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GBX 1,868.50 +3.00 (+0.16%)
As of 07/4/2025

SSE vs. TEP, YU, FLOW, NG, NG.L, SVT, CNA, UU, UKW, and DRX

Should you be buying SSE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of SSE include Telecom Plus (TEP), Yü Group (YU), Flowgroup (FLOW), National Grid (NG), National Grid (NG.L), Severn Trent (SVT), Centrica (CNA), United Utilities Group (UU), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), and Drax Group (DRX). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

SSE vs. Its Competitors

Telecom Plus (LON:TEP) and SSE (LON:SSE) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation and profitability.

SSE has higher revenue and earnings than Telecom Plus. SSE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Telecom Plus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Telecom Plus£2.03B0.79£70.86M£88.7922.81
SSE£10.47B1.95£1.71B£156.5211.94

Telecom Plus currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,600, indicating a potential upside of 28.40%. Given Telecom Plus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Telecom Plus is more favorable than SSE.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Telecom Plus
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
SSE
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.00

Telecom Plus pays an annual dividend of GBX 83 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. SSE pays an annual dividend of GBX 60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Telecom Plus pays out 93.5% 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 38.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

SSE has a net margin of 16.36% compared to Telecom Plus' net margin of 3.48%. Telecom Plus' return on equity of 31.35% beat SSE's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Telecom Plus3.48% 31.35% 9.20%
SSE 16.36%17.83%6.57%

In the previous week, SSE had 16 more articles in the media than Telecom Plus. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for SSE and 0 mentions for Telecom Plus. SSE's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Telecom Plus' score of 0.00 indicating that SSE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Telecom Plus Neutral
SSE Neutral

Telecom Plus has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SSE has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

67.3% of Telecom Plus shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.5% of SSE shares are held by institutional investors. 11.5% of Telecom Plus shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of SSE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Telecom Plus and SSE tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SSE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

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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SSE vs. The Competition

MetricSSEUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£20.47B£15.22B£15.83B£2.96B
Dividend Yield4.07%4.21%5.58%5.02%
P/E Ratio11.9415.7720.45147.88
Price / Sales1.9536.9428.59258,917.23
Price / Cash63.1216.8919.1427.97
Price / Book1.732.722.164.61
Net Income£1.71B-£1.47B£751.09M£5.90B
7 Day Performance2.10%1.30%1.18%1.04%
1 Month Performance6.38%2.57%3.03%4.36%
1 Year Performance0.73%17.73%16.55%82.36%

SSE Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SSE
SSE
N/AGBX 1,868.50
+0.2%
N/A+0.7%£20.47B£10.47B11.9412,180Dividend Cut
TEP
Telecom Plus
N/AGBX 1,932
+0.9%
GBX 2,600
+34.6%
+11.9%£1.54B£2.03B21.762,347
YU
Yü Group
N/AGBX 1,690
+2.4%
N/A-3.2%£282.32M£538.89M7.88382Gap Up
High Trading Volume
FLOW
Flowgroup
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.004,800Gap Down
NG
National Grid
1.5969 of 5 stars
GBX 1,061.50
-0.2%
GBX 1,135
+6.9%
+13.5%£52.12B£25.99B17.4410News Coverage
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
NG.L
National Grid
N/AN/AN/AN/A£45.42B£15.66B29.1723,683News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SVT
Severn Trent
1.5906 of 5 stars
GBX 2,734
-0.4%
GBX 2,600
-4.9%
+7.4%£8.16B£2.97B45.63270News Coverage
CNA
Centrica
2.3945 of 5 stars
GBX 161.55
-1.5%
GBX 150
-7.1%
+12.5%£8.07B£19.40B7.706,100
UU
United Utilities Group
3.4545 of 5 stars
GBX 1,141.50
-0.9%
N/A+12.8%£7.82B£1.96B61.626,000High Trading Volume
UKW
Greencoat UK Wind
N/AGBX 120.50
-1.2%
N/A-9.4%£2.72B£266.34M34.95N/APositive News
DRX
Drax Group
3.2746 of 5 stars
GBX 693.06
+2.4%
GBX 726.33
+4.8%
+25.8%£2.54B£6.60B4.113,551News Coverage
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This page (LON:SSE) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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