Free Trial

National Grid (NG) Competitors

National Grid logo
GBX 1,079 +2.50 (+0.23%)
As of 04/17/2025

NG vs. WPM, IAG, AUY, BTG, SFR, TRX, NAK, EGI, IMG, and EDG

Should you be buying National Grid stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Grid include Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), Yamana Gold (AUY), BTG (BTG), Severfield (SFR), Tissue Regenix Group (TRX), Nakama Group plc (NAK.L) (NAK), (EGI.L) (EGI), 532753 (IMG.L) (IMG), and 651814 (EDG.L) (EDG). These companies are all part of the "precious metals" industry.

National Grid vs.

National Grid (LON:NG) and Wheaton Precious Metals (LON:WPM) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and earnings.

In the previous week, National Grid and National Grid both had 5 articles in the media. Wheaton Precious Metals' average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat National Grid's score of -0.01 indicating that Wheaton Precious Metals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
National Grid
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Wheaton Precious Metals
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

National Grid has a beta of 0.25, meaning that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Wheaton Precious Metals has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

59.4% of National Grid shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.8% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of National Grid shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Wheaton Precious Metals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

National Grid presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,181.25, indicating a potential upside of 9.48%. Wheaton Precious Metals has a consensus target price of GBX 5,900, indicating a potential downside of 6.47%. Given National Grid's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe National Grid is more favorable than Wheaton Precious Metals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
National Grid
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Wheaton Precious Metals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

National Grid has higher revenue and earnings than Wheaton Precious Metals. National Grid is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Wheaton Precious Metals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
National Grid£25.99B2.04£3.00B£60.8717.73
Wheaton Precious Metals£1.51B23.50£754.42M£108.5558.11

National Grid pays an annual dividend of GBX 57 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Wheaton Precious Metals pays an annual dividend of GBX 47 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. National Grid pays out 93.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Wheaton Precious Metals pays out 43.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

National Grid received 10 more outperform votes than Wheaton Precious Metals when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Wheaton Precious Metals an outperform vote while only 70.37% of users gave National Grid an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
National GridOutperform Votes
19
70.37%
Underperform Votes
8
29.63%
Wheaton Precious MetalsOutperform Votes
9
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes

Wheaton Precious Metals has a net margin of 50.05% compared to National Grid's net margin of 11.54%. Wheaton Precious Metals' return on equity of 8.56% beat National Grid's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
National Grid11.54% 7.72% 3.66%
Wheaton Precious Metals 50.05%8.56%5.35%

Summary

Wheaton Precious Metals beats National Grid on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get National Grid News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NG and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
Skip Chart

NG vs. The Competition

MetricNational GridUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£52.98B£22.77B£15.72B£2.48B
Dividend Yield5.74%5.53%5.92%4.96%
P/E Ratio17.7311.4715.48129.75
Price / Sales2.0444.5021.37232,042.22
Price / Cash12.60153.6918.5328.07
Price / Book1.351.711.984.43
Net Income£3.00B£1.10B£667.57M£5.83B
1 Month Performance10.49%4.24%1.39%-1.34%
1 Year Performance4.76%12.88%10.79%117.27%

National Grid Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NG
National Grid
1.177 of 5 stars
GBX 1,079
+0.2%
GBX 1,181.25
+9.5%
+6.5%£52.98B£25.99B17.7310High Trading Volume
WPM
Wheaton Precious Metals
1.2078 of 5 stars
GBX 6,261.68
-0.7%
GBX 5,900
-5.8%
+48.6%£35.16B£1.51B57.6942Positive News
High Trading Volume
IAG
International Consolidated Airlines Group
3.4585 of 5 stars
GBX 246.69
+2.4%
GBX 334
+35.4%
+46.6%£14.58B£37.71B5.215,360Gap Up
High Trading Volume
AUY
Yamana Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/A£4.57B£1.81B-572.2911,600
BTG
BTG
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.26B£914.10M29.474,690
SFR
Severfield
N/AGBX 20.10
+4.7%
N/A-69.3%£58.70M£444.13M3.831,900Dividend Cut
Gap Up
TRX
Tissue Regenix Group
N/AGBX 37.56
+4.2%
N/A-40.8%£33.86M£31.98M-38.78120
NAK
Nakama Group plc (NAK.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.44M£8.09M-6.1353Gap Down
High Trading Volume
EGI
(EGI.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.006Gap Down
High Trading Volume
IMG
532753 (IMG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.005,360High Trading Volume
EDG
651814 (EDG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£0.00N/A0.002,610

Related Companies and Tools


This page (LON:NG) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners