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United Utilities Group (UU) Competitors

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GBX 1,027
-7.00 (-0.68%)
(As of 11/4/2024 ET)

UU vs. SVT, PNN, SSE, CNA, UKW, DRX, GLO, TEP, YU, and IES

Should you be buying United Utilities Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Utilities Group include Severn Trent (SVT), Pennon Group (PNN), SSE (SSE), Centrica (CNA), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), Drax Group (DRX), ContourGlobal (GLO), Telecom Plus (TEP), Yü Group (YU), and Invinity Energy Systems (IES). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

United Utilities Group vs.

United Utilities Group (LON:UU) and Severn Trent (LON:SVT) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and media sentiment.

United Utilities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Severn Trent pays an annual dividend of GBX 117 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. 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. 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.

United Utilities Group currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,230, indicating a potential upside of 18.96%. Severn Trent has a consensus price target of GBX 2,665, indicating a potential upside of 3.70%. Given United Utilities Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe United Utilities Group is more favorable than Severn Trent.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United Utilities Group
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Severn Trent
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

United Utilities Group has a net margin of 6.51% compared to Severn Trent's net margin of 6.00%. Severn Trent's return on equity of 10.00% beat United Utilities Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Utilities Group6.51% 5.56% 2.02%
Severn Trent 6.00%10.00%2.35%

Severn Trent has higher revenue and earnings than United Utilities Group. Severn Trent 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
United Utilities Group£1.95B3.62£126.90M£0.195,442.11
Severn Trent£2.34B3.30£140.20M£0.515,039.22

United Utilities Group has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% 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.

In the previous week, United Utilities Group and United Utilities Group both had 1 articles in the media. United Utilities Group's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Severn Trent's score of 0.29 indicating that United Utilities Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

65.3% of United Utilities Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.4% of Severn Trent shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of United Utilities 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

United Utilities Group received 93 more outperform votes than Severn Trent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave United Utilities Group an outperform vote while only 52.36% of users gave Severn Trent an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
United Utilities GroupOutperform Votes
459
61.69%
Underperform Votes
285
38.31%
Severn TrentOutperform Votes
366
52.36%
Underperform Votes
333
47.64%

Summary

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

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UU vs. The Competition

MetricUnited Utilities GroupUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£7.05B£2.49B£11.38B£1.40B
Dividend Yield4.87%4.31%4.17%11.82%
P/E Ratio5,442.11969.8296.681,566.68
Price / Sales3.62145.6633.48210,811.83
Price / Cash13.2517.9753.0126.69
Price / Book3.424.322.252.86
Net Income£126.90M£43.32M£590.73M£153.77M
7 Day Performance-1.52%-1.38%-1.27%4.76%
1 Month PerformanceN/A-2.68%-1.16%3.35%
1 Year Performance-4.30%1.78%9.93%107.00%

United Utilities Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UU
United Utilities Group
3.6298 of 5 stars
GBX 1,027
-0.7%
GBX 1,230
+19.8%
-4.4%£7.00B£1.95B5,405.266,000Positive News
High Trading Volume
SVT
Severn Trent
1.3083 of 5 stars
GBX 2,588
+0.8%
GBX 2,665
+3.0%
-3.9%£7.77B£2.34B5,074.51270
PNN
Pennon Group
2.953 of 5 stars
GBX 547
+0.5%
GBX 856.67
+56.6%
-27.1%£1.56B£906.80M-13,675.003,000Dividend Cut
SSE
SSE
1.78 of 5 stars
GBX 1,777.50
+0.9%
GBX 2,043.75
+15.0%
+5.1%£19.55B£10.46B1,139.4212,180Dividend Cut
CNA
Centrica
3.7258 of 5 stars
GBX 118
+0.6%
GBX 171.25
+45.1%
-23.0%£6.12B£20.48B536.366,100Positive News
UKW
Greencoat UK Wind
N/AGBX 132.20
-0.2%
N/A-6.6%£3.00B£214.02M4,406.67N/ANews Coverage
DRX
Drax Group
1.9423 of 5 stars
GBX 624
+0.2%
GBX 761
+22.0%
+42.8%£2.37B£7.39B375.903,551
GLO
ContourGlobal
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65B£2.57B1,091.301,518High Trading Volume
TEP
Telecom Plus
N/AGBX 1,690
+0.6%
N/A+3.3%£1.34B£2.04B1,898.882,347Gap Up
YU
Yü Group
N/AGBX 1,750
+2.9%
N/A+63.6%£293.65M£577.78M829.38382High Trading Volume
IES
Invinity Energy Systems
2.7638 of 5 stars
GBX 16
-2.4%
GBX 40
+150.0%
-59.0%£70.49M£8.83M-177.78140News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:UU) was last updated on 11/4/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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