Grainger (GRI) 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 institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.

Is GRI or ITH a better dividend stock?

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.

Is GRI or ITH more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Grainger	-0.40%	-0.06%	2.14%
Ithaca Energy	6.48%	4.55%	0.18%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in GRI or ITH?

67.7% of Grainger shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.8% of Ithaca Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Grainger shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ithaca Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, GRI or ITH?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Grainger	£306.10M	4.53	-£1.11M	£0.15	1,277.55
Ithaca Energy	£2.59B	1.22	£230.29M	-£0.11	-1,817.18

Does the media favor GRI or ITH?

In the previous week, Ithaca Energy had 11 more articles in the media than Grainger. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Ithaca Energy and 1 mentions for Grainger. Ithaca Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Grainger's score of 0.86 indicating that Ithaca Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Grainger	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ithaca Energy	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer GRI or ITH?

Grainger currently has a consensus target price of GBX 317.50, indicating a potential upside of 69.06%. Given Grainger's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Grainger is more favorable than Ithaca Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Grainger	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Ithaca Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Grainger beats Ithaca Energy on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.