GRI vs. ITH, SOPH, HCM, INDV, SLS, ERGO, SLN, AMYT, BMY, and OGN
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 Origin Enterprises (OGN). 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 earnings, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
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.
85.8% of Grainger shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.7% of Ithaca Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Grainger shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 89.6% of Ithaca Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Grainger pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Ithaca Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 28 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.2%. Grainger pays out -4,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
In the previous week, Grainger had 11 more articles in the media than Ithaca Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Grainger and 0 mentions for Ithaca Energy. Ithaca Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Grainger's score of -0.06 indicating that Ithaca Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Grainger currently has a consensus target price of GBX 317.50, indicating a potential upside of 50.12%. Given Grainger's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Grainger is more favorable than Ithaca Energy.
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.
Summary
Ithaca Energy beats Grainger on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:GRI) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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