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United Utilities Group (UU) Competitors

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GBX 1,115 -17.00 (-1.50%)
As of 05/2/2025

UU vs. SVT, PNN, SSE, CNA, UKW, DRX, GLO, TEP, GRP, and YU

Should you be buying United Utilities Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Utilities Group include Severn Trent (SVT), Pennon Group (PNN), SSE (SSE), Centrica (CNA), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), Drax Group (DRX), ContourGlobal (GLO), Telecom Plus (TEP), Greencoat Renewables (GRP), and Yü Group (YU). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

United Utilities Group vs.

United Utilities Group (LON:UU) and Severn Trent (LON:SVT) 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, community ranking and profitability.

United Utilities Group has a net margin of 6.51% compared to Severn Trent's net margin of 6.00%. Severn Trent's return on equity of 10.40% beat United Utilities Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Utilities Group6.51% 6.35% 2.02%
Severn Trent 6.00%10.40%2.35%

65.3% of United Utilities Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.4% of Severn Trent shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of United Utilities Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Severn Trent shares are held by company 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.

Severn Trent has higher revenue and earnings than United Utilities Group. Severn Trent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Utilities Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
United Utilities Group£1.96B3.90£127.46M£18.5360.19
Severn Trent£2.97B2.76£177.90M£59.9145.75

In the previous week, United Utilities Group and United Utilities Group both had 2 articles in the media. United Utilities Group's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Severn Trent's score of 0.17 indicating that United Utilities Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
United Utilities Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Severn Trent
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

United Utilities Group received 92 more outperform votes than Severn Trent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave United Utilities Group an outperform vote while only 52.35% of users gave Severn Trent an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
United Utilities GroupOutperform Votes
459
61.69%
Underperform Votes
285
38.31%
Severn TrentOutperform Votes
367
52.35%
Underperform Votes
334
47.65%

United Utilities Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,230, indicating a potential upside of 10.31%. Severn Trent has a consensus target price of GBX 2,600, indicating a potential downside of 5.14%. Given United Utilities Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe United Utilities Group is more favorable than Severn Trent.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United Utilities Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Severn Trent
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

United Utilities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Severn Trent pays an annual dividend of GBX 117 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. United Utilities Group pays out 269.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Severn Trent pays out 195.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

United Utilities Group has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% 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.

Summary

United Utilities Group beats Severn Trent on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UU vs. The Competition

MetricUnited Utilities GroupUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£7.64B£3.71B£15.95B£2.59B
Dividend Yield5.11%5.42%5.66%4.97%
P/E Ratio60.1919.9315.75133.69
Price / Sales3.90205.7522.18239,757.82
Price / Cash13.2515.7318.5328.12
Price / Book3.923.112.054.55
Net Income£127.46M£72.05M£667.57M£5.84B
7 Day Performance0.95%0.43%0.68%3.38%
1 Month Performance8.89%1.77%1.17%12.30%
1 Year Performance6.29%10.63%8.97%112.93%

United Utilities Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UU
United Utilities Group
2.5936 of 5 stars
GBX 1,115
-1.5%
GBX 1,230
+10.3%
+7.4%£7.64B£1.96B60.196,000High Trading Volume
SVT
Severn Trent
1.2875 of 5 stars
GBX 2,734.80
-0.2%
GBX 2,600
-4.9%
+10.7%£8.17B£2.97B45.65270
PNN
Pennon Group
2.9722 of 5 stars
GBX 490.20
-0.3%
GBX 745.67
+52.1%
-27.5%£2.27B£1.55B-137.833,000Dividend Cut
SSE
SSE
2.4352 of 5 stars
GBX 1,626.91
-0.4%
GBX 2,050
+26.0%
-0.3%£17.82B£10.47B10.3912,180Dividend Cut
CNA
Centrica
2.6715 of 5 stars
GBX 150.30
+0.3%
GBX 167
+11.1%
+24.3%£7.51B£19.40B7.166,100Insider Trade
News Coverage
UKW
Greencoat UK Wind
N/AGBX 109.20
-1.2%
N/A-17.7%£2.46B£266.34M31.67N/A
DRX
Drax Group
3.0445 of 5 stars
GBX 577.50
+0.8%
GBX 726.33
+25.8%
+14.8%£2.12B£6.60B3.433,551News Coverage
GLO
ContourGlobal
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65B£2.57B1,091.301,518High Trading Volume
TEP
Telecom Plus
N/AGBX 1,776
+2.1%
N/A+8.4%£1.41B£2.03B20.002,347
GRP
Greencoat Renewables
N/AGBX 0.75
+0.8%
N/A-9.9%£830.70M£13.86B14.45N/ANews Coverage
YU
Yü Group
N/AGBX 1,500
+1.7%
N/A-18.6%£250.58M£538.89M6.99382High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:UU) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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