Quote this valuation with its source: Fair value, Potential value and the price at analysis.
FAQ
GEV — frequently asked questions
Is GE Vernova Inc. overvalued?
In our latest published analysis dated 2026-09-08, GEV looks meaningfully overvalued. The price recorded at analysis is USD 942 versus our fair value of USD 410; the high endpoint is presented separately as potential value of USD 496. That implies roughly 56.5% downside to fair value at that date.
Our latest published report, analyzed 2026-09-08, gives GEV a fair value of USD 410 and a potential value of USD 496. The conclusion is triangulated across multiple valuation models and weighted by reliability for GE Vernova Inc.'s archetype; it is a dated research output, not a live price.
Should I buy GEV now?
Our latest published rating for GEV, analyzed 2026-09-08, is Sell. GE Vernova Inc. looks meaningfully overvalued at the analysis-date price of USD 942 versus fair value of USD 410; potential value is USD 496. This is research for educational purposes, not personalized investment advice.
What are the biggest risks for GEV?
The dedicated bear-case section in our report analyzed 2026-09-08 documents GE Vernova Inc.'s material risks, evidence, thresholds, and thesis-invalidation conditions. Scenario-specific explanations remain in that section so the report does not repeat or decontextualize them elsewhere.
What is GEV's rating?
Our latest published rating for GEV, analyzed 2026-09-08, is Sell, with a published moat assessment of 1/10 (None). It reflects our fair value of USD 410, the potential value of USD 496, and the price recorded at analysis (USD 942).
Delivering the FY2026-FY2027 revenue runway while preserving cash-backed profit could extend growth beyond the Base-case fade.
สิ่งที่จะเปลี่ยนมุมมองของเรา
Provider-adjusted normalized net margin remains below 9% by FY2028.
Sell. Ordinary investors should avoid new exposure and reduce existing holdings because the report-date price stands well above our Fair value and Potential value.
The report was prepared at $941.95 on 2026-09-04. Fair value is $410.01 and Potential value is $495.63 as of 2026-09-08, implying -56.47% to Fair value.1
The main risk is normalized net margin below 9% by FY2028. Weaker pricing or mix would reduce earnings and operating cash, while a lower would deepen the loss.
The clearest upside is delivery of the FY2026-FY2027 revenue runway with durable cash-backed profit. That would raise the future earnings base, but it would not by itself justify the report-date price.
Cycle upside
The demand-led upside is continued revenue acceleration through FY2027, followed by a controlled fade rather than an abrupt slowdown.
Evidence-backed thesis
Sell because the accepted operating upside does not support the report-date valuation.
Cycle upside
The demand-led upside is continued revenue acceleration through FY2027, followed by a controlled fade rather than an abrupt slowdown.
ข้อแนะนำของบริษัท
Sell because the accepted operating upside does not support the report-date valuation.
ภาพรวมบริษัท
products and services that generate, transfer, orchestrate, convert, and store electricity. GE Vernova Inc. designs, manufacture, deliver, and service The commitments primarily consist of obligations to make investments by its Financial Services business. See Note 21 for further
Its Electrification segment includes grid solutions and power conversion & storage, which the company collectivelies refer to as •Its Electrification segment includes grid solutions, power conversion, electrification software, and solar and storage solutions
§2 กรณีลบEN
The harshest coherent path combines weaker normalized margins with a peer-like valuation. Lower earnings and a lower price paid per earnings dollar reinforce each other.
Revenue falls short of the FY2027 runway, normalized profit weakens, or investors apply a peer-like valuation.
Lower sales growth reduces the earnings base, while weaker pricing or mix cuts profit per sales dollar. Paying less for future earnings compounds the decline.
วิธีที่ธีสิสนี้อาจล้มเหลว
Profit conversion breaks
If provider-adjusted normalized net margin remains below 9% by FY2028, weaker pricing or mix and normalized taxes reduce earnings and operating cash.
FV impact
0%
Operating margin 3 points lower throughout
Trigger
Within 28 months
Valuation premium unwinds
If the terminal P/E falls below 18.944x, investors pay less for each dollar of future earnings. Capital loss can follow even while profit remains positive.
The moat is not established. Near-term growth, improving profit, and peer margins do not demonstrate switching costs, installed-base lock-in, protected pricing, or service advantages.
PH and EMR test higher-margin economics, ETN tests growth, and CMI tests lower-margin economics. Their different profiles make the set a valuation and operating cross-check, not proof of customer alternatives.
กำไรเชิงเศรษฐกิจ
FY2025 net income and stronger cash backing show improved economics. These are business outcomes, not evidence of a structural moat.2
1/ 10
None
ภัยคุกคามที่รู้ต่อความได้เปรียบ
ภัยคุกคาม
ความรุนแรง
ไทม์ไลน์
การบรรเทา
Competitors win projects or force price concessions, slowing revenue and weakening profit per sales dollar.
high
Through FY2027 and the following growth fade.
Require FY2027 revenue growth above 9.4% without weaker margin conversion or materially higher reinvestment.
The highlighted cell is Fair value when every assumption sits at its base level ($410.01). Each row and column shows what Fair value becomes when one assumption moves.
Free cash flow to the firm stays positive in the first projected year at $442.3M after modeled capex of $1.3B, with terminal value at 60.4% of enterprise value. A sudden drop in free cash flow is not projected unless capital spending relative to revenue, reinvestment, or gross margin resets materially.
The FY2026-FY2027 revenue runway is delivered, then growth fades toward a mature rate.
This path preserves the operating recovery but does not assume protected pricing or an extended period of rapid growth. A sustained shortfall against the FY2027 outlook would disconfirm it.
Post-FY2027 growth fades more slowly than the Base-case path, while profit conversion remains durable and reinvestment does not rise materially.
Evidence would be continued estimate delivery, cash-backed profit and new demand visibility beyond FY2027. Weaker normalized margins or higher reinvestment would disconfirm this path.
§7 ต้นไม้การตัดสินใจผลประกอบการEN
ดีกว่าคาด
Maintain the current stance; do not chase a quarterly beat.
ทริกเกอร์: Revenue and profit conversion exceed the prior outlook without materially greater reinvestment.
A beat matters only if revenue, normalized profit and operating cash improve together.
ตามคาด
Keep reducing exposure if results merely meet expectations.
ทริกเกอร์: Revenue follows the annual forecast, but profit per sales dollar and operating cash generated for each dollar of reported profit do not improve. That leaves the Sell stance unchanged.
Meeting the near-term outlook does not resolve the report-date valuation premium.
ต่ำกว่าคาด
Accelerate the reduction and avoid new exposure.
ทริกเกอร์: Revenue, normalized profit and operating cash weaken together.
A broad miss would shorten the growth runway and reduce future earnings.
คุณภาพกำไร
FY2025 operating cash slightly exceeded reported profit. This supports earnings backed by cash, but it does not prove that profit margins will remain durable.
The shift from FY2021 cash losses to FY2025 cash-backed profit improves business quality. Durability depends on margin normalization and continued conversion of reported profit into operating cash.1
การจัดสรรทุน
Diluted average shares were 274 million in FY2023, 278 million in FY2024 and 276 million in FY2025. Dilution was not one-directional, so share count requires continued tracking.
GE Vernova Inc. (GEV) trades at 38.2x forward earnings against a peer median of 22.8x. Its EV/EBITDA of 61.9x compares with a peer median of 19.7x. The comparison uses 4 peers: Parker-Hannifin Corporation, Eaton Corporation plc, Emerson Electric Co. and Cummins Inc., as of 2026-09-08.
§10 อุตสาหกรรมและวัฏจักรEN
ระยะของวัฏจักร
Contraction
The machinery benchmark showed capital spending at 4.1% of revenue and 0.68x depreciation as of 2026-09-01.
วัฏจักรขาขึ้น
The demand-led upside is continued revenue acceleration through FY2027, followed by a controlled fade rather than an abrupt slowdown.
วัฏจักรขาลง
The cycle weakens if demand conversion slows while competitors preserve stronger margins. That would pressure both project share and pricing.
แนวโน้มระยะยาว
แนวโน้ม
ผลกระทบ
หมายเหตุ
Geographic demand breadth
positive
Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa, and the Americas outside the United States were material FY2025 revenue sources.
Growth maturation
neutral
The accepted path expects the near-term surge to fade toward mature growth after FY2027.
การวางตำแหน่ง
FY2025 revenue came from the United States and four disclosed international regions. This shows demand breadth, but not regional margins or supply-chain exposure.3
§11 การจัดการสถานะEN
การกำหนดขนาด
No new allocation. The report-date price exceeds both Fair value and Potential value, while execution must remain strong to sustain the premium.1
ความเสี่ยง
Continue to avoid new exposure while the price is outside our fair-value range. Sell remaining exposure if FY2027 revenue growth falls below 8% or FY2028 normalized net margin stays below 9%.
ทรานช์เข้าซื้อ
ระดับ
การกระทำ
เหตุผล
Share price above Potential value.
Avoid new exposure and reduce existing exposure.
Even the favorable end of the accepted range remains below the report-date price.
Financial statementsData as of 2021-12-31 · Published 2026-09-08 · GAAP · cited for 1 figuresCited in ประวัติการเงิน
Not every cited input appears here: internal calculations and intermediate model outputs have no external record, and some citations could not be matched to one.
Poor cash backing would indicate that reported profit is not translating into funds available for reinvestment, distributions, or balance-sheet support.
ปัจจุบัน:FY2025 operating cash was $1.02 for each $1 of reported profit.
แจ้งเตือนหากBelow $0.80 for each $1 of reported profit for two fiscal years.
A decline in Europe’s attributed revenue would reduce that region’s contribution to consolidated sales. The effect on total growth would depend on performance in other geographies.
Project EPS through the explicit advantage period, fade growth as competition catches up, and discount the full stream at cost of equity.
Limitation: Terminal value is 71.3% of this model's value, above the 60% level at which the methodology flags concentration; the value leans on the years beyond the explicit forecast.