PNN vs. SVT, UU, CNA, UKW, DRX, GLO, TEP, GRP, YU, and JEL
Should you be buying Pennon Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pennon Group include Severn Trent (SVT), United Utilities Group (UU), Centrica (CNA), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), Drax Group (DRX), ContourGlobal (GLO), Telecom Plus (TEP), Greencoat Renewables (GRP), Yü Group (YU), and Jersey Electricity (JEL). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Pennon Group vs.
Pennon Group (LON:PNN) and Severn Trent (LON:SVT) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Pennon Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 14.6%. Severn Trent pays an annual dividend of GBX 117 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Pennon Group pays out -1,715.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Severn Trent pays out 195.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pennon Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Pennon Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 766.75, suggesting a potential upside of 83.09%. Severn Trent has a consensus price target of GBX 2,880, suggesting a potential upside of 16.22%. Given Pennon Group's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Pennon Group is more favorable than Severn Trent.
Pennon Group received 91 more outperform votes than Severn Trent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.76% of users gave Pennon Group an outperform vote while only 52.36% of users gave Severn Trent an outperform vote.
Severn Trent has higher revenue and earnings than Pennon Group. Pennon Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Severn Trent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Pennon Group had 1 more articles in the media than Severn Trent. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Pennon Group and 1 mentions for Severn Trent. Severn Trent's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Pennon Group's score of -0.52 indicating that Severn Trent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
74.4% of Pennon Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.4% of Severn Trent shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Pennon Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Severn Trent shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Severn Trent has a net margin of 6.00% compared to Pennon Group's net margin of -1.05%. Severn Trent's return on equity of 10.40% beat Pennon Group's return on equity.
Pennon Group has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Severn Trent has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Severn Trent beats Pennon Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PNN) was last updated on 3/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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