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Pennon Group (PNN) Competitors

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GBX 596 +9.00 (+1.53%)
(As of 11/22/2024 12:19 PM ET)

PNN vs. SVT, UU, CNA, UKW, DRX, GLO, TEP, YU, AMPH, and GOOD

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), Yü Group (YU), Aggregated Micro Power (AMPH), and Good Energy Group (GOOD). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

Pennon Group vs.

Severn Trent (LON:SVT) and Pennon Group (LON:PNN) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Severn Trent£2.34B3.56£140.20M£0.515,441.18
Pennon Group£906.80M1.88-£9.50M-£0.04-14,900.00

Pennon Group received 91 more outperform votes than Severn Trent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.84% of users gave Pennon Group an outperform vote while only 52.36% of users gave Severn Trent an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Severn TrentOutperform Votes
366
52.36%
Underperform Votes
333
47.64%
Pennon GroupOutperform Votes
457
61.84%
Underperform Votes
282
38.16%

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Severn Trent presently has a consensus target price of GBX 2,665, indicating a potential downside of 3.96%. Pennon Group has a consensus target price of GBX 856.67, indicating a potential upside of 43.74%. Given Pennon Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pennon Group is more favorable than Severn Trent.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Severn Trent
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Pennon Group
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Severn Trent has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pennon Group has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Severn Trent pays an annual dividend of GBX 117 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Pennon Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Severn Trent pays out 22,941.2% 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 -152,500.0% 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.

In the previous week, Severn Trent had 1 more articles in the media than Pennon Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Severn Trent and 3 mentions for Pennon Group. Pennon Group's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Severn Trent's score of -0.11 indicating that Pennon Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Severn Trent
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Pennon Group
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 10.00% beat Pennon Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Severn Trent6.00% 10.00% 2.35%
Pennon Group -1.05%-0.74%1.81%

Summary

Severn Trent beats Pennon Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PNN vs. The Competition

MetricPennon GroupUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.70B£3.58B£14.23B£1.57B
Dividend Yield11.07%4.55%4.06%11.49%
P/E Ratio-14,900.001,141.55102.471,600.55
Price / Sales1.88233.5425.87243,937.99
Price / Cash12.7015.7318.4932.45
Price / Book1.473.362.302.88
Net Income-£9.50M£64.16M£615.46M£170.91M
7 Day Performance5.02%1.85%0.85%-0.04%
1 Month Performance0.51%-0.02%-0.33%-0.44%
1 Year Performance-21.37%3.14%11.55%24.22%

Pennon Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNN
Pennon Group
3.5527 of 5 stars
GBX 596
+1.5%
GBX 856.67
+43.7%
-20.5%£1.70B£906.80M-14,900.003,000Dividend Cut
News Coverage
Positive News
SVT
Severn Trent
1.316 of 5 stars
GBX 2,775
+1.4%
GBX 2,665
-4.0%
+3.8%£8.33B£2.34B5,470.59270Dividend Cut
News Coverage
UU
United Utilities Group
3.6207 of 5 stars
GBX 1,131.50
+1.8%
GBX 1,230
+8.7%
+3.3%£7.72B£1.95B5,850.006,000High Trading Volume
CNA
Centrica
3.1608 of 5 stars
GBX 123.05
+0.0%
GBX 171.25
+39.2%
-16.0%£6.39B£20.48B559.326,100
UKW
Greencoat UK Wind
N/AGBX 126.20
+0.1%
N/A-11.7%£2.86B£214.02M4,206.67N/APositive News
DRX
Drax Group
1.7532 of 5 stars
GBX 655
+0.2%
GBX 761
+16.2%
+51.5%£2.49B£7.39B393.983,551
GLO
ContourGlobal
N/AGBX 251
+0.2%
N/A+0.0%£1.65B£2.57B1,091.301,518High Trading Volume
TEP
Telecom Plus
N/AGBX 1,740
flat
N/A+5.6%£1.38B£2.04B1,950.562,347Gap Down
YU
Yü Group
N/AGBX 1,840
-1.6%
N/A+62.6%£308.75M£577.78M886.26382High Trading Volume
AMPH
Aggregated Micro Power
N/AGBX 92
+407.4%
N/AN/A£64.54M£49.33M70.771,620Gap Up
GOOD
Good Energy Group
2.0681 of 5 stars
GBX 352.50
+1.4%
GBX 500
+41.8%
+12.6%£64.30M£195.98M-897.4470Positive News

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This page (LON:PNN) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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