Grainger (GRI) Competitors

Ithaca Energy (LON:ITH) and Grainger (LON:GRI) 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, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Do analysts rate ITH or GRI?

Grainger has a consensus target price of GBX 317.50, suggesting a potential upside of 57.96%. Given Grainger's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Grainger is more favorable than Ithaca Energy.

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

Is ITH or GRI a better dividend stock?

Ithaca Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.7%. Grainger pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Ithaca Energy pays out 319.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Grainger pays out -4,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is ITH or GRI 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
Ithaca Energy	6.48%	4.55%	0.18%
Grainger	-0.40%	-0.06%	2.14%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ITH or GRI?

3.7% of Ithaca Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Grainger shares are held by institutional investors. 89.6% of Ithaca Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Grainger shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer ITH or GRI?

In the previous week, Ithaca Energy had 12 more articles in the media than Grainger. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ithaca Energy and 1 mentions for Grainger. Ithaca Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Grainger's score of 0.00 indicating that Ithaca Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ITH or GRI?

Ithaca Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Grainger. Grainger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ithaca Energy, 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
Ithaca Energy	£3.55B	1.30	£230.29M	£8.76	25.24
Grainger	£276.05M	5.38	-£1.11M	-£0.15	-1,340.00

Summary

Ithaca Energy beats Grainger on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.