National Grid (NG.L) Competitors

National Grid (LON:NG) and National Grid (LON:NG.L) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is NG or NG.L more profitable?

National Grid has a net margin of 36.00% compared to National Grid's net margin of 0.00%. National Grid's return on equity of 10.16% beat National Grid's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Grid	36.00%	10.16%	2.92%
National Grid	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do analysts rate NG or NG.L?

National Grid presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,116.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.49%. Given National Grid's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe National Grid is more favorable than National Grid.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Grid	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
National Grid	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the media refer more to NG or NG.L?

In the previous week, National Grid had 5 more articles in the media than National Grid. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for National Grid and 2 mentions for National Grid. National Grid's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat National Grid's score of -0.27 indicating that National Grid is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
National Grid	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
National Grid	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, NG or NG.L?

National Grid has higher revenue and earnings than National Grid. National Grid is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Grid, 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
National Grid	£21.66 billion	1.85	£2.71 billion	£0.74	1,472.30
National Grid	£15.66 billion	0.00	N/A	£42.40	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NG or NG.L?

National Grid received 4 more outperform votes than National Grid when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 36.36% of users gave National Grid an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave National Grid an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
National Grid	Outperform Votes 4 36.36%	Underperform Votes 7 63.64%
National Grid	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 11 100.00%

Is NG or NG.L a better dividend stock?

National Grid pays an annual dividend of GBX 55 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. National Grid pays an annual dividend of GBX 49 per share. National Grid pays out 7,432.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. National Grid pays out 115.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in NG or NG.L?

55.4% of National Grid shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of National Grid shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

National Grid beats National Grid on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.