GE vs STKH vs AER Stock Comparison

General Electric, Steakholder Foods and AerCap Holdings Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
GE General Electric Co
$301.37 -5.3% 1M -2.7% 1Y
Market cap
$316.17B
P/E
34.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$52.58B
Div. yield
0.01%
Commercial Aerospace Industrials
5 wins
AER AerCap Holdings N.V.
$155.44 +6.1% 1M +28.5% 1Y
Market cap
$27.13B
P/E
8.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.07B
Div. yield
0.01%
Commercial Aerospace Industrials
7 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

AerCap Holdings leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (AerCap Holdings 7, General Electric 5). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGESTKHAERLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $316.17B $43.44K $27.13B GE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 34.7x — 8.7x AER
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 39.7x — 8.7x AER
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +19.6% — +8.7% GE
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 17.3% — 34.5% AER
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital -38.7% — 7.0% AER
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.7x — 5.8x GE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.01% GE
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -2.7% -89.5% +28.5% AER
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +35.8%/yr -83.4%/yr +21.4%/yr GE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 33.2% 225.6% 27.1% AER
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 — 65/100 AER

Percentile Scorecard

GESTKHAER

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

AxisGESTKHAER
Valuation 32 #68 of 100 – 96 #5 of 100
Growth 33 #65 of 97 – 42 #57 of 97
Profitability 57 #42 of 96 – 88 #12 of 96
Financial Health 18 #86 of 105 75 #55 of 217 6 #99 of 105
Shareholder Returns 84 #11 of 65 – 92 #6 of 65
Overall 45 – 65
  • GE ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • STKH ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • AER ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodGESTKHAERSPY
1 month -5.3%-76.7%+6.1% +0.9%
3 months -14.1%-86.0%+4.6% +5.9%
6 months +6.3%-79.5%+12.5% +8.5%
Year to date -2.2%-83.5%+8.1% +13.3%
1 year -2.7%-89.5%+28.5% +12.4%
3 years +255.1%-99.9%+161.5% +88.1%
3 years, per year +52.6%-88.9%+37.8% +23.5%
5 years +361.2%-100.0%+163.3% +68.2%
5 years, per year +35.8%-83.4%+21.4% +11.0%
10 years +115.2%—+279.2% +263.4%
10 years, per year +8.0%—+14.3% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureGESTKHAERSPY
Volatility, 1Y 33.2%225.6%27.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 35.3%172.3%25.8% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.221.640.98 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.08-0.401.05 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -45.1%-100.0%-45.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -20.9%-91.2%0.0% -0.9%
52-week high $381.07$4.30$155.44 $779.14
52-week low $273.25$0.38$121.00 $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.

MultipleGESTKHAER
P/E now vs peer median 34.3xmedian 26.4x —median 25.4x 8.6xmedian 26.4x
P/S now vs peer median 5.9xmedian 3.0x —median 1.9x 2.9xmedian 3.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -21.0xmedian 14.5x —median 14.3x 9.5xmedian 14.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 39.0xmedian 26.1x —median 21.8x 8.6xmedian 26.1x
P/B now vs peer median 17.5xmedian 2.5x 0.0xmedian 2.2x 1.4xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median -119.97median 0.90 —median 1.41 0.45median 0.90

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 monthsGESTKHAER
Revenue $52.58B – $9.07B
Gross profit $18.52B – –
Operating income -$16.58B – –
Net income $9.13B – $3.13B
Free cash flow $7.99B – $3.00B
R&D $1.81B – –
EPS (diluted) $8.74 – $17.75
Cash & equivalents $8.76B $1.06M $2.53B
Total debt $19.33B – $43.27B
Shares (diluted) 1.04B 124.02K 176.12M
Enterprise value $274.68B -$6.85M $20.05B

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
MetricGESTKHAER
P/E 34.3x – 8.6x
P/FCF 39.0x – 8.6x
P/Operating cash flow 33.0x – 4.4x
P/S 5.9x – 2.9x
P/B 17.5x 0.0x 1.4x
P/Tangible book 22.7x 0.0x 1.4x
EV/EBITDA -21.0x – 9.5x
EV/EBIT -19.4x – 15.6x
EV/Revenue 6.1x – 7.4x
EV/FCF 40.3x – 22.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 34.2x – 11.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -119.97 – 0.45

