GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE:GEV) Stock Has Consensus Price Target of $1,164.87 According to Analysts

Shares of GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE:GEV) have earned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the thirty-five analysts that are covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, four have given a hold recommendation, twenty-seven have issued a buy recommendation and two have assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price target among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $1,150.87.

GEV has been the topic of a number of research reports. Evercore restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $1,350.00 target price on shares of GE Vernova in a report on Thursday, October 1st. Guggenheim reduced their target price on shares of GE Vernova from $1,450.00 to $1,400.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday. Citigroup lowered their price objective on GE Vernova from $1,125.00 to $1,000.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded shares of GE Vernova from a “buy” rating to a “market outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, September 14th. Finally, Glj Research upped their target price on GE Vernova from $470.00 to $540.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research report on Friday.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On GE Vernova

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new position in shares of GE Vernova during the second quarter valued at approximately $25,569,630,000. Bank of America Corp DE bought a new position in GE Vernova during the second quarter valued at $2,961,612,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp purchased a new stake in GE Vernova in the 2nd quarter worth about $2,497,472,000. Jupiter Topco LLC bought a new stake in shares of GE Vernova in the second quarter valued at approximately $2,371,538,000. Finally, Janus Henderson Group PLC lifted its position in shares of GE Vernova by 4,358.6% during the first quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 1,519,799 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,316,076,000 after acquiring an additional 1,485,712 shares in the last quarter.

Key Stories Impacting GE Vernova

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

• Positive Sentiment: GE Vernova is positioned as a key supplier of power-generation equipment and electrical infrastructure for data centers. The International Energy Agency expects data-center electricity demand to roughly double through 2030, with AI-focused facilities tripling, supporting a long-term growth narrative. Why GE Vernova Stock Crept Higher on Monday
• Positive Sentiment: Recent fundamentals remain strong: third-quarter organic orders increased 96%, and management raised its 2026 guidance. Guggenheim maintained a Buy rating and still sees substantial upside, despite trimming its price target to $1,400 from $1,450. GE Vernova Keeps Sliding Even After Raising Guidance
• Positive Sentiment: Zacks upgraded GEV to a Rank #2, or Buy, reflecting improving expectations for the company’s earnings prospects. What Makes GE Vernova a New Buy Stock
• Neutral Sentiment: Jefferies removed GE Vernova from its preferred-ideas list and selected Nextpower instead, but the move does not represent a change to Jefferies’ earnings forecast. It nevertheless highlights competition for investor attention in the power-equipment sector. GE Vernova Stocks Rise With Jefferies Removal
• Negative Sentiment: Some newly elected politicians could seek to limit data-center development or its electricity demand, creating a potential risk to the company’s data-center-driven growth outlook. Why GE Vernova Stock Crept Higher on Monday
• Negative Sentiment: Analyst sentiment is mixed: Guggenheim reduced its target, while an earlier downgrade weighed on the shares. A separate report cites a $540 target, materially below the recent trading level, although that figure appears inconsistent with the more bullish targets and should be treated cautiously. GE Vernova Stock Falls Following Analyst Downgrade

GE Vernova Stock Up 0.4%

GEV stock opened at $861.60 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a current ratio of 0.83 and a quick ratio of 0.62. GE Vernova has a 1-year low of $530.16 and a 1-year high of $1,195.94. The stock has a market capitalization of $229.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.61, a P/E/G ratio of 3.04 and a beta of 1.14. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $932.95 and a 200-day moving average price of $941.39.

GE Vernova (NYSE:GEV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 28th. The company reported $4.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.03 by $0.78. GE Vernova had a return on equity of 46.50% and a net margin of 23.54%. The business had revenue of $12.64 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.99 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.64 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 26.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts forecast that GE Vernova will post 16.05 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

GE Vernova Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, November 24th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, October 27th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, October 27th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.2%. GE Vernova’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 5.25%.

GE Vernova Company Profile

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.