LON:DRX

Drax Group (DRX) Share Price, News & Analysis

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GBX 626.50 -4.00 (-0.63%)
As of 11:48 AM Eastern

About Drax Group Stock (LON:DRX)

Key Stats

Today's Range
626.50
635
50-Day Range
605.05
669
52-Week Range
407.40
692
Volume
726,117 shs
Average Volume
1.42 million shs
Market Capitalization
£2.30 billion
P/E Ratio
3.72
Dividend Yield
3.83%
Price Target
GBX 819.75
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

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.

Drax Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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80th Percentile Overall Score

DRX MarketRank™: 

Drax Group scored higher than 80% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Drax Group has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Drax Group has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Drax Group's stock forecast and price target.
  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Drax Group is 3.72, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.39.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Drax Group is 3.72, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 13.24.

  • 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 1.11. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for DRX.
  • 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%.

  • Read more about Drax Group's dividend.
  • Short Interest

    There is no current short interest data available for DRX.
  • News Sentiment

    Drax Group has a news sentiment score of 0.42. 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 0.54 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Drax Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    Only 1 people have searched for DRX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    1 people have added Drax Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Drax Group insiders have not sold or bought any 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.

  • Read more about Drax Group's insider trading history.
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DRX Stock News Headlines

Citigroup Reiterates Sell Rating for Drax Group (LON:DRX)
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DRX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Drax Group's stock was trading at GBX 648 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, DRX stock has decreased by 3.3% and is now trading at GBX 626.50.
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Drax Group plc (LON:DRX) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 27th. The company reported $0.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.50 by $0.80. The company had revenue of $3.69 billion for the quarter. Drax Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 31.63% and a net margin of 9.42%.

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.

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
2/27/2018
Today
2/17/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Sector
Utilities
Industry
Utilities - Renewable
Sub-Industry
N/A
CIK
N/A
Fax
N/A
Employees
3,551
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
GBX 819.75
High Stock Price Target
GBX 1,100
Low Stock Price Target
GBX 529
Potential Upside/Downside
+30.8%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.50
Research Coverage
4 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
£621.39 million
Pretax Margin
N/A

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
£6.60 billion
Cash Flow
GBX 73.27 per share
Book Value
GBX 563.29 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
N/A
Market Cap
£2.30 billion
Optionable
Not Optionable
Beta
1.22
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This page (LON:DRX) was last updated on 2/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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