UKW vs. DRX, GRP, IES, GOOD, ATOM, SAE, MAST, PNPL, BION, and NZI
Should you be buying Greencoat UK Wind stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greencoat UK Wind include Drax Group (DRX), Greencoat Renewables (GRP), Invinity Energy Systems (IES), Good Energy Group (GOOD), Atome (ATOM), SIMEC Atlantis Energy (SAE), MAST Energy Developments (MAST), Pineapple Power (PNPL), BiON (BION), and Net Zero Infrastructure (NZI). These companies are all part of the "utilities - renewable" industry.
Greencoat UK Wind vs. Its Competitors
Drax Group (LON:DRX) and Greencoat UK Wind (LON:UKW) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
Drax Group has higher revenue and earnings than Greencoat UK Wind. Drax Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greencoat UK Wind, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Greencoat UK Wind has a net margin of 29.24% compared to Drax Group's net margin of 9.42%. Drax Group's return on equity of 31.63% beat Greencoat UK Wind's return on equity.
Drax Group has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greencoat UK Wind has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Drax Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Greencoat UK Wind pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Drax Group pays out 14.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greencoat UK Wind pays out 319.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Drax Group had 3 more articles in the media than Greencoat UK Wind. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Drax Group and 1 mentions for Greencoat UK Wind. Greencoat UK Wind's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Drax Group's score of 0.61 indicating that Greencoat UK Wind is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Drax Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 759.67, indicating a potential upside of 11.45%. Given Drax Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Drax Group is more favorable than Greencoat UK Wind.
70.9% of Drax Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.9% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Drax Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Drax Group beats Greencoat UK Wind on 13 of the 18 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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This page (LON:UKW) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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