Greencoat Renewables (GRP) Competitors

Greencoat Renewables (LON:GRP) and OPG Power Ventures (LON:OPG) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, GRP or OPG?

Greencoat Renewables has higher revenue and earnings than OPG Power Ventures. Greencoat Renewables is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OPG Power Ventures, 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 Renewables	£172.43M	0.06	£136.57M	£0.13	6.78
OPG Power Ventures	£155.69M	0.24	£4.11M	£0.01	950.50

Does the media refer more to GRP or OPG?

In the previous week, Greencoat Renewables had 1 more articles in the media than OPG Power Ventures. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Greencoat Renewables and 1 mentions for OPG Power Ventures. OPG Power Ventures' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Greencoat Renewables' score of 0.50 indicating that OPG Power Ventures is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Greencoat Renewables	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
OPG Power Ventures	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of GRP or OPG?

80.5% of Greencoat Renewables shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.7% of OPG Power Ventures shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Greencoat Renewables shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 61.9% of OPG Power Ventures shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is GRP or OPG a better dividend stock?

Greencoat Renewables pays an annual dividend of GBX 6 per share and has a dividend yield of 680.3%. OPG Power Ventures pays an annual dividend of GBX 1 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.5%. Greencoat Renewables pays out 4,615.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. OPG Power Ventures pays out 10,000.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer GRP or OPG?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Greencoat Renewables	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
OPG Power Ventures	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GRP or OPG?

OPG Power Ventures received 150 more outperform votes than Greencoat Renewables when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.92% of users gave OPG Power Ventures an outperform vote while only 74.76% of users gave Greencoat Renewables an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Greencoat Renewables	Outperform Votes 77 74.76%	Underperform Votes 26 25.24%
OPG Power Ventures	Outperform Votes 227 74.92%	Underperform Votes 76 25.08%

Which has more risk and volatility, GRP or OPG?

Greencoat Renewables has a beta of 0.03, indicating that its stock price is 97% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OPG Power Ventures has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is GRP or OPG more profitable?

Greencoat Renewables has a net margin of 79.21% compared to OPG Power Ventures' net margin of 2.64%. Greencoat Renewables' return on equity of 12.32% beat OPG Power Ventures' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greencoat Renewables	79.21%	12.32%	5.53%
OPG Power Ventures	2.64%	2.40%	2.72%

Summary

Greencoat Renewables beats OPG Power Ventures on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.