PNN vs. UU, DRX, TEP, SVT, YU, HGEN, JEL, GOOD, OPG, and IES
Should you be buying Pennon Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pennon Group include United Utilities Group (UU), Drax Group (DRX), Telecom Plus (TEP), Severn Trent (SVT), Yü Group (YU), HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN), Jersey Electricity (JEL), Good Energy Group (GOOD), OPG Power Ventures (OPG), and Invinity Energy Systems (IES). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Pennon Group (LON:PNN) and United Utilities Group (LON:UU) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, United Utilities Group had 3 more articles in the media than Pennon Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for United Utilities Group and 1 mentions for Pennon Group. United Utilities Group's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Pennon Group's score of 0.56 indicating that United Utilities Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pennon Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. United Utilities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Pennon Group pays out -152,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Utilities Group pays out 26,315.8% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Pennon Group has a beta of 0.28, suggesting that its share price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Utilities Group has a beta of 0.39, suggesting that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pennon Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 840, indicating a potential upside of 38.84%. United Utilities Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,246.67, indicating a potential upside of 26.98%. Given Pennon Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pennon Group is more favorable than United Utilities Group.
Pennon Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than United Utilities Group. Pennon Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Utilities Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United Utilities Group received 1 more outperform votes than Pennon Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.92% of users gave Pennon Group an outperform vote while only 61.64% of users gave United Utilities Group an outperform vote.
Pennon Group has a net margin of -1.05% compared to United Utilities Group's net margin of -1.66%. Pennon Group's return on equity of -0.74% beat United Utilities Group's return on equity.
59.8% of Pennon Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.5% of United Utilities Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Pennon Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of United Utilities Group shares are held 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.
Summary
United Utilities Group beats Pennon Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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