Pennon Group (PEGRY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Pennon Group plc is a United Kingdom-based water and wastewater services company. Through its regulated water businesses, the group supplies drinking water, collects and treats wastewater, and manages related infrastructure and environmental services for household and business customers.

Pennon’s principal operating company is South West Water, which serves Cornwall, Devon, the Isles of Scilly and parts of Dorset. The group also owns Bournemouth Water, which supplies customers in parts of Dorset and Hampshire. Its activities include water treatment, water-resource management, sewerage, wastewater treatment and investment in related utility infrastructure.

Pennon Group traces its history to South West Water and adopted the Pennon name in 2002 as the business expanded its portfolio. The group previously owned Viridor, a major recycling and waste-management company, but sold that business in 2020 to focus on regulated water and wastewater operations.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $12.06 to $12.11
• 50-Day Range: $12.02 to $13.16
• 52-Week Range: $11.89 to $16.35
• Volume: 3,000 shs
• Average Volume: 3,531 shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.85 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 7.78%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Pennon Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Pennon Group scored higher than 28% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Pennon Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Pennon Group has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 26.03%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Pennon Group are expected to grow by 26.03% in the coming year, from $0.73 to $0.92 per share.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of Pennon Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Pennon Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.39, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Pennon Group has recently increased by 187.35%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Pennon Group is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 7.81%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Pennon Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Pennon Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 102.17% in the coming year. This indicates that Pennon Group may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Pennon Group has a news sentiment score of -1.00. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.71 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Pennon Group this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Pennon Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Pennon Group has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Today: 9/12/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 12/01/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 3/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Water Utilities
• Sub-Industry: Water Utilities
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:PEGRY
• CIK: 1455633
• Web: www.pennon-group.co.uk
• Phone: 441392446677
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 4,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: N/A
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 235,990,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $2.85 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: N/A