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGESTKHAER
Revenue growth (1Y) 19.6% – 8.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.2% – 6.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 11.7% – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 10.9% – –
Operating income growth (1Y) 13.2% – –
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -98.5% – –
Net income growth (1Y) 13.2% – -17.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -3.4% – 7.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 15.5% – -8.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -0.3% – 19.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 21.4% – 8.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 6.3% – 3.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 20.1% – 417.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 2.7% – 3.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGESTKHAER
Gross margin 35.2% – –
EBITDA margin -29.1% – 77.4%
Operating margin -31.5% – –
Pretax margin 20.3% – 26.4%
Net margin 17.3% – 34.5%
FCF margin 15.2% – 33.1%
Operating cash flow margin 17.9% – 65.5%
Return on equity 51.2% – 16.9%
Return on assets 7.2% – 4.4%
Return on invested capital -38.7% – 7.0%
Return on capital employed -19.5% – –
Asset turnover 0.4x – 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.0x – 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue – – 1.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGESTKHAER
Debt / assets 15.2% – 60.0%
Debt / equity 1.1x – 2.3x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.7x – 5.8x
Debt / FCF 2.4x – 14.4x
Liabilities / assets 86.0% 27.9% 74.2%
Equity / assets 14.0% 72.1% 25.8%
Interest coverage -17.9x – 2.3x
Current ratio 1.0x 1.8x –
Quick ratio 0.6x 1.2x –
Cash ratio 0.2x 1.2x –
Altman Z-score 2.70 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGESTKHAER
Dividend yield 0.6% – 0.9%
Net buyback yield 2.7% – –
Shareholder yield 3.3% – 0.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) 19.1% – 4.7%
Payout ratio (FCF) 21.8% – 4.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) 26.6% – 68.0%
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.

ConsensusGESTKHAER
Forward P/E 39.7xFY2026 – 8.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.59FY2026 $-550.39FY2026 $17.95FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +19.2%FY2026 – +16.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +28.1% – +4.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $54.10BFY2026 $57.45MFY2025 $9.14BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +27.8%FY2026 +574,390.0%FY2025 +7.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.8% -42.2% -1.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGESTKHAER
Held by institutions 79.4% – 78.7%
Institutions holding 3,443 – 689
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.5% – -5.5%
Institutions buying 1,830 – 360
Institutions selling 1,149 – 237
Buyers to sellers 1.59 – 1.52

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.

GESTKHAER
GE 1.00 0.05 0.54
STKH 0.05 1.00 0.07
AER 0.54 0.07 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GE, STKH and AER?

General Electric (GE) is the largest by market capitalisation: General Electric (GE) $316.17B, Steakholder Foods (STKH) $43.44K, AerCap Holdings (AER) $27.13B.

Which stock is cheaper, GE, STKH and AER?

AerCap Holdings (AER) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (General Electric (GE) 34.7x, AerCap Holdings (AER) 8.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, AerCap Holdings (AER) is cheapest (General Electric (GE) 39.7x, AerCap Holdings (AER) 8.7x). 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%, AerCap Holdings (AER) +8.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

AerCap Holdings (AER) has the highest net margin (General Electric (GE) 17.3%, AerCap Holdings (AER) 34.5%). On return on invested capital, AerCap Holdings (AER) leads (General Electric (GE) -38.7%, AerCap Holdings (AER) 7.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year AerCap Holdings (AER) returned the most: General Electric (GE) -2.7%, Steakholder Foods (STKH) -89.5%, AerCap Holdings (AER) +28.5%. Over five years, General Electric (GE) compounded fastest (General Electric (GE) +35.8%/yr, Steakholder Foods (STKH) -83.4%/yr, AerCap Holdings (AER) +21.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

General Electric (GE) has the highest dividend yield: General Electric (GE) 0.01%, Steakholder Foods (STKH) 0.00%, AerCap Holdings (AER) 0.01%. Steakholder Foods (STKH) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, AerCap Holdings (AER) has been the steadiest (General Electric (GE) 33.2%, Steakholder Foods (STKH) 225.6%, AerCap Holdings (AER) 27.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GE, STKH and AER?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, AerCap Holdings (AER) leads on 7. 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.