NG vs. SSE, JEL, SVT, CNA, UU, DRX, PNN, TEP, YU, and HGEN
Should you be buying National Grid stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Grid include SSE (SSE), Jersey Electricity (JEL), Severn Trent (SVT), Centrica (CNA), United Utilities Group (UU), Drax Group (DRX), Pennon Group (PNN), Telecom Plus (TEP), Yü Group (YU), and HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
National Grid (LON:NG) and SSE (LON:SSE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends and risk.
In the previous week, National Grid had 1 more articles in the media than SSE. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for National Grid and 4 mentions for SSE. SSE's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat National Grid's score of 0.03 indicating that SSE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
54.0% of National Grid shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of SSE shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of National Grid shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of SSE shares are held by 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.
National Grid has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SSE has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
National Grid has higher revenue and earnings than SSE. National Grid is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SSE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SSE received 527 more outperform votes than National Grid when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.84% of users gave SSE an outperform vote while only 56.25% of users gave National Grid an outperform vote.
National Grid pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. SSE pays an annual dividend of GBX 88 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. National Grid pays out 8,260.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SSE pays out 16,603.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. National Grid is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
National Grid currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,212, suggesting a potential upside of 15.76%. SSE has a consensus price target of GBX 1,959, suggesting a potential upside of 18.37%. Given SSE's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe SSE is more favorable than National Grid.
National Grid has a net margin of 37.04% compared to SSE's net margin of 4.96%. National Grid's return on equity of 9.23% beat SSE's return on equity.
Summary
National Grid beats SSE on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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