Caxton Associates LLP Increases Position in GE Vernova Inc. $GEV

Caxton Associates LLP increased its position in shares of GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE:GEV) by 110.2% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 7,107 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,726 shares during the period. Caxton Associates LLP’s holdings in GE Vernova were worth $6,204,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Auto Owners Insurance Co grew its position in shares of GE Vernova by 110,973.4% in the 4th quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 34,858,156 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,278,224,000 after buying an additional 34,826,773 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in GE Vernova by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 25,023,625 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,354,691,000 after acquiring an additional 208,162 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its stake in GE Vernova by 2.1% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 11,469,670 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,496,232,000 after acquiring an additional 231,392 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of GE Vernova by 1.1% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 6,249,193 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,074,039,000 after purchasing an additional 68,894 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley grew its holdings in shares of GE Vernova by 12.8% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 6,054,474 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,957,024,000 after purchasing an additional 685,466 shares during the last quarter.

GE Vernova News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting GE Vernova this week:

• Positive Sentiment: JPMorgan raised its price target on GE Vernova to $1,330 and kept an overweight rating, citing meaningful upside from current levels. Benzinga
• Positive Sentiment: Morgan Stanley boosted its target to $1,350 and reaffirmed an overweight view, while TD Cowen also lifted its target and maintained a buy rating. Benzinga
• Positive Sentiment: Q2 results showed strong revenue growth, record orders, and a backlog above $176 billion, reinforcing demand tied to power generation, electrification, and AI data-center infrastructure. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: The company raised full-year revenue guidance and margin expectations, suggesting management sees continued momentum despite the earnings miss. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Industry coverage highlighted GE Vernova as a key beneficiary of AI-related grid and power demand, which supports the growth narrative but does not change near-term fundamentals by itself. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: The stock sold off after Q2 because investors focused on the earnings miss, tariff risk, and weak wind profitability rather than the stronger topline and backlog growth. Article Title

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Victor Abate sold 4,819 shares of GE Vernova stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $948.08, for a total transaction of $4,568,797.52. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 1,835 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,739,726.80. This trade represents a 72.42% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Matthew Joseph Potvin sold 2,333 shares of GE Vernova stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $1,059.09, for a total transaction of $2,470,856.97. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 3,549 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,758,710.41. This trade represents a 39.66% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. 0.21% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

GEV has been the subject of a number of research reports. Argus set a $1,300.00 price objective on GE Vernova in a report on Monday, April 27th. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $1,328.00 price target on shares of GE Vernova in a report on Friday, April 24th. Wall Street Zen upgraded GE Vernova from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, July 12th. BNP Paribas Exane downgraded GE Vernova from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $1,190.00 target price on the stock. in a research note on Monday, April 27th. Finally, Barclays upped their price target on GE Vernova from $993.00 to $1,250.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 23rd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-three have assigned a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $1,124.12.

GE Vernova Stock Performance

NYSE GEV opened at $1,032.16 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $1,035.16 and a 200 day moving average price of $921.40. The company has a market capitalization of $277.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.54, a PEG ratio of 3.63 and a beta of 1.09. GE Vernova Inc. has a 1-year low of $530.16 and a 1-year high of $1,195.94. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21, a current ratio of 0.85 and a quick ratio of 0.65.

GE Vernova (NYSE:GEV) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The company reported $2.47 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.17 by ($0.70). The firm had revenue of $11.10 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $10.79 billion. GE Vernova had a net margin of 23.03% and a return on equity of 42.42%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 21.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.86 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that GE Vernova Inc. will post 15.07 EPS for the current fiscal year.

GE Vernova Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 14th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 16th were paid a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, June 16th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.2%. GE Vernova’s dividend payout ratio is presently 5.83%.

GE Vernova Profile

GE Vernova is the energy-focused company formed from the energy businesses of General Electric and operates as a publicly listed entity on the NYSE under the ticker GEV. It is organized to design, manufacture and service equipment and systems used across the power generation and energy transition value chain, bringing together legacy capabilities in conventional power, renewables and grid technologies under a single corporate platform.

The company’s offerings span large-scale power-generation equipment such as gas and steam turbines and associated generators and controls, as well as renewable energy technologies including onshore and offshore wind platforms and hydro solutions.