Critical Survey: Iberdrola (IBDSF) versus Its Peers

Dividends

Iberdrola pays an annual dividend of $0.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Iberdrola pays out 7.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Multi – Utilities” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.6% and pay out 65.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Iberdrola and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Iberdrola	N/A	N/A	71.04
Iberdrola Competitors	$16.33 billion	$269.64 million	27.78

Iberdrola’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Iberdrola. Iberdrola is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Iberdrola and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Iberdrola	N/A	N/A	N/A
Iberdrola Competitors	8.73%	14.68%	4.07%

Institutional & Insider Ownership

16.5% of Iberdrola shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of shares of all “Multi – Utilities” companies are owned by institutional investors. 9.9% of shares of all “Multi – Utilities” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Iberdrola peers beat Iberdrola on 7 of the 9 factors compared.

Iberdrola Company Profile

Iberdrola, S.A. engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and supply of electricity in Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, France, and Australia. It generates electricity from renewable sources, such as onshore and offshore wind, hydro, photovoltaic, combined cycle gas, and conventional nuclear, as well as through batteries. The company is also involved in the purchase and sale of electricity and gas on wholesale markets; energy retail supply activities, such as gas and electricity, and other products and services, including hydrogen, as well as non-renewable generation; and production of green hydrogen. It has a total installed capacity of 62,871 MW. In addition, the company offers heat pumps, self-consumption, electric mobility, solar, etc. services to residential customers; and management of energy facilities, as well as supplies green H2, industrial heat, etc. to industrial customers. Iberdrola, S.A. was founded in 1840 and is based in Bilbao, Spain.