UKW vs. DRX, GOOD, IES, ATOM, MAST, SAE, GRP, 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), Good Energy Group (GOOD), Invinity Energy Systems (IES), Atome (ATOM), MAST Energy Developments (MAST), SIMEC Atlantis Energy (SAE), Greencoat Renewables (GRP), 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
Greencoat UK Wind (LON:UKW) and Drax Group (LON:DRX) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and profitability.
42.2% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.4% of Drax Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Drax Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Greencoat UK Wind has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Drax Group has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Drax Group has higher revenue and earnings than Greencoat UK Wind. Greencoat UK Wind is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Drax Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Greencoat UK Wind pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Drax Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Greencoat UK Wind pays out -155.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Drax Group pays out 24.1% 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. Greencoat UK Wind is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
In the previous week, Greencoat UK Wind and Greencoat UK Wind both had 3 articles in the media. Greencoat UK Wind's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Drax Group's score of 0.91 indicating that Greencoat UK Wind is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Drax Group has a consensus price target of GBX 844.50, suggesting a potential upside of 23.92%. Given Drax Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Drax Group is more favorable than Greencoat UK Wind.
Summary
Drax Group beats Greencoat UK Wind on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:UKW) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
