PNN vs. UU, SVT, DRX, TEP, CNA, YU, HGEN, JEL, IES, and GOOD
Should you be buying Pennon Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pennon Group include United Utilities Group (UU), Severn Trent (SVT), Drax Group (DRX), Telecom Plus (TEP), Centrica (CNA), Yü Group (YU), HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN), Jersey Electricity (JEL), Invinity Energy Systems (IES), and Good Energy Group (GOOD). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
United Utilities Group (LON:UU) and Pennon Group (LON:PNN) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.
66.7% of United Utilities Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.8% of Pennon Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of United Utilities Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Pennon Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
United Utilities Group and Pennon Group both received 456 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 62.04% of users gave Pennon Group an outperform vote while only 61.54% of users gave United Utilities Group an outperform vote.
Pennon Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than United Utilities Group. United Utilities Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pennon Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United Utilities Group has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pennon Group has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.
United Utilities Group has a net margin of -1.66% compared to United Utilities Group's net margin of -2.05%. Pennon Group's return on equity of -1.18% beat United Utilities Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Pennon Group had 2 more articles in the media than United Utilities Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Pennon Group and 1 mentions for United Utilities Group. United Utilities Group's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Pennon Group's score of 0.21 indicating that Pennon Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
United Utilities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 47 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Pennon Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. United Utilities Group pays out -94,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pennon Group pays out -73,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
United Utilities Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,246.67, suggesting a potential upside of 20.04%. Pennon Group has a consensus price target of GBX 950, suggesting a potential upside of 42.75%. Given United Utilities Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pennon Group is more favorable than United Utilities Group.
Summary
Pennon Group beats United Utilities Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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