Pennon Group (OTCMKTS:PEGRF) vs York Water (NASDAQ:YORW) Head to Head Contrast

Pennon Group (OTCMKTS:PEGRF – Get Free Report) and York Water (NASDAQ:YORW – Get Free Report) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We’ll contrast the two businesses based on dividend strength, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Analyst ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Pennon Group and York Water, as reported by MarketBeat.

Earnings and Rating

This table compares Pennon Group and York Water’s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

York Water has higher revenue and earnings than Pennon Group. York Water trades at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pennon Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

return

This table compares Pennon Group and York Water’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Insider and institutional ownership

44.0% of Pennon Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.9% of York Water shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of York Water shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and big money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

dividends

Pennon Group pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. York Water pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Pennon Group pays out 104.5% of its earnings as dividends, suggesting that it may not have enough earnings to cover its dividend payout in the future. York Water pays out 49.4% of earnings as a dividend. York Water has increased its dividend for 26 consecutive years.

Summary

York Water beats Pennon Group on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pennon Group

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Pennon Group Plc provides clean water and waste water services in the United Kingdom. It provides water and wastewater services to customers in Cornwall, Devon and parts of Dorset and Somerset; water only services in Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire areas; and retail water and wastewater services to UK non-domestic customers. The company also provides regulated water to approximately 1.2 million customers in the Bristol region. Pennon Group Plc was established in 1989 and is based in Exeter, United Kingdom.

About York Water

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York Water Company captures, purifies and distributes drinking water. It owns and operates three wastewater collection systems; ten wastewater collection and treatment systems; and two reservoirs, including Williams Lake and Redman Lake, which hold approximately 2.2 billion gallons of water. The company also operates a 15-mile pipeline from the Susquehanna River to Redman Lake; and owns satellite groundwater systems in York, Adams and Lancaster counties, as well as two impoundments on the primary system located in York and Springfield townships. It serves customers in the furniture, electrical machinery, food, paper, ammunition, textile, air conditioning, laundry detergent, barbell and motorcycle industries in 56 municipalities in four counties in south-central Pennsylvania. The York Water Company was founded in 1816 and is headquartered in York, Pennsylvania.

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