GRI vs. ITH, SOPH, HCM, INDV, SLS, ERGO, SLN, AMYT, BMY, and GPH
Should you be buying Grainger stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Grainger include Ithaca Energy (ITH), Sophos Group plc (SOPH.L) (SOPH), HUTCHMED (HCM), Indivior (INDV), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), Ergomed (ERGO), Silence Therapeutics (SLN), Amryt Pharma (AMYT), Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY), and Global Ports (GPH). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Grainger vs. Its Competitors
Grainger (LON:GRI) and Ithaca Energy (LON:ITH) are both pharmaceutical products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and media sentiment.
Grainger presently has a consensus price target of GBX 317.50, suggesting a potential upside of 66.93%. Ithaca Energy has a consensus price target of GBX 200, suggesting a potential upside of 0.30%. Given Grainger's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Grainger is more favorable than Ithaca Energy.
In the previous week, Ithaca Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Grainger. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ithaca Energy and 2 mentions for Grainger. Ithaca Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Grainger's score of -0.80 indicating that Ithaca Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ithaca Energy has a net margin of 6.48% compared to Grainger's net margin of -0.40%. Ithaca Energy's return on equity of 4.55% beat Grainger's return on equity.
Grainger pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Ithaca Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Grainger pays out 51.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ithaca Energy pays out -208.4% 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. Ithaca Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
67.7% of Grainger shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.0% of Ithaca Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Grainger shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ithaca Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Ithaca Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Grainger. Ithaca Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Grainger, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Grainger and Ithaca Energy tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:GRI) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff