Drax Group (DRX)

Sector:

Electricity Generation and Distribution

Index:

FTSE 250

655.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -2.00p
  • 52 Week High: 676.00
  • 52 Week Low: 486.20
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 354.14m
  • Volume: 167,449
  • Market Cap: £2,319.63m
  • RiskGrade: 140

Drax Group Overview

Drax Group is a renewable energy company engaged in renewable power generation, the production of sustainable biomass and the sale of renewable electricity to businesses. Drax operates a generation portfolio of sustainable biomass, hydro-electric and pumped hydro storage assets across four sites in England and Scotland. It is the UK’s largest source of renewable electricity. The company also operates a global bioenergy supply business with manufacturing facilities at 13 sites in the United States and Canada, producing compressed wood pellets for its own use and for customers in Europe and Asia.

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 4.0% 0.0%
Div Cover 4.9 3.9
Op Mrgn 13.8% 9.5%
ROCE 25.8%  
Latest F'cast
P/E 5.1 6.0
PEG 0.7 n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.4 0.3
Pr/Book 1.1  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -20.3% 7.5%
PBT -5.4% -16.3%
EPS 7.4% -13.6%
DPS 12.6% 9.3%

Drax Group Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-20 4,244.70 (234.70) 24.30p 15.4 n/a -2% 17.10p 4.6%
31-Dec-21 5,088.00 121.50 22.30p 27.1 n/a -8% 18.80p 3.1%
31-Dec-22 7,775.30 78.10 85.10p 8.3 0.0 +282% 21.00p 3.0%
31-Dec-23 7,733.20 796.40 119.60p 4.1 0.1 +40% 23.10p 4.7%
31-Dec-24 6,162.50 753.40 128.40p 5.0 0.7 +7% 26.00p 4.0%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Drax Group Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-25 6,627.32 630.94 110.99p 5.9 n/a -14% 28.41p 0.0%
31-Dec-26 5,765.82 409.62 67.78p 9.7 n/a -39% 31.13p 0.0%
31-Dec-27 4,965.82 339.49 59.34p 11.1 n/a -12% 34.65p 0.0%

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Drax Group Company Announcements

Transaction in Own Shares 09-Jun-2025 07:00 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 06-Jun-2025 07:00 RNS
Transaction in Own Shares 05-Jun-2025 07:00 RNS

Latest Drax Group Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
03-Jun-25 Sell Will Gardiner 660.08p 150,000 £990,118.79
01-Jun-25 Exercise of option Will Gardiner 127