UU vs. SVT, PNN, SSE, CNA, DRX, GLO, TEP, YU, IES, and HGEN
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), Drax Group (DRX), ContourGlobal (GLO), Telecom Plus (TEP), Yü Group (YU), Invinity Energy Systems (IES), and HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN). 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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking and risk.
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.
Severn Trent currently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,962.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.16%. United Utilities Group has a consensus target price of GBX 1,246.67, indicating a potential upside of 22.70%. Given United Utilities Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Severn Trent is more favorable than United Utilities Group.
In the previous week, United Utilities Group had 1 more articles in the media than Severn Trent. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for United Utilities Group and 2 mentions for Severn Trent. Severn Trent's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat United Utilities Group's score of -0.18 indicating that United Utilities Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
United Utilities Group received 92 more outperform votes than Severn Trent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.64% of users gave United Utilities Group an outperform vote while only 52.44% of users gave Severn Trent an outperform vote.
Severn Trent has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United Utilities Group has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Severn Trent has a net margin of 6.00% compared to Severn Trent's net margin of -1.66%. United Utilities Group's return on equity of 10.00% beat Severn Trent's return on equity.
75.4% of Severn Trent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.5% of United Utilities Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Severn Trent shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of United Utilities Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Severn Trent pays an annual dividend of GBX 117 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. United Utilities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Severn Trent pays out 22,941.2% 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 26,315.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Severn Trent beats United Utilities Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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