Greencoat Renewables (GRP) Competitors

Greencoat Renewables (LON:GRP) and Greencoat UK Wind (LON:UKW) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.

Which has more volatility and risk, GRP or UKW?

Greencoat Renewables has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greencoat UK Wind has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GRP or UKW a better dividend stock?

Greencoat Renewables pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 803.2%. Greencoat UK Wind pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Greencoat Renewables pays out 11,622.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Greencoat UK Wind pays out 319.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media prefer GRP or UKW?

In the previous week, Greencoat UK Wind had 1 more articles in the media than Greencoat Renewables. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Greencoat UK Wind and 2 mentions for Greencoat Renewables. Greencoat UK Wind's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Greencoat Renewables' score of 0.32 indicating that Greencoat UK Wind is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Greencoat Renewables	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Greencoat UK Wind	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is GRP or UKW more profitable?

Greencoat Renewables has a net margin of 41.47% compared to Greencoat UK Wind's net margin of 29.24%. Greencoat Renewables' return on equity of 4.62% beat Greencoat UK Wind's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greencoat Renewables	41.47%	4.62%	5.53%
Greencoat UK Wind	29.24%	2.15%	2.03%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, GRP or UKW?

Greencoat Renewables has higher revenue and earnings than Greencoat UK Wind. Greencoat Renewables is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greencoat UK Wind, 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
Greencoat Renewables	£13.86B	0.06	£5.75B	£0.05	14.47
Greencoat UK Wind	£266.34M	10.00	£77.89M	£3.45	34.28

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GRP or UKW?

80.5% of Greencoat Renewables shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.9% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Greencoat Renewables shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GRP or UKW?

Greencoat UK Wind received 104 more outperform votes than Greencoat Renewables when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.76% of users gave Greencoat Renewables an outperform vote while only 73.28% of users gave Greencoat UK Wind an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Greencoat Renewables	Outperform Votes 77 74.76%	Underperform Votes 26 25.24%
Greencoat UK Wind	Outperform Votes 181 73.28%	Underperform Votes 66 26.72%

Summary

Greencoat UK Wind beats Greencoat Renewables on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.