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Pennon Group (PNN) Competitors

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GBX 600.50 +12.50 (+2.13%)
(As of 12/24/2024 07:50 AM ET)

PNN vs. SVT, UU, CNA, UKW, DRX, GLO, TEP, YU, GOOD, 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), Centrica (CNA), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), Drax Group (DRX), ContourGlobal (GLO), Telecom Plus (TEP), Yü Group (YU), Good Energy Group (GOOD), 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

In the previous week, Pennon Group had 2 more articles in the media than Severn Trent. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Pennon Group and 2 mentions for Severn Trent. Pennon Group's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Severn Trent's score of 0.37 indicating that Pennon Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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
Pennon Group-1.05% -0.74% 1.81%
Severn Trent 6.00%10.00%2.35%

Pennon Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. Severn Trent pays an annual dividend of GBX 117 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. 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.

Pennon Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 856.67, suggesting a potential upside of 42.66%. Severn Trent has a consensus price target of GBX 2,880, suggesting a potential upside of 13.52%. Given Pennon Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Pennon Group is more favorable than Severn Trent.

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

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

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

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
Pennon Group£906.80M1.89-£9.50M-£0.04-15,012.50
Severn Trent£2.34B3.25£140.20M£0.514,974.51

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

Summary

Severn Trent beats Pennon Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PNN vs. The Competition

MetricPennon GroupUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.72B£3.35B£14.14B£1.95B
Dividend Yield11.07%5.60%4.12%5.17%
P/E Ratio-15,012.50883.2295.931,929.30
Price / Sales1.89220.3123.23460,593.64
Price / Cash12.7015.7318.4629.22
Price / Book1.483.212.222.33
Net Income-£9.50M£64.16M£636.50M£183.54M
7 Day Performance0.27%-1.26%0.68%0.08%
1 Month Performance0.25%-1.24%-3.52%30.17%
1 Year Performance-19.77%2.08%1.57%153.13%

Pennon Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNN
Pennon Group
3.5883 of 5 stars
GBX 600.50
+2.1%
GBX 856.67
+42.7%
-19.8%£1.72B£906.80M-15,012.503,000Positive News
SVT
Severn Trent
2.1873 of 5 stars
GBX 2,506
-0.4%
GBX 2,880
+14.9%
-3.1%£7.52B£2.34B4,913.73270
UU
United Utilities Group
3.4417 of 5 stars
GBX 1,045.50
-1.7%
GBX 1,230
+17.6%
-2.5%£7.13B£1.95B5,502.636,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
CNA
Centrica
2.6894 of 5 stars
GBX 127.50
+2.0%
GBX 167
+31.0%
-9.1%£6.62B£20.48B579.556,100
UKW
Greencoat UK Wind
N/AGBX 124.70
-1.0%
N/A-14.2%£2.83B£214.02M4,156.67N/A
DRX
Drax Group
1.8783 of 5 stars
GBX 634.50
+0.7%
GBX 761.33
+20.0%
+30.4%£2.41B£7.39B382.233,551
GLO
ContourGlobal
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65B£2.57B1,091.301,518High Trading Volume
TEP
Telecom Plus
N/AGBX 1,712
-0.1%
N/A+7.3%£1.35B£2.04B1,923.602,347News Coverage
Gap Down
YU
Yü Group
N/AGBX 1,780
flat
N/A+42.5%£298.68M£577.78M843.60382High Trading Volume
GOOD
Good Energy Group
2.2045 of 5 stars
GBX 373.90
+0.6%
GBX 500
+33.7%
+8.5%£68.20M£195.98M-958.7270
AMPH
Aggregated Micro Power
N/AN/AN/AN/A£64.54M£49.33M70.771,620Gap Up

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This page (LON:PNN) was last updated on 12/25/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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