UU vs. SVT, PNN, CNA, DRX, SSE, TEP, YU, HGEN, JEL, and IES
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), Centrica (CNA), Drax Group (DRX), SSE (SSE), Telecom Plus (TEP), Yü Group (YU), HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN), Jersey Electricity (JEL), and Invinity Energy Systems (IES). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Severn Trent (LON:SVT) and United Utilities Group (LON:UU) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Severn Trent has a net margin of 4.63% compared to Severn Trent's net margin of -1.66%. United Utilities Group's return on equity of 10.14% beat Severn Trent's return on equity.
Severn Trent has higher revenue and earnings than United Utilities Group. United Utilities Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Severn Trent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Severn Trent has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Utilities Group has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Severn Trent pays an annual dividend of GBX 111 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. United Utilities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 47 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Severn Trent pays out 26,428.6% 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 pays out -94,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. United Utilities Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
United Utilities Group received 91 more outperform votes than Severn Trent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.54% of users gave United Utilities Group an outperform vote while only 52.37% of users gave Severn Trent an outperform vote.
Severn Trent currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,940, indicating a potential upside of 18.79%. United Utilities Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,246.67, indicating a potential upside of 19.13%. Given Severn Trent's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe United Utilities Group is more favorable than Severn Trent.
In the previous week, United Utilities Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Severn Trent'saverage media sentiment score.
78.3% of Severn Trent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of United Utilities Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Severn Trent shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of United Utilities Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Severn Trent beats United Utilities Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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