein reiterated a Buy rating and Argus was reported as maintaining a Buy, while other coverage cited a pessimistic Argus forecast and a reduction in Guggenheim’s expectations. Argus Research rating Argus forecast Guggenheim expectations
• Negative Sentiment: Investors may be questioning whether AI-related power demand and spending will hold up. Barron’s cautioned against buying the selloff too quickly, while reports described a sharp decline in data-center-related stocks. Cat and GE Vernova Got Slashed GE Vernova plunges as data-center-related stocks are crushed

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. BMO Capital Markets restated an “outperform” rating and set a $1,200.00 price target on shares of GE Vernova in a research note on Thursday, October 29th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of GE Vernova from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, July 25th. Argus reduced their price objective on shares of GE Vernova from $1,300.00 to $1,100.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $1,298.00 target price on shares of GE Vernova in a report on Wednesday, October 28th. Finally, Mizuho increased their target price on GE Vernova from $913.00 to $949.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, July 24th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have given a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $1,144.20.

GE Vernova Stock Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of $204.44 billion, a PE ratio of 20.27, a P/E/G ratio of 3.10 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a current ratio of 0.83 and a quick ratio of 0.62. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $930.57 and its 200-day moving average price is $943.71.

GE Vernova (NYSE:GEV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 28th. The company reported $4.81 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.03 by $0.78. The company had revenue of $12.64 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.99 billion. GE Vernova had a net margin of 23.54% and a return on equity of 46.50%. GE Vernova’s revenue was up 26.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.64 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts expect that GE Vernova Inc. will post 16.13 EPS for the current year.

GE Vernova Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 24th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, October 27th will be issued a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, October 27th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%. GE Vernova’s dividend payout ratio is presently 5.25%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On GE Vernova

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in GEV. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new stake in GE Vernova in the 2nd quarter worth $25,569,630,000. State Street Corp increased its stake in GE Vernova by 3.3% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 11,765,340 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,828,380,000 after acquiring an additional 370,842 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE purchased a new stake in GE Vernova during the second quarter valued at $2,961,612,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp purchased a new stake in shares of GE Vernova during the 2nd quarter valued at about $2,497,472,000. Finally, Jupiter Topco LLC purchased a new stake in GE Vernova during the second quarter valued at approximately $2,371,538,000.

About GE Vernova

GE Vernova Inc (NYSE: GEV) is an energy technology company focused on helping generate, transmit, store and deliver electricity. The company serves utilities, power producers, grid operators, commercial and industrial customers, and other energy-sector participants worldwide.

Its business is organized around three primary areas: Power, Wind and Electrification. Power provides technologies and services for gas and steam power generation, hydropower, nuclear power and other energy systems.