PNN vs. UU, DRX, TEP, SVT, YU, HGEN, JEL, GOOD, OPG, and IES
Should you be buying Pennon Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pennon Group include United Utilities Group (UU), Drax Group (DRX), Telecom Plus (TEP), Severn Trent (SVT), Yü Group (YU), HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN), Jersey Electricity (JEL), Good Energy Group (GOOD), OPG Power Ventures (OPG), and Invinity Energy Systems (IES). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
United Utilities Group (LON:UU) and Pennon Group (LON:PNN) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
Pennon Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than United Utilities Group. Pennon Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Utilities Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
United Utilities Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,246.67, indicating a potential upside of 24.23%. Pennon Group has a consensus target price of GBX 840, indicating a potential upside of 35.05%. Given United Utilities Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pennon Group is more favorable than United Utilities Group.
Pennon Group has a net margin of -1.05% compared to Pennon Group's net margin of -1.66%. United Utilities Group's return on equity of -0.74% beat Pennon Group's return on equity.
64.5% of United Utilities Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.8% of Pennon Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of United Utilities Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Pennon Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
United Utilities Group has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pennon Group has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
United Utilities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Pennon Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 61 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. United Utilities Group pays out 26,315.8% 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, United Utilities Group had 3 more articles in the media than Pennon Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for United Utilities Group and 0 mentions for Pennon Group. Pennon Group's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat United Utilities Group's score of 0.00 indicating that United Utilities Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
United Utilities Group received 1 more outperform votes than Pennon Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.92% of users gave Pennon Group an outperform vote while only 61.64% of users gave United Utilities Group an outperform vote.
Summary
United Utilities Group beats Pennon Group on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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