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. Its Competitors
Severn Trent (LON:SVT) and Pennon Group (LON:PNN) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
75.4% of Severn Trent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.4% of Pennon Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Severn Trent shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Pennon Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments 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.
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.
Severn Trent pays an annual dividend of GBX 117 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Pennon Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.7%. 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 pays out -1,715.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pennon Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Severn Trent has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pennon Group has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Severn Trent had 3 more articles in the media than Pennon Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Severn Trent and 1 mentions for Pennon Group. Pennon Group's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Severn Trent's score of 0.22 indicating that Pennon Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Severn Trent currently has a consensus price target of GBX 2,600, indicating a potential downside of 1.92%. Pennon Group has a consensus price target of GBX 497, indicating a potential upside of 3.49%. Given Pennon Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pennon Group is more favorable than Severn Trent.
Summary
Severn Trent beats Pennon Group on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:PNN) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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