PNN vs. SVT, UU, DRX, GLO, TEP, YU, IES, HGEN, AMPH, and JEL
Should you be buying Pennon Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pennon Group include Severn Trent (SVT), United Utilities Group (UU), Drax Group (DRX), ContourGlobal (GLO), Telecom Plus (TEP), Yü Group (YU), Invinity Energy Systems (IES), HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN), Aggregated Micro Power (AMPH), and Jersey Electricity (JEL). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Severn Trent (LON:SVT) and Pennon Group (LON:PNN) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
Severn Trent has higher revenue and earnings than Pennon Group. Pennon 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.
Severn Trent currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,962.50, indicating a potential upside of 22.52%. Pennon Group has a consensus price target of GBX 855, indicating a potential upside of 45.16%. Given Severn Trent's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pennon Group is more favorable than Severn Trent.
Severn Trent has a net margin of 6.00% compared to Severn Trent's net margin of -1.05%. Pennon Group's return on equity of 10.00% beat Severn Trent's return on equity.
75.4% of Severn Trent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.8% of Pennon Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Severn Trent shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Pennon Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Severn Trent has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pennon Group has a beta of 0.28, meaning that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Severn Trent pays an annual dividend of GBX 117 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Pennon Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.4%. Severn Trent pays out 22,941.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pennon Group pays out -152,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pennon Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Pennon Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Severn Trent'saverage media sentiment score.
Pennon Group received 91 more outperform votes than Severn Trent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.92% of users gave Pennon Group an outperform vote while only 52.44% of users gave Severn Trent an outperform vote.
Summary
Severn Trent beats Pennon Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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