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Drax Group (DRX) Competitors

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GBX 625
+1.00 (+0.16%)
(As of 12:51 PM ET)

DRX vs. UKW, IES, GOOD, ATOM, SAE, PNPL, BION, NZI, MAST, and KIBO

Should you be buying Drax Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Drax Group include Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), Invinity Energy Systems (IES), Good Energy Group (GOOD), Atome (ATOM), SIMEC Atlantis Energy (SAE), Pineapple Power (PNPL), BiON (BION), Net Zero Infrastructure (NZI), MAST Energy Developments (MAST), and Kibo Energy (KIBO). These companies are all part of the "utilities - renewable" industry.

Drax Group vs.

Greencoat UK Wind (LON:UKW) and Drax Group (LON:DRX) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

Greencoat UK Wind pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Drax Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Greencoat UK Wind pays out 36,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Drax Group pays out 1,445.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Greencoat UK Wind has a net margin of 37.28% compared to Drax Group's net margin of 8.84%. Drax Group's return on equity of 34.30% beat Greencoat UK Wind's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Greencoat UK Wind37.28% 2.13% 2.03%
Drax Group 8.84%34.30%11.44%

60.9% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.9% of Drax Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Drax Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Greencoat UK Wind has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Drax Group has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Drax Group has higher revenue and earnings than Greencoat UK Wind. Drax Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greencoat UK Wind, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Greencoat UK Wind£214.02M14.02£79.79M£0.034,406.67
Drax Group£7.39B0.32£653.80M£1.66375.90

In the previous week, Greencoat UK Wind had 1 more articles in the media than Drax Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Greencoat UK Wind and 2 mentions for Drax Group. Greencoat UK Wind's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Drax Group's score of -0.61 indicating that Greencoat UK Wind is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Greencoat UK Wind
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Drax Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative

Drax Group received 383 more outperform votes than Greencoat UK Wind when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.28% of users gave Greencoat UK Wind an outperform vote while only 65.13% of users gave Drax Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Greencoat UK WindOutperform Votes
181
73.28%
Underperform Votes
66
26.72%
Drax GroupOutperform Votes
564
65.13%
Underperform Votes
302
34.87%

Drax Group has a consensus price target of GBX 761, indicating a potential upside of 21.96%. Given Drax Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Drax Group is more favorable than Greencoat UK Wind.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Greencoat UK Wind
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A
Drax Group
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

Drax Group beats Greencoat UK Wind on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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DRX vs. The Competition

MetricDrax GroupUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.37B£1.27B£11.39B£1.39B
Dividend Yield3.82%4.80%4.17%11.72%
P/E Ratio375.90118.7395.861,560.61
Price / Sales0.32139.4533.21208,575.83
Price / Cash8.5594.5253.0132.92
Price / Book1.111.502.252.84
Net Income£653.80M£73.60M£590.73M£152.61M
7 Day Performance-0.40%-0.99%-1.40%4.71%
1 Month PerformanceN/A-1.07%-1.39%3.35%
1 Year Performance42.34%-0.66%9.81%105.68%

Drax Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
DRX
Drax Group
1.9491 of 5 stars
GBX 625
+0.2%
GBX 761
+21.8%
+42.8%£2.38B£7.39B376.513,551
UKW
Greencoat UK Wind
N/AGBX 132.20
-0.2%
N/A-6.6%£3.00B£214.02M4,406.67N/A
IES
Invinity Energy Systems
2.7693 of 5 stars
GBX 15.91
-3.0%
GBX 40
+151.4%
-59.0%£70.09M£8.83M-176.78140Positive News
High Trading Volume
GOOD
Good Energy Group
2.3245 of 5 stars
GBX 343
-6.9%
GBX 500
+45.8%
+41.2%£62.56M£195.98M-879.4970Gap Up
ATOM
Atome
2.3324 of 5 stars
GBX 62.68
-0.5%
GBX 130
+107.4%
-18.2%£28.16MN/A-522.3320High Trading Volume
SAE
SIMEC Atlantis Energy
N/AGBX 1.83
+4.6%
N/A+80.0%£13.24M£14.43M45.7822Gap Down
PNPL
Pineapple Power
N/AGBX 2.74
-5.5%
N/AN/A£2.28MN/A-274.002High Trading Volume
BION
BiON
N/AGBX 0.15
flat
N/A+0.0%£1.15M£1.20M-2.50N/AGap Down
NZI
Net Zero Infrastructure
N/AGBX 1.35
flat
N/AN/A£819,000.00N/A-135.004
MAST
MAST Energy Developments
N/AGBX 0.16
+3.2%
N/A-87.1%£682,000.00£1.04M-16.0029,900Gap Down
KIBO
Kibo Energy
N/AGBX 0.01
-16.7%
N/AN/A£615,000.00£1.04M-5.5017Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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