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Pennon Group (PNN) Competitors

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GBX 531 +2.50 (+0.47%)
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PNN vs. SVT, UU, CNA, DRX, UKW, GLO, TEP, YU, JEL, and IES

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), Drax Group (DRX), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), ContourGlobal (GLO), Telecom Plus (TEP), Yü Group (YU), Jersey Electricity (JEL), and Invinity Energy Systems (IES). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

Pennon Group vs. Its Competitors

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

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

Pennon Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 583.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.89%. Severn Trent has a consensus target price of GBX 2,861.25, suggesting a potential upside of 1.97%. Given Pennon Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Pennon Group is more favorable than Severn Trent.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pennon Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Severn Trent
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

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
Pennon Group£1.05B2.39-£16.20M-£16.10-32.98
Severn Trent£2.43B3.48£177.90M£76.4036.73

In the previous week, Pennon Group had 7 more articles in the media than Severn Trent. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Pennon Group and 1 mentions for Severn Trent. Pennon Group's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Severn Trent's score of 0.14 indicating that Pennon Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Pennon Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Severn Trent pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Pennon Group pays out -2.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Severn Trent pays out 1.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Pennon Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

80.8% of Pennon Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.2% of Severn Trent shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Pennon Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Severn Trent shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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
Pennon Group-1.05% -0.88% 1.81%
Severn Trent 6.00%10.40%2.35%

Summary

Severn Trent beats Pennon Group on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PNN vs. The Competition

MetricPennon GroupUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.51B£3.56B£17.18B£2.61B
Dividend Yield6.12%4.89%4.56%5.37%
P/E Ratio-32.9820.3919.40400.15
Price / Sales2.39203.7432.5598,165.99
Price / Cash12.7014.1419.3427.90
Price / Book1.242.822.307.36
Net Income-£16.20M£76.43M£748.50M£5.89B
7 Day Performance3.71%2.40%-0.06%-0.26%
1 Month Performance15.99%6.19%8.30%1.13%
1 Year Performance-10.46%8.59%38.03%121.02%

Pennon Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNN
Pennon Group
2.2125 of 5 stars
GBX 531
+0.5%
GBX 583.50
+9.9%
-10.4%£2.51B£1.05B-32.983,000News Coverage
Dividend Cut
SVT
Severn Trent
2.2343 of 5 stars
GBX 2,689.44
+1.1%
GBX 2,861.25
+6.4%
+6.0%£8.10B£2.43B3,520.21270News Coverage
High Trading Volume
UU
United Utilities Group
4.1415 of 5 stars
GBX 1,175
+0.3%
GBX 1,535
+30.6%
+10.8%£8.05B£1.96B63.426,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
CNA
Centrica
2.2481 of 5 stars
GBX 172.29
+1.4%
GBX 180.80
+4.9%
+40.0%£8.02B£19.50B-3,745.436,100High Trading Volume
DRX
Drax Group
3.3782 of 5 stars
GBX 712.81
+0.5%
GBX 844.50
+18.5%
+11.3%£2.46B£5.65B661.853,551News Coverage
High Trading Volume
UKW
Greencoat UK Wind
N/AGBX 109.40
-0.5%
N/A-19.3%£2.38B-£124.62M-1,685.67N/AHigh Trading Volume
GLO
ContourGlobal
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65B£2.57B1,091.301,518High Trading Volume
TEP
Telecom Plus
3.3811 of 5 stars
GBX 1,824
-0.2%
GBX 2,600
+42.5%
+1.4%£1.46B£1.84B1,917.982,347News Coverage
YU
Yü Group
N/AGBX 1,550
+5.4%
N/A+0.6%£258.93M£538.89M7.22382Gap Down
High Trading Volume
JEL
Jersey Electricity
N/AGBX 464.13
-1.3%
N/A+9.4%£142.21M£142.52M1,209.60374News Coverage
Dividend Increase
IES
Invinity Energy Systems
2.2446 of 5 stars
GBX 20.75
-1.2%
GBX 40
+92.8%
+81.1%£118.02M£3.63M-471.59140Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:PNN) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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