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United Utilities Group (UU) Competitors

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GBX 1,004.50 +27.50 (+2.81%)
As of 03/28/2025

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

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), Greencoat Renewables (GRP), and Yü Group (YU). 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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and earnings.

United Utilities Group received 92 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 52.35% of users gave Severn Trent an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
United Utilities GroupOutperform Votes
459
61.69%
Underperform Votes
285
38.31%
Severn TrentOutperform Votes
367
52.35%
Underperform Votes
334
47.65%

United Utilities Group presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,230, suggesting a potential upside of 22.45%. Severn Trent has a consensus price target of GBX 2,740, suggesting a potential upside of 8.26%. Given United Utilities Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities 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)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

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 10.40% beat United Utilities Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Utilities Group6.51% 6.35% 2.02%
Severn Trent 6.00%10.40%2.35%

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

United Utilities Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Severn Trent pays an annual dividend of GBX 117 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. United Utilities Group pays out 269.9% 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 195.3% 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 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£1.96B3.51£127.46M£18.5354.22
Severn Trent£2.97B2.55£177.90M£59.9142.25

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 had 1 more articles in the media than Severn Trent. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for United Utilities Group and 0 mentions for Severn Trent. United Utilities Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Severn Trent'saverage media sentiment score.

Company Overall Sentiment
United Utilities Group Neutral
Severn Trent Neutral

Summary

United Utilities Group beats Severn Trent on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UU vs. The Competition

MetricUnited Utilities GroupUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£6.88B£3.36B£15.27B£2.56B
Dividend Yield5.11%5.42%5.69%4.95%
P/E Ratio54.2218.0615.27138.55
Price / Sales3.51185.4620.48277,004.76
Price / Cash13.2515.7318.5327.96
Price / Book3.532.901.954.58
Net Income£127.46M£72.05M£667.57M£5.77B
7 Day Performance2.58%3.01%0.88%-0.61%
1 Month Performance4.29%4.03%3.09%5.13%
1 Year Performance-2.38%8.07%7.78%31.04%

United Utilities Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UU
United Utilities Group
2.7546 of 5 stars
GBX 1,004.50
+2.8%
GBX 1,230
+22.4%
-2.4%£6.88B£1.96B54.226,000High Trading Volume
SVT
Severn Trent
0.9364 of 5 stars
GBX 2,430
-1.1%
GBX 2,740
+12.8%
+1.5%£7.26B£2.97B40.56270
PNN
Pennon Group
2.6328 of 5 stars
GBX 439
-0.4%
GBX 766.75
+74.7%
-30.1%£2.03B£1.55B-123.433,000Dividend Cut
News Coverage
Positive News
SSE
SSE
3.3546 of 5 stars
GBX 1,537.50
-2.4%
GBX 2,062.50
+34.1%
-2.5%£16.84B£10.47B9.8212,180Dividend Cut
CNA
Centrica
3.2871 of 5 stars
GBX 147.65
+2.2%
GBX 167
+13.1%
+17.3%£7.38B£19.40B7.046,100
UKW
Greencoat UK Wind
N/AGBX 111.20
-0.5%
N/A-21.9%£2.51B£266.34M32.25N/A
DRX
Drax Group
2.3863 of 5 stars
GBX 587
+0.2%
GBX 726.33
+23.7%
+18.3%£2.15B£6.60B3.483,551News Coverage
GLO
ContourGlobal
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.65B£2.57B1,091.301,518High Trading Volume
TEP
Telecom Plus
N/AGBX 1,736
-0.7%
N/A+8.7%£1.38B£2.03B19.552,347
GRP
Greencoat Renewables
N/AGBX 0.73
+0.3%
N/A-13.6%£808.43M£13.86B14.06N/A
YU
Yü Group
N/AGBX 1,610
+0.6%
N/A-12.6%£268.96M£538.89M7.50382Positive News
High Trading Volume
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This page (LON:UU) was last updated on 3/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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