UU vs. SVT, PNN, CNA, DRX, SSE, TEP, YU, HGEN, JEL, and GOOD
Should you be buying United Utilities Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Utilities Group include Severn Trent (SVT), Pennon Group (PNN), Centrica (CNA), Drax Group (DRX), SSE (SSE), Telecom Plus (TEP), Yü Group (YU), HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN), Jersey Electricity (JEL), and Good Energy Group (GOOD). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
United Utilities Group (LON:UU) and Severn Trent (LON:SVT) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
67.3% of United Utilities Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.7% of Severn Trent shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of United Utilities Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Severn Trent shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Severn Trent has higher revenue and earnings than United Utilities Group. United Utilities Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Severn Trent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United Utilities Group has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Severn Trent has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Severn Trent has a net margin of 4.63% compared to United Utilities Group's net margin of -1.66%. Severn Trent's return on equity of 10.14% beat United Utilities Group's return on equity.
United Utilities Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,246.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.52%. Severn Trent has a consensus price target of GBX 2,940, indicating a potential upside of 11.15%. Given United Utilities Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe United Utilities Group is more favorable than Severn Trent.
United Utilities Group received 91 more outperform votes than Severn Trent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.59% of users gave United Utilities Group an outperform vote while only 52.44% of users gave Severn Trent an outperform vote.
In the previous week, United Utilities Group had 10 more articles in the media than Severn Trent. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for United Utilities Group and 2 mentions for Severn Trent. United Utilities Group's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Severn Trent's score of -0.08 indicating that United Utilities Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
United Utilities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 47 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Severn Trent pays an annual dividend of GBX 111 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. United Utilities Group pays out -94,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Severn Trent pays out 26,428.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. United Utilities Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Severn Trent beats United Utilities Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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