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GE - GE Aerospace
Price:
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CONSENSUS:
Buy
DETAILS
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PRICE TARGET:
$381.00
DETAILS
HIGH:
$425.00
LOW:
$355.00
MEDIAN:
$377.00
CONSENSUS:
$381.00
UPSIDE:
25.81%
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Price Targets
RBC Capital on GE Aerospace (GE): 'Defense outlook a net positive'
$355.00
(was $285.28)
Ken Herbert
·
RBC Capital
GE Aerospace price target lowered to $365 from $375 at Jefferies
$365.00
(was $284.60)
Jefferies
GE Aerospace initiated with an Overweight at Morgan Stanley
$425.00
(was $334.74)
Morgan Stanley
GE Aerospace price target raised to $387 from $375 at Deutsche Bank
$387.00
(was $293.43)
Deutsche Bank
GE Aerospace price target raised to $374 from $368 at UBS
$374.00
(was $295.00)
UBS
GE Aerospace price target raised to $380 from $350 at Susquehanna
$380.00
(was $322.68)
Susquehanna
GE Aerospace price target raised to $368 from $366 at UBS
$368.00
(was $323.25)
UBS
GE Aerospace (GE) PT Raised to $366 at UBS: Expected to Keep Beating and Raising
$366.00
(was $306.63)
Gavin Parsons
·
UBS
GE Aerospace price target raised to $350 from $315 at Deutsche Bank
$350.00
(was $301.74)
Deutsche Bank
GE Aerospace price target raised to $275 from $220 at RBC Capital
$275.00
(was $248.87)
Ken Herbert
·
RBC Capital
GE Aerospace price target raised to $250 from $210 at Argus
$250.00
(was $204.11)
John Eade
·
Argus Research
GE Aerospace (GE) PT Lowered to $200 at RBC Capital
$200.00
(was $176.66)
Ken Herbert
·
RBC Capital
GE Aerospace (GE) PT Raised to $210 at Wells Fargo
$210.00
(was $176.66)
Matthew Akers
·
Wells Fargo
GE Aerospace (GE) PT Raised to $230 at UBS
$230.00
(was $176.66)
Chris Snyder
·
UBS
GE Aerospace (GE) PT Raised to $225 at Bernstein SocGen Group
$225.00
(was $191.16)
Brendan Luecke
·
Bernstein
Bernstein starts GE Aerospace with Outpeform on aviation position
$201.00
(was $165.35)
Douglas Harned
·
Bernstein
GE Aerospace price target raised to $209 from $195 at Deutsche Bank
$209.00
(was $161.92)
Scott Deuschle
·
Deutsche Bank
GE Aerospace (GE) PT Raised to $201 at UBS
$201.00
(was $160.81)
Chris Snyder
·
UBS
CFRA Upgrades GE Aerospace (GE) to Buy
$181.00
(was $160.81)
Stewart Glickman
·
CFRA
GE Aerospace (GE) PT Raised to $170 at Argus
$170.00
(was $156.61)
John Eade
·
Argus Research