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: 855 to 867.60
• 50-Day Range: 839.60 to 910.50
• 52-Week Range: 601.50 to 937.50
• Volume: 557,361 shs
• Average Volume: 8.12 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £2.92 billion
• P/E Ratio: 42.95
• Dividend Yield: 3.24%
• Price Target: GBX 1,010.75
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Drax Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Drax Group scored higher than 48% 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: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Drax Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Drax Group has a consensus price target of GBX 1,010.75, representing about 16.5% upside from its current price of GBX 867.53.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

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

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Drax Group is 42.95, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.43.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Drax Group is 42.95, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 22.14.

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 1.54. 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: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Drax Group pays a meaningful dividend of 3.24%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

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

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Drax Group is 134.65%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.49

News Sentiment

Drax Group has a news sentiment score of 0.49. 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 0.62 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Drax Group this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

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

0.93% of the stock of Drax Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

61.38% of the stock of Drax Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/26/2026
• Today: 5/08/2026

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 1,010.75
• High Price Target: GBX 1,120
• Low Price Target: GBX 923
• Potential Upside/Downside: +16.5%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 20.20
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 42.95
• Forward P/E Ratio: 8.90
• P/E Growth: 0.1
• Net Income: £621.39 million
• Net Margins: 1.35%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 3.94%
• Return on Assets: 11.44%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 67.01
• Current Ratio: 1.07
• Quick Ratio: 0.32

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £5.39 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.54
• Cash Flow: GBX 101.46 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.55
• Book Value: GBX 563.29 per share
• Price / Book: 1.54

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 336,215,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £2.92 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.68