LON:DRX Drax Group (DRX) Share Price, News & Analysis GBX 626.50 -4.00 (-0.63%) As of 11:48 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider Trades About Drax Group Stock (LON:DRX) 30 days 90 days 365 days Advanced Chart View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart Get Drax Group alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range 626.50▼ 63550-Day Range 605.05▼ 66952-Week Range 407.40▼ 692Volume726,117 shsAverage Volume1.42 million shsMarket Capitalization£2.30 billionP/E Ratio3.72Dividend Yield3.83%Price TargetGBX 819.75Consensus RatingModerate Buy Company OverviewDrax 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.Read More… Drax Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks80th Percentile Overall ScoreDRX 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. Analyst's Opinion3.3 / 5Analyst RatingModerate Buy Consensus RatingDrax 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 CoverageDrax 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. Earnings and Valuation2.5 / 5Proj. Earnings GrowthN/A Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe 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. SectorThe 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 RatioDrax 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 RatioDrax 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 InterestN/AShort Interest LevelN/A Short InterestThere is no current short interest data available for DRX. Dividend2.5 / 5Dividend StrengthModerate Dividend LeadershipDrax 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 GrowthDrax Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe 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. Sustainability and ESGN/AEnvironmental ScoreN/A Short InterestThere is no current short interest data available for DRX. News and Social Media2.5 / 5News Sentiment0.42 News SentimentDrax 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 WeekMarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Drax Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.Search InterestOnly 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 Follows1 people have added Drax Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. Company Ownership1.7 / 5Insider TradingN/A Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Drax Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 0.67% of the stock of Drax Group is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions70.87% 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. Receive DRX Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Drax Group and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address DRX Stock News HeadlinesCitigroup Reiterates Sell Rating for Drax Group (LON:DRX)February 12, 2025 | americanbankingnews.comDrax Reaches Agreement With U.K. to Operate Power Station Beyond 2027February 10, 2025 | marketwatch.comThe DeepSeek Moment“Market Wizard” Larry Benedict Is Recommending 0DTE Trades! Zero-days-to-expiration trades are “sweeping the market,” according to The Wall Street Journal. Why? Because they offer one of the only ways to potentially make massive, 24-hour gains – throughout the year. For the past few years, former hedge fund manager Larry Benedict has been sharing a version of these trades with some of his readers with incredible success. He’s delivered a 79.5% win rate, and everyday folks have reported making huge sums. On Wednesday, February 19th, at 8 p.m. ET, he’s going to show how to place zero-day trades on fast-moving tech stocks like Nvidia and Tesla.February 17, 2025 | Brownstone Research (Ad)UK Government Agrees on Funding for Drax’s Biomass Power PlantFebruary 10, 2025 | bloomberg.comUK cuts subsidies for biomass power producer DraxFebruary 10, 2025 | reuters.comDrax secures UK government CfD for biomass energyFebruary 10, 2025 | msn.comTop UK Dividend Stocks To Consider In January 2025January 3, 2025 | finance.yahoo.comDrax to supply biomass pellets to US aviation fuel projectDecember 12, 2024 | msn.comSee More Headlines DRX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have DRX shares performed this year? 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. View the best growth stocks for 2025 here. How were Drax Group's earnings last quarter? 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%. 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 Earnings2/27/2018Today2/17/2025Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeLON SectorUtilities Industry Utilities - Renewable Sub-IndustryN/A Current SymbolLON:DRX CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webwww.drax.com Phone+44-1757-618381FaxN/AEmployees3,551Year FoundedN/APrice Target and Rating Average Stock Price TargetGBX 819.75 High Stock Price TargetGBX 1,100 Low Stock Price TargetGBX 529 Potential Upside/Downside+30.8%Consensus RatingModerate Buy Rating Score (0-4)2.50 Research Coverage4 Analysts Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)GBX 168.58 Trailing P/E Ratio3.72 Forward P/E Ratio6.43 P/E Growth0.1Net Income£621.39 million Net Margins9.42% Pretax MarginN/A Return on Equity31.63% Return on Assets11.44% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio64.11 Current Ratio1.26 Quick Ratio0.32 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£6.60 billion Price / Sales0.35 Cash FlowGBX 73.27 per share Price / Cash Flow8.55 Book ValueGBX 563.29 per share Price / Book1.11Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares366,864,856Free FloatN/AMarket Cap£2.30 billion OptionableNot Optionable Beta1.22 Metaverse Stocks And Why You Can't Ignore ThemThinking about investing in Meta, Roblox, or Unity? 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