Grainger (GRI) Competitors

Ithaca Energy (LON:ITH) and Grainger (LON:GRI) are both pharmaceutical products companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Is ITH or GRI a better dividend stock?

Ithaca Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Grainger pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Ithaca Energy pays out -208.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Grainger pays out 51.4% 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.

Do analysts rate ITH or GRI?

Ithaca Energy presently has a consensus target price of GBX 200, suggesting a potential upside of 10.99%. Grainger has a consensus target price of GBX 285, suggesting a potential upside of 45.71%. Given Grainger's 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
Ithaca Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Grainger	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

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 institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ITH or GRI?

3.0% of Ithaca Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Grainger shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ithaca Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Grainger shares are held 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.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ITH or GRI?

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
Ithaca Energy	£2.59B	1.14	£230.29M	-£0.11	-1,700.00
Grainger	£306.10M	4.72	-£1.11M	£0.15	1,330.61

Does the media favor ITH or GRI?

In the previous week, Grainger had 4 more articles in the media than Ithaca Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Grainger and 1 mentions for Ithaca Energy. Ithaca Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Grainger's score of 0.45 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Grainger	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

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