Stocks · Industrials · Industrial - Machinery

GE Vernova Inc. GEV

$988.70 +0.13% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $263.32B

Strong growthStrong trend

Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $34.83, up 739.3% year over year.
  2. The shares trade at 28.4× trailing earnings, lower than 89% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
  3. Over the past year the stock returned +63.1%, ahead of the S&P 500 by 48.0 percentage points.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth94Exceptional

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 33%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 1%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 5%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 33%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 37%
Quality58Neutral

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 44%
  • Gross marginBottom 30%
  • Operating marginBottom 38%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 49%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Top 35%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 9%
Value52Neutral

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 36%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 34%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 28%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 13%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 17%
Momentum84Strong

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 16%
  • 6-month returnTop 41%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 12%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 32%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 10%
Revisions72Positive

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 16%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 21%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 48%
Stability63Neutral

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 42%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 29%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 33%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 9%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)10.2%13.0%↑
EPS growth (YoY)393.1%739.3%↑
Gross margin18.0%20.2%↑
Operating margin1.9%4.4%↑
FCF margin7.4%30.1%↑

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)13.0%10.2%↑Top 33%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)739.3%393.1%↑Top 1%
Gross margin20.2%18.0%↑Bottom 30%
Operating margin4.4%1.9%↑Bottom 38%
Net margin23.0%3.2%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin30.1%7.4%↑—
Return on invested capital6.9%—Top 44%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR8.7%—Top 33%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.48×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-5.7%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+12.5 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
-1.06×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
0.16%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
2.05%
Shareholder yield
2.21%
Share count change, 1 year
-2.2%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
-0.3%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 22, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
0
Beats in the last 8 reports
5 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+100.0%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+3.5%
Positive 20 days after report
5 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$1,272.36
Target vs current price
+28.7%
Analysts with a rating
29
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
76%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 22, 2026-22.1%-8.7%-12.6%-6.9%—
Apr 22, 2026+794.4%+13.7%+9.8%+2.1%+6.7%
Jan 28, 2026+357.0%+2.7%+12.6%+26.5%+65.9%
Oct 22, 2025-4.7%-1.6%-2.5%-5.2%+16.4%
Jul 23, 2025+25.7%+14.6%+15.2%+9.9%+12.2%
Apr 23, 2025+94.2%+3.1%+13.8%+38.0%+76.2%
Jan 22, 2025-24.1%+2.7%-14.6%-9.8%-21.1%
Oct 23, 2024+82.7%+1.3%+8.1%+23.0%+50.5%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 22, 2026$2.47$3.17-22.1%$11.10B
Apr 22, 2026$17.44$1.95+794.4%$9.34B
Jan 28, 2026$13.39$2.93+357.0%$10.96B
Oct 22, 2025$1.64$1.72-4.7%$9.97B
Jul 23, 2025$1.86$1.48+25.7%$9.11B
Apr 23, 2025$0.91$0.47+94.2%$8.04B
Jan 22, 2025$1.73$2.28-24.1%$10.56B
Oct 23, 2024$0.35$0.19+82.7%$8.91B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)28.4×48.4×11thTop 36%
P/E (forward)32.4×———
EV / EBITDA29.3×——Bottom 28%
EV / Sales6.14×——Bottom 13%
Free-cash-flow yield4.72%——Top 34%
Earnings yield3.52%——Top 36%

P/E over the past five years

Range 28.3× – 151.6× since Jun 30, 2024. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+63.1%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+739.3%
Change in P/E multiple
-81.3%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✓ Price above 20-day average
  • ✓ Price above 50-day average
  • ✓ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✓ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
2
Days above the 200-day average
13
50-day average slope (20 days)
-5.2%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+3.8%
Distance from 50-day average
+2.5%
Distance from 200-day average
+7.8%
RSI (14)
57.8
Relative volume
1.02×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
49.3%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
43th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
1.32
Correlation with S&P 500
0.44
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-15.8%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-38.3%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Jan 23, 2025Mar 10, 2025-38.3%31 days49 days (May 19, 2025)
Jun 30, 2026Sep 14, 2026-25.5%52 daysNot yet recovered
Apr 23, 2026Jun 10, 2026-24.6%33 days13 days (Jun 30, 2026)
Aug 6, 2025Nov 4, 2025-17.5%63 days25 days (Dec 10, 2025)
Dec 10, 2025Dec 17, 2025-15.0%5 days29 days (Jan 30, 2026)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$263.32B
P/E (TTM)
28.4
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$34.83
Revenue (TTM)
$41.37B
Dividend yield
0.23%
52-week range
$530.16 – $1,195.94
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$33.01B$29.65B$33.24B$34.94B$38.07B
Gross profit$4.95B$3.46B$4.82B$6.31B$7.54B
Operating income-$884.0M-$2.88B-$923.0M$787.0M$1.39B
Net income-$633.0M-$2.74B-$438.0M$1.55B$4.88B
EPS (diluted)-$2.33-$10.06-$1.61$5.58$17.69
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$8.91B$10.56B$8.04B$9.11B$9.97B$10.96B$9.34B$11.10B
Net income-$96.0M$484.0M$254.0M$514.0M$452.0M$3.66B$4.75B$668.0M
EPS (diluted)-$0.35$1.73$0.91$1.86$1.64$13.28$17.44$2.47
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow-$1.66B-$114.0M$1.19B$2.58B$4.99B
Capital expenditure-$577.0M-$513.0M-$744.0M-$883.0M-$1.28B
Free cash flow-$2.24B-$627.0M$442.0M$1.70B$3.71B
Dividends paid$0$0$0$0-$275.0M
Net share buybacks$0$0$0$0-$3.32B

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$13.12B
Total assets
$80.80B
Total liabilities
$67.69B
Total debt
$3.96B
Net debt
-$9.16B
Shareholders’ equity
$11.96B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 22, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Oct 27, 2026$0.50Nov 24, 2026
Jun 16, 2026$0.50Jul 14, 2026
Mar 17, 2026$0.50Apr 14, 2026
Jan 5, 2026$0.50Feb 2, 2026
Oct 20, 2025$0.25Nov 17, 2025
Jul 21, 2025$0.25Aug 18, 2025
Apr 17, 2025$0.25May 16, 2025
Dec 20, 2024$0.25Jan 28, 2025

Short interest

Shares sold short
8,757,218
Days to cover
4.57
Change vs previous report
-0.1%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.