PNN vs. SVT, UU, UKW, DRX, GLO, TEP, YU, GOOD, IES, and AMPH
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), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), Drax Group (DRX), ContourGlobal (GLO), Telecom Plus (TEP), Yü Group (YU), Good Energy Group (GOOD), Invinity Energy Systems (IES), and Aggregated Micro Power (AMPH). 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and profitability.
Pennon Group currently has a consensus target price of GBX 856.67, indicating a potential upside of 67.15%. Severn Trent has a consensus target price of GBX 2,880, indicating a potential upside of 15.76%. Given Pennon Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Pennon Group is more favorable than Severn Trent.
In the previous week, Pennon Group had 1 more articles in the media than Severn Trent. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pennon Group and 3 mentions for Severn Trent. Pennon Group's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Severn Trent's score of -0.33 indicating that Pennon Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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.
74.4% of Pennon Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.4% of Severn Trent shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Pennon Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Severn Trent 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 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.
Pennon Group has a beta of 0.29, indicating that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Severn Trent has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its stock price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Pennon Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.9%. Severn Trent pays an annual dividend of GBX 117 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Pennon Group pays out -152,500.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Severn Trent beats Pennon Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Pennon Group News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for PNN 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.
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.
Pennon Group Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (LON:PNN) was last updated on 1/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
Free PNN Stock Alerts