Drax Group (DRX) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Drax Group plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in renewable power generation in the United Kingdom. It operates through three segments: Pellet Production, Generation, and Customers. The Pellet Production segment produces and sells biomass pellets. The Generation segment provides renewable, dispatchable power, and system support services to the electricity grid. The Customers segment supplies electricity and gas to non-domestic customers. The company owns and operates Drax Power Station located in Selby, North Yorkshire; Cruachan Power Station, a pumped storage hydro station, with an installed capacity of 440 megawatts (MW) located in Argyll and Bute; and Lanark and Galloway hydro-electric power stations with an installed capacity of 126 MW located in southwest Scotland. It also owns and operates Daldowie fuel plant that processes sludge, a plant that converts it into dry low-odour fuel pellets. In addition, the company manufactures and sells compressed wood pellets; and supplies renewable electricity. Drax Group plc was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Selby, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 696.50 to 711.50
• 50-Day Range: 605.50 to 705.26
• 52-Week Range: 524 to 713.50
• Volume: 1.37 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.26 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £2.59 billion
• P/E Ratio: 4.18
• Dividend Yield: 3.40%
• Price Target: GBX 759.67
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Drax Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Drax Group scored higher than 46% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Drax Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Drax Group has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Drax Group is 4.18, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.16.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Drax Group is 4.18, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 16.42.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Drax Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.10. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Drax Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.25. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for DRX.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Drax Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.82%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Drax Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Drax Group is 14.24%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for DRX.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.53

News Sentiment

Drax Group has a news sentiment score of 0.53. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.72 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Drax Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Drax Group insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought GBX 0 in company stock and sold £990,000 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.67% of the stock of Drax Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

70.87% of the stock of Drax Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

DRX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have DRX shares performed this year?

Drax Group's stock was trading at GBX 648 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, DRX stock has increased by 8.8% and is now trading at GBX 705.26.

How were Drax Group's earnings last quarter?

Drax Group plc (LON:DRX) announced its earnings results on Thursday, February, 27th. The company reported $128.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Drax Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 31.63% and a net margin of 9.42%.
Read the conference call transcript.

How do I buy shares of Drax Group?

Shares of DRX stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of Drax Group own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Drax Group investors own include 32Red (TTR), Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), SSE (SSE), Unilever (ULVR), BAE Systems (BA), Babcock International Group (BAB) and Centrica (CNA).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/27/2025
• Record date for 5/16 Dividend: 4/24/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 5/16 Dividend: 4/24/2025
• Dividend Payable: 5/16/2025
• Today: 7/09/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Utilities - Renewable
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:DRX
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.drax.com
• Phone: +44-1757-618381
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,551
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Drax Group: GBX 759.67
• High Price Target: GBX 1,000
• Low Price Target: GBX 529
• Potential Upside/Downside: +7.7%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 168.58
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 4.18
• Forward P/E Ratio: 7.24
• P/E Growth: 0.1
• Net Income: £621.39 million
• Net Margins: 9.42%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 31.63%
• Return on Assets: 11.44%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 64.11
• Current Ratio: 1.26
• Quick Ratio: 0.32

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £6.60 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.39
• Cash Flow: GBX 82.48 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.55
• Book Value: GBX 563.29 per share
• Price / Book: 1.25

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 366,864,856
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £2.59 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.22