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Pennon Group (PNN) Competitors

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GBX 512 -3.00 (-0.58%)
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PNN vs. SVT, UU, CNA, UKW, DRX, GLO, TEP, GRP, YU, and JEL

Should you be buying Pennon Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pennon Group include Severn Trent (SVT), United Utilities Group (UU), Centrica (CNA), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), Drax Group (DRX), ContourGlobal (GLO), Telecom Plus (TEP), Greencoat Renewables (GRP), Yü Group (YU), and Jersey Electricity (JEL). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

Pennon Group vs.

Severn Trent (LON:SVT) and Pennon Group (LON:PNN) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, risk, earnings and valuation.

75.4% of Severn Trent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.4% of Pennon Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Severn Trent shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Pennon Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Severn Trent had 2 more articles in the media than Pennon Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Severn Trent and 4 mentions for Pennon Group. Pennon Group's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Severn Trent's score of 0.83 indicating that Pennon Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Severn Trent
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Pennon Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Severn Trent pays an annual dividend of GBX 117 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Pennon Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. Severn Trent pays out 195.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pennon Group pays out -1,715.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pennon Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Severn Trent has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pennon Group has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Severn Trent currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,600, suggesting a potential downside of 5.18%. Pennon Group has a consensus price target of GBX 497, suggesting a potential downside of 2.93%. Given Pennon Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pennon Group is more favorable than Severn Trent.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Severn Trent
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Pennon Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Severn Trent has a net margin of 6.00% compared to Pennon Group's net margin of -1.05%. Severn Trent's return on equity of 10.40% beat Pennon Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Severn Trent6.00% 10.40% 2.35%
Pennon Group -1.05%-0.88%1.81%

Severn Trent has higher revenue and earnings than Pennon Group. Pennon Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Severn Trent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Severn Trent£2.97B2.76£177.90M£59.9145.77
Pennon Group£1.55B1.53-£16.20M-£3.56-143.96

Pennon Group received 90 more outperform votes than Severn Trent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.76% of users gave Pennon Group an outperform vote while only 52.35% of users gave Severn Trent an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Severn TrentOutperform Votes
367
52.35%
Underperform Votes
334
47.65%
Pennon GroupOutperform Votes
457
61.76%
Underperform Votes
283
38.24%

Summary

Severn Trent beats Pennon Group on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PNN vs. The Competition

MetricPennon GroupUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.37B£3.74B£16.10B£2.62B
Dividend Yield9.03%5.42%5.72%5.05%
P/E Ratio-143.9620.2820.27129.34
Price / Sales1.53207.9021.92221,585.85
Price / Cash12.7015.7318.7128.03
Price / Book1.203.132.113.79
Net Income-£16.20M£72.05M£661.92M£5.88B
7 Day Performance4.62%1.96%1.40%0.62%
1 Month Performance3.06%1.50%2.71%22.12%
1 Year Performance-23.01%3.98%7.48%120.95%

Pennon Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNN
Pennon Group
1.4101 of 5 stars
GBX 512
-0.6%
GBX 497
-2.9%
-24.2%£2.37B£1.55B-143.963,000News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Cut
SVT
Severn Trent
1.1306 of 5 stars
GBX 2,634
-1.8%
GBX 2,600
-1.3%
+6.2%£7.86B£2.97B43.96270News Coverage
Earnings Report
UU
United Utilities Group
2.0123 of 5 stars
GBX 1,083
-2.5%
GBX 1,230
+13.6%
+3.5%£7.42B£1.96B58.466,000Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
CNA
Centrica
2.2749 of 5 stars
GBX 148.05
0.0%
GBX 166.25
+12.3%
+7.2%£7.40B£19.40B7.066,100
UKW
Greencoat UK Wind
N/AGBX 113.40
-1.0%
N/A-18.3%£2.56B£266.34M32.89N/A
DRX
Drax Group
3.1381 of 5 stars
GBX 610.50
-0.4%
GBX 726.33
+19.0%
+11.1%£2.24B£6.60B3.623,551
GLO
ContourGlobal
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65B£2.57B1,091.301,518High Trading Volume
TEP
Telecom Plus
2.6949 of 5 stars
GBX 1,962
-1.9%
GBX 2,600
+32.5%
+13.3%£1.56B£2.03B22.102,347News Coverage
Gap Down
GRP
Greencoat Renewables
N/AGBX 0.76
-0.8%
N/A-16.8%£846.29M£13.86B14.72N/APositive News
YU
Yü Group
N/AN/AN/A-3.9%£248.91M£538.89M6.94382High Trading Volume
JEL
Jersey Electricity
N/AGBX 426
+2.4%
N/A-2.6%£132.69M£133.47M11.79374Dividend Increase
Gap Up

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