DRX vs. UKW, IES, GOOD, ATOM, SAE, GRP, MAST, PNPL, BION, and NZI
Should you be buying Drax Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Drax Group include Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), Invinity Energy Systems (IES), Good Energy Group (GOOD), Atome (ATOM), SIMEC Atlantis Energy (SAE), Greencoat Renewables (GRP), MAST Energy Developments (MAST), Pineapple Power (PNPL), BiON (BION), and Net Zero Infrastructure (NZI). These companies are all part of the "utilities - renewable" industry.
Drax Group vs. Its Competitors
Greencoat UK Wind (LON:UKW) and Drax Group (LON:DRX) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and profitability.
Greencoat UK Wind has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Drax Group has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Greencoat UK Wind has a net margin of 29.24% compared to Drax Group's net margin of 9.42%. Drax Group's return on equity of 31.63% beat Greencoat UK Wind's return on equity.
Drax Group has a consensus target price of GBX 844.50, suggesting a potential upside of 18.48%. Given Drax Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Drax Group is more favorable than Greencoat UK Wind.
Drax Group has higher revenue and earnings than Greencoat UK Wind. Greencoat UK Wind is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Drax Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
42.2% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of Drax Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Drax Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Drax Group had 2 more articles in the media than Greencoat UK Wind. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Drax Group and 0 mentions for Greencoat UK Wind. Drax Group's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Greencoat UK Wind's score of 0.70 indicating that Drax Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Greencoat UK Wind pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Drax Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Greencoat UK Wind pays out -155.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Drax Group pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Greencoat UK Wind is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Drax Group beats Greencoat UK Wind on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:DRX) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
