NG vs. SSE, JEL, SVT, UU, CNA, PNN, DRX, TEP, YU, and HGEN Should you be buying National Grid stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Grid include SSE (SSE), Jersey Electricity (JEL), Severn Trent (SVT), United Utilities Group (UU), Centrica (CNA), Pennon Group (PNN), Drax Group (DRX), Telecom Plus (TEP), Yü Group (YU), and HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
National Grid (LON:NG ) and SSE (LON:SSE ) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
In the previous week, SSE had 13 more articles in the media than National Grid. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for SSE and 3 mentions for National Grid. SSE's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat National Grid's score of 0.15 indicating that SSE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
National Grid pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. SSE pays an annual dividend of GBX 88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. National Grid pays out 8,260.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SSE pays out 16,603.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. National Grid is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
57.4% of National Grid shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.2% of SSE shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of National Grid shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of SSE shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
National Grid has higher revenue and earnings than SSE. National Grid is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SSE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
National Grid has a beta of 0.29, meaning that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SSE has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
SSE received 526 more outperform votes than National Grid when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.82% of users gave National Grid an outperform vote while only 56.84% of users gave SSE an outperform vote.
National Grid has a net margin of 37.04% compared to SSE's net margin of 4.96%. National Grid's return on equity of 9.23% beat SSE's return on equity.
National Grid presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,212, suggesting a potential upside of 6.69%. SSE has a consensus target price of GBX 1,959, suggesting a potential upside of 6.79%. Given SSE's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe SSE is more favorable than National Grid.
Summary National Grid beats SSE on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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