Which is more profitable, General Electric or Siemens?

General Electric keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, General Electric or Siemens?

General Electric grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, General Electric or Siemens?

Siemens costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, General Electric or Siemens?

General Electric would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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General Electric vs Siemens stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

General Electric is more profitable, grows faster and has less debt. Siemens is cheaper for its profits.

Side by side

	General Electric	Siemens
	€310 billion	€214 billion
	19.0%	12.2%
	+16.3%	+3.1%
	39.3×	22.2×
	0.7 years	1.9 years
	19.4%	8.5%
	0.4%	1.9%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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