Greencoat UK Wind (UKW) Competitors

Drax Group (LON:DRX) and Greencoat UK Wind (LON:UKW) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend DRX or UKW?

Drax Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 841, indicating a potential upside of 19.97%. Given Drax Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Drax Group is more favorable than Greencoat UK Wind.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Drax Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Greencoat UK Wind	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media prefer DRX or UKW?

In the previous week, Drax Group had 2 more articles in the media than Greencoat UK Wind. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Drax Group and 4 mentions for Greencoat UK Wind. Greencoat UK Wind's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Drax Group's score of 0.68 indicating that Greencoat UK Wind is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Drax Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Greencoat UK Wind	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DRX or UKW more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Drax Group	9.42%	31.63%	11.44%
Greencoat UK Wind	29.24%	2.15%	2.03%

Is DRX or UKW a better dividend stock?

Drax Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Greencoat UK Wind pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. 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.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DRX or UKW?

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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, DRX or UKW?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Drax Group	£6.60B	0.39	£621.39M	£168.58	4.16
Greencoat UK Wind	£266.34M	10.02	£77.89M	£3.45	34.37

Which has more risk and volatility, DRX or UKW?

Drax Group has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greencoat UK Wind has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Drax Group beats Greencoat UK Wind on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.