Greencoat Renewables (GRP) Competitors

Greencoat UK Wind (LON:UKW) and Greencoat Renewables (LON:GRP) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has better earnings and valuation, UKW or GRP?

Greencoat Renewables has higher revenue and earnings than Greencoat UK Wind. Greencoat Renewables 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Greencoat UK Wind	£266.34M	9.20	£77.89M	£3.45	31.56
Greencoat Renewables	£13.86B	0.06	£5.75B	£0.05	14.26

Which has more volatility & risk, UKW or GRP?

Greencoat UK Wind has a beta of 0.24, suggesting that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Greencoat Renewables has a beta of 0.03, suggesting that its share price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is UKW or GRP more profitable?

Greencoat Renewables has a net margin of 41.47% compared to Greencoat UK Wind's net margin of 29.24%. Greencoat Renewables' return on equity of 4.62% beat Greencoat UK Wind's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greencoat UK Wind	29.24%	2.15%	2.03%
Greencoat Renewables	41.47%	4.62%	5.53%

Does the media favor UKW or GRP?

In the previous week, Greencoat UK Wind had 1 more articles in the media than Greencoat Renewables. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Greencoat UK Wind and 1 mentions for Greencoat Renewables. Greencoat UK Wind's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Greencoat Renewables' score of 0.11 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Greencoat Renewables	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is UKW or GRP a better dividend stock?

Greencoat UK Wind pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Greencoat Renewables pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 815.2%. Greencoat UK Wind pays out 319.0% 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 Renewables pays out 11,622.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in UKW or GRP?

Greencoat UK Wind received 104 more outperform votes than Greencoat Renewables when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.76% of users gave Greencoat Renewables an outperform vote while only 73.28% of users gave Greencoat UK Wind an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Greencoat UK Wind	Outperform Votes 181 73.28%	Underperform Votes 66 26.72%
Greencoat Renewables	Outperform Votes 77 74.76%	Underperform Votes 26 25.24%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in UKW or GRP?

60.9% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of Greencoat Renewables shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Greencoat UK Wind shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Greencoat Renewables shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Greencoat UK Wind beats Greencoat Renewables on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.