PNN vs. UU, SVT, DRX, TEP, CNA, YU, HGEN, JEL, GOOD, and OPG
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), Good Energy Group (GOOD), and OPG Power Ventures (OPG). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Pennon Group (LON:PNN) and United Utilities Group (LON:UU) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
Pennon Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 840, suggesting a potential upside of 16.67%. United Utilities Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,246.67, suggesting a potential upside of 12.52%. Given Pennon Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Pennon Group is more favorable than United Utilities Group.
Pennon Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 44 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. United Utilities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 47 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Pennon Group pays out -73,333.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Utilities Group pays out -94,000.0% 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.
Pennon Group has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Utilities Group has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, United Utilities Group had 10 more articles in the media than Pennon Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for United Utilities Group and 2 mentions for Pennon Group. United Utilities Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Pennon Group's score of 0.30 indicating that United Utilities Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pennon Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 net margin of -1.66% compared to Pennon Group's net margin of -2.05%. United Utilities Group's return on equity of -1.18% beat Pennon Group's return on equity.
61.9% of Pennon Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.3% of United Utilities Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Pennon Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of United Utilities Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Pennon Group and United Utilities Group both received 457 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 61.92% of users gave Pennon Group an outperform vote while only 61.59% of users gave United Utilities Group an outperform vote.
Summary
United Utilities Group beats Pennon Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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