Stock Research: Pennon

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Pennon

LSE:PNN GB00B18V8630
23
  • Value
    50
  • Growth
    37
  • Safety
    Safety
    20
  • Combined
    22
  • Sentiment
    44
  • 360° View
    360° View
    23
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Company Description

Pennon Group plc provides environmental infrastructure and customer services. It operates in the water and wastewater services industry through its subsidiaries Southwest Water Limited, Bristol Water and Bournemouth Water. It serves customers in Devon, Cornwall, Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Bristol. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $3,063 million, profits of $1,287 million, and revenue of $1,354 million, with 3910 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 23 (better than 23% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Pennon are critical, mostly below average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with three out of four indicators below average for Pennon. Only the consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 50, which means that the share price of Pennon is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is lower than for 50% of alternative stocks in the same industry. All other consolidated ranks are below average. The consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 37, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, and invested capital growth as well as stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 20, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 80% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. Finally, professionals are more pessimistic about the stock than for 56% of alternative investment opportunities, reflected in the consolidated Sentiment Rank of 44. ...read more

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
50 41 34 47
Growth
37 21 31 11
Safety
Safety
20 1 5 88
Sentiment
44 5 12 3
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23 1 1 21
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
48 29 35 25
Opinions Change
50 46 29 23
Pro Holdings
n/a 11 22 35
Market Pulse
1 14 23 30
Sentiment
44 5 12 3
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
50 41 34 47
Growth
37 21 31 11
Safety Safety
20 1 5 88
Combined
22 4 1 54
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
51 41 32 28
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
28 18 7 36
Price vs. Book (P/B)
44 46 30 57
Dividend Yield
91 76 79 67
Value
50 41 34 47
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
54 85 64 38
Profit Growth
37 4 55 19
Capital Growth
41 33 45 17
Stock Returns
36 29 25 55
Growth
37 21 31 11
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
7 7 12 74
Refinancing
71 42 45 91
Liquidity
22 10 13 41
Safety Safety
20 1 5 88

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The only strength is good value. All other factors (growth, safety, and sentiment) are below average. This stock is highly sensitive to a crisis and is not advisable. Avoid unless you have solid, independent reasons to believe a significant turnaround is imminent.

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The 360° View Rank indicates a company's overall performance across all major financial and non-financial metrics tracked by Obermatt. A 360° View Rank of 75 means the company is more well-rounded than 75% of similar companies. A high score indicates that the company is strong across the board; it is attractively priced, growing sustainably, financially stable, and well-regarded by the market. Learn more.

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