GE vs PERF vs SSYS Stock Comparison

General Electric, Perfect and Stratasys Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GE General Electric Co
$288.37 -11.9% 1M -5.1% 1Y
Market cap
$308.38B
P/E
33.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$52.58B
Div. yield
0.01%
Commercial Aerospace Industrials
6 wins
PERF Perfect Corp.
$2.00 +4.2% 1M +1.0% 1Y
Market cap
$170.12M
P/E
35.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$71.07M
Div. yield
–
Creative Software Technology
5 wins
SSYS Stratasys Ltd.
$6.97 -15.6% 1M -41.9% 1Y
Market cap
$585.09M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$547.27M
Div. yield
–
3D Printing Industrials

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

General Electric leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (General Electric 6, Perfect 5). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGEPERFSSYSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $308.38B $170.12M $585.09M GE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 33.9x 35.3x -12.8x GE
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 38.0x 28.6x 69.7x PERF
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +19.6% +10.4% -3.1% GE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 17.3% 8.1% -8.4% GE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -38.7% 0.8% — PERF
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.7x -67.9x — PERF
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% — 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -5.1% +1.0% -41.9% PERF
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +34.9%/yr — -25.6%/yr GE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 33.1% 47.8% 47.8% GE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 61/100 38/100 PERF

Percentile Scorecard

GEPERFSSYS

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisGEPERFSSYS
Valuation 33 #67 of 100 82 #6 of 29 35 #132 of 203
Growth 33 #65 of 97 35 #18 of 27 23 #145 of 187
Profitability 60 #39 of 96 36 #17 of 26 14 #160 of 185
Financial Health 18 #86 of 105 90 #4 of 31 80 #45 of 219
Shareholder Returns 83 #12 of 64 – –
Overall 45 61 38
  • GE ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • PERF ranked among 32 companies in Workplace Software
  • SSYS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodGEPERFSSYSSPY
1 month -11.9%+4.2%-15.6% -0.8%
3 months -20.3%+4.2%-13.5% +3.5%
6 months +1.3%+22.0%-19.0% +7.0%
Year to date -6.4%+10.5%-19.7% +12.2%
1 year -5.1%+1.0%-41.9% +13.0%
3 years +239.7%-27.3%-32.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year +50.4%-10.1%-12.1% +23.1%
5 years +345.7%—-77.1% +68.6%
5 years, per year +34.9%—-25.6% +11.0%
10 years +108.4%—-65.0% +258.0%
10 years, per year +7.6%—-10.0% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureGEPERFSSYSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 33.1%47.8%47.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 35.2%47.4%46.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.200.222.22 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.150.02-0.88 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -45.1%-88.2%-83.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -24.3%-4.3%-41.5% -1.8%
52-week high $381.07$2.09$11.91 $779.14
52-week low $273.25$1.30$6.80 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleGEPERFSSYS
P/E now vs peer median 32.8xmedian 26.8x 35.3xmedian 31.9x -12.4xmedian 26.0x
P/S now vs peer median 5.7xmedian 2.9x 2.4xmedian 2.4x 1.1xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -20.2xmedian 15.2x 7.0xmedian 11.5x -11.7xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 37.3xmedian 25.5x 15.6xmedian 14.2x -25.8xmedian 21.4x
P/B now vs peer median 16.8xmedian 2.5x 1.1xmedian 3.0x 0.7xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -114.79median 0.94 1.33median 0.77 -28.49median 1.26

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsGEPERFSSYS
Revenue $52.58B $71.07M $547.27M
Gross profit $18.52B $56.66M $221.15M
Operating income -$16.58B $1.26M -$83.46M
Net income $9.13B $8.43M -$115.18M
Free cash flow $7.99B $10.88M -$23.24M
R&D $1.81B $14.93M $77.20M
EPS (diluted) $8.74 $0.06 $-0.56
Cash & equivalents $8.76B $125.62M $92.53M
Total debt $19.33B $7.81M –
Shares (diluted) 1.04B 101.85M 82.30M
Enterprise value $266.90B -$417.85M -$364.73M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricGEPERFSSYS
P/E 32.8x 35.3x -12.4x
P/FCF 37.3x 15.6x -25.8x
P/Operating cash flow 31.6x 16.2x -131.0x
P/S 5.7x 2.4x 1.1x
P/B 16.8x 1.1x 0.7x
P/Tangible book 21.7x 1.1x 0.8x
EV/EBITDA -20.2x 7.0x -11.7x
EV/EBIT -18.6x 12.6x -4.6x
EV/Revenue 5.9x 0.2x 0.7x
EV/FCF 38.6x 1.5x -16.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 32.7x 1.5x -84.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -114.79 1.33 -28.49

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGEPERFSSYS
Revenue growth (1Y) 19.6% 10.4% -3.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.2% 13.4% -4.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 11.7% 14.5% -12.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 10.9% 12.4% -6.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 13.2% 157.8% -30.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -98.5% 26.4% -9.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 13.2% 37.7% -17.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -3.4% 26.9% -37.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 15.5% -1.4% 59.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -0.3% 26.4% 0.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 21.4% -32.0% -172.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 6.3% – 61.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 20.1% -31.0% -116.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 2.7% – 36.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGEPERFSSYS
Gross margin 35.2% 79.7% 40.4%
EBITDA margin -29.1% 3.2% -6.1%
Operating margin -31.5% 1.8% -15.3%
Pretax margin 20.3% 10.0% -13.1%
Net margin 17.3% 8.1% -8.4%
FCF margin 15.2% 15.3% -4.2%
Operating cash flow margin 17.9% 14.8% -0.8%
Return on equity 51.2% 5.4% -14.0%
Return on assets 7.2% 4.3% -10.9%
Return on invested capital -38.7% 0.8% –
Return on capital employed -19.5% 0.8% -9.3%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.4x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x 1.2x 0.0x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.1% 4.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGEPERFSSYS
Debt / assets 15.2% 4.0% –
Debt / equity 1.1x 0.0x –
Net debt / EBITDA -0.7x -67.9x –
Debt / FCF 2.4x 0.7x –
Liabilities / assets 86.0% 19.4% 22.0%
Equity / assets 14.0% 80.6% 78.0%
Interest coverage -17.9x 66.4x –
Current ratio 1.0x 4.6x 3.5x
Quick ratio 0.6x 4.6x 2.3x
Cash ratio 0.2x 4.4x 1.3x
Altman Z-score 2.63 1.28 -1.02

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGEPERFSSYS
Dividend yield 0.6% – –
Net buyback yield 2.9% – –
Shareholder yield 3.5% – –
Payout ratio (earnings) 19.1% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) 21.8% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 26.6% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 36.5% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusGEPERFSSYS
Forward P/E 38.0xFY2026 28.6xFY2026 69.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.59FY2026 $0.07FY2026 $0.10FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +19.2%FY2026 +40.0%FY2026 -33.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +28.1% +14.3% +100.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $54.10BFY2026 $76.52MFY2026 $582.47MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +27.8%FY2026 +10.7%FY2026 +5.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.8% +8.1% +6.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGEPERFSSYS
Held by institutions 79.4% – 50.8%
Institutions holding 3,441 – 150
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.5% – +7.3%
Institutions buying 1,829 – 79
Institutions selling 1,148 – 29
Buyers to sellers 1.59 – 2.72

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

GEPERFSSYS
GE 1.00 -0.07 0.30
PERF -0.07 1.00 0.03
SSYS 0.30 0.03 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GE, PERF and SSYS?

General Electric (GE) is the largest by market capitalisation: General Electric (GE) $308.38B, Perfect (PERF) $170.12M, Stratasys (SSYS) $585.09M.

Which stock is cheaper, GE, PERF and SSYS?

General Electric (GE) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (General Electric (GE) 33.9x, Perfect (PERF) 35.3x, Stratasys (SSYS) -12.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Perfect (PERF) is cheapest (General Electric (GE) 38.0x, Perfect (PERF) 28.6x, Stratasys (SSYS) 69.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

General Electric (GE) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: General Electric (GE) +19.6%, Perfect (PERF) +10.4%, Stratasys (SSYS) -3.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

General Electric (GE) has the highest net margin (General Electric (GE) 17.3%, Perfect (PERF) 8.1%, Stratasys (SSYS) -8.4%). On return on invested capital, Perfect (PERF) leads (General Electric (GE) -38.7%, Perfect (PERF) 0.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Perfect (PERF) returned the most: General Electric (GE) -5.1%, Perfect (PERF) +1.0%, Stratasys (SSYS) -41.9%. Over five years, General Electric (GE) compounded fastest (General Electric (GE) +34.9%/yr, Stratasys (SSYS) -25.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: General Electric (GE) 0.01%, Stratasys (SSYS) 0.00%. Perfect (PERF) and Stratasys (SSYS) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, General Electric (GE) has been the steadiest (General Electric (GE) 33.1%, Perfect (PERF) 47.8%, Stratasys (SSYS) 47.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GE, PERF and SSYS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, General Electric (GE) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.