NG vs. NG.L, JEL, KSK, PPG, SSE, CNA, SVT, UU, DRX, and PNN
Should you be buying National Grid stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Grid include National Grid (NG.L), Jersey Electricity (JEL), KSK Power Ventur plc (KSK.L) (KSK), Plutus PowerGen (PPG), SSE (SSE), Centrica (CNA), Severn Trent (SVT), United Utilities Group (UU), Drax Group (DRX), and Pennon Group (PNN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
National Grid (LON:NG.L) and National Grid (LON:NG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
National Grid has a net margin of 11.54% compared to National Grid's net margin of 0.00%. National Grid's return on equity of 7.46% beat National Grid's return on equity.
National Grid has higher revenue and earnings than National Grid. National Grid is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Grid, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
National Grid pays an annual dividend of GBX 49 per share. National Grid pays an annual dividend of GBX 59 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. National Grid pays out 115.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. National Grid pays out 9,833.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
National Grid received 11 more outperform votes than National Grid when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.11% of users gave National Grid an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave National Grid an outperform vote.
56.8% of National Grid shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of National Grid shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
National Grid has a consensus target price of GBX 1,251.67, suggesting a potential upside of 40.73%.
In the previous week, National Grid had 23 more articles in the media than National Grid. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for National Grid and 5 mentions for National Grid. National Grid's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat National Grid's score of 0.34 indicating that National Grid is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
National Grid beats National Grid on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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