DRX vs. GLO, PNN, CNA, SVT, UU, ETP, AMPH, PHE, GSH, and AFC
Should you be buying Drax Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Drax Group include ContourGlobal (GLO), Pennon Group (PNN), Centrica (CNA), Severn Trent (SVT), United Utilities Group (UU), Eneraqua Technologies (ETP), Aggregated Micro Power (AMPH), PowerHouse Energy Group (PHE), Green & Smart (GSH), and AFC Energy (AFC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Drax Group vs.
Drax Group (LON:DRX) and ContourGlobal (LON:GLO) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, earnings and risk.
Drax Group has higher revenue and earnings than ContourGlobal. ContourGlobal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Drax Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Drax Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 21 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. ContourGlobal pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.18 per share. Drax Group pays out 10,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. ContourGlobal pays out 79.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Drax Group had 2 more articles in the media than ContourGlobal. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Drax Group and 0 mentions for ContourGlobal. Drax Group's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat ContourGlobal's score of 0.00 indicating that Drax Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Drax Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 718, indicating a potential upside of 21.99%. ContourGlobal has a consensus target price of GBX 215, indicating a potential upside of ∞. Given ContourGlobal's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ContourGlobal is more favorable than Drax Group.
Drax Group has a net margin of 1.09% compared to ContourGlobal's net margin of 0.00%. Drax Group's return on equity of 6.27% beat ContourGlobal's return on equity.
Drax Group received 461 more outperform votes than ContourGlobal when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.12% of users gave ContourGlobal an outperform vote while only 64.84% of users gave Drax Group an outperform vote.
70.0% of Drax Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Drax Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Drax Group beats ContourGlobal on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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