SSE vs. CNA, SVT, UU, NG, TEP, YU, DRX, PNN, HGEN, and JEL
Should you be buying SSE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SSE include Centrica (CNA), Severn Trent (SVT), United Utilities Group (UU), National Grid (NG), Telecom Plus (TEP), Yü Group (YU), Drax Group (DRX), Pennon Group (PNN), HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN), and Jersey Electricity (JEL). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
SSE (LON:SSE) and Centrica (LON:CNA) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
SSE pays an annual dividend of GBX 88 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Centrica pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. SSE pays out 16,603.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Centrica pays out 579.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
SSE has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centrica has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Centrica has a net margin of 14.85% compared to SSE's net margin of 4.96%. Centrica's return on equity of 146.56% beat SSE's return on equity.
Centrica received 447 more outperform votes than SSE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.95% of users gave Centrica an outperform vote while only 56.89% of users gave SSE an outperform vote.
SSE currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,043.75, indicating a potential upside of 16.92%. Centrica has a consensus price target of GBX 156, indicating a potential upside of 10.91%. Given SSE's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SSE is more favorable than Centrica.
In the previous week, SSE had 7 more articles in the media than Centrica. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for SSE and 6 mentions for Centrica. SSE's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Centrica's score of 0.40 indicating that SSE is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Centrica has higher revenue and earnings than SSE. Centrica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SSE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
68.7% of SSE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.6% of Centrica shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of SSE shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Centrica shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Centrica beats SSE on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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