Debt-to-Equity Ratio

With a Debt-to-Equity Ratio of 1.12x, GE has $1.12 in debt for every $1.00 of shareholder equity — a measure of how much the company relies on borrowed money versus its own funds.

This ratio sits above the sector median of 0.74x, placing GE in the 67th percentile among its peers, meaning it carries more leverage than two-thirds of comparable companies. Because the year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter changes are both listed as N/A, and no data for the last eight quarters is available, no trend direction can be discerned from these figures. The combination of an elevated debt level relative to peers, with no trend information to show improvement or deterioration, suggests a neutral-to-cautious risk profile — existing debt is higher than average, but without trend context, the direction of risk is unclear. This metric supports the overall NEUTRAL verdict: the higher leverage does not flag an immediate red flag, but it also offers no signal of improvement to tilt the view toward bullish or bearish.

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