CNA vs. GLO, AMPH, OPG, ETP, GSH, RUR, SSE, SVT, UU, and DRX
Should you be buying Centrica stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centrica include ContourGlobal (GLO), Aggregated Micro Power (AMPH), OPG Power Ventures (OPG), Eneraqua Technologies (ETP), Green & Smart (GSH), Rurelec (RUR), SSE (SSE), Severn Trent (SVT), United Utilities Group (UU), and Drax Group (DRX). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
ContourGlobal (LON:GLO) and Centrica (LON:CNA) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, risk and earnings.
Centrica has higher revenue and earnings than ContourGlobal. Centrica is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ContourGlobal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Centrica had 8 more articles in the media than ContourGlobal. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Centrica and 0 mentions for ContourGlobal. ContourGlobal's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Centrica's score of 0.00 indicating that Centrica is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Centrica has a consensus price target of GBX 156, suggesting a potential upside of 12.11%. Given ContourGlobal's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Centrica is more favorable than ContourGlobal.
Centrica has a net margin of 14.85% compared to Centrica's net margin of 0.00%. ContourGlobal's return on equity of 146.56% beat Centrica's return on equity.
Centrica received 890 more outperform votes than ContourGlobal when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.12% of users gave ContourGlobal an outperform vote while only 57.95% of users gave Centrica an outperform vote.
54.6% of Centrica shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Centrica shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ContourGlobal pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Centrica pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. ContourGlobal pays out 79.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Centrica pays out 579.7% 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
Centrica beats ContourGlobal on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CNA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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