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Profile - General Electric Company (NYSE:GE)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
July 25Dividend payment of $0.16
Location
3135 Easton Turnpike
Fairfield, CT 06431
Phone: (203) 373-2211
Fax: (203) 373-3131
Employees (last reported count): 313,000
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 1%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 2 insider buys; 12.0K shares
 · 5 insider sells; 397.0K shares
  (0.4% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 51% (52% of float)
(3,286 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 5.00M shares
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
General Electric Company (GE) is a diversified industrial company engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing a wide variety of products for the generation, transmission, distribution, control and utilization of electricity. GE's products include major appliances, lighting products, industrial automation products, medical diagnostic imaging equipment, motors, electrical distribution and control equipment, locomotives; power generation and delivery products, nuclear power support services and fuel assemblies, commercial and military aircraft jet engines and engineered materials such as plastics, silicones and super-abrasive industrial diamonds. Through its affiliate, the National Broadcasting Company, Inc., GE delivers network television services, operates television stations and provides cable, Internet and multimedia programming and distribution services. Through another affiliate, General Electric Capital Services, Inc., GE offers a broad array of financial and other services.
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Financial Summary
GE is a diversified industrial corporation whose products include appliances, lighting products, aircraft engines and plastics. GE also provides television, cable, internet, distribution, engineering and financial services. For six months ended 6/30/01, net sales fell 1% to $62.47 billion. Earnings before acct. change rose 16% to $6.91 billion. Results reflect the impact of the U.S. economic slowdown, offset by profits from Power and Medical Systems and Aircraft Engines.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

John Welch, Jr., Ph.D., 65
Chairman, CEO
$16.8M$57.1M
Jeffrey Immelt, 45
Pres, Chairman-Elect,
3.6M6.4M
Dennis Dammerman, 55
Vice Chairman
5.2M8.4M
Gary Rogers, 56
Vice Chairman
--  --  
Robert Wright, 57
Vice Chairman
5.0M12.3M
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:GEAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 22-Mar-2001
$36.42 
Recent Price$40.98 
52-Week High
on 11-Sep-2000
$60.063
Beta1.19 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)20.6M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)14.5M
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change-29.9%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
-6.0%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$407.1B
Shares Outstanding9.93B
Float9.84B
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$0.64 
Dividend Yield1.56%
Last Split: 3 for 1 on 8-May-2000
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$5.26 
Earnings (ttm)$1.36 
Earnings (mrq)$0.39 
Sales (ttm)$12.88 
Cash (mrq)$0.81 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)7.79 
Price/Earnings (ttm)30.09 
Price/Sales (ttm)3.18 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$129.5B
EBITDA (ttm)$26.8B
Income available to common (ttm)$13.7B
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)10.6%
Operating Margin (ttm)15.1%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)3.14%
Return on Equity (ttm)27.65%
Financial Strength
Current RatioN/A 
Debt/Equity (mrq)3.84 
Total Cash (mrq)$8.00B
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short35.3M
Percent of Float0.4%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
38.9M
Short Ratio1.85 
Daily Volume19.1M
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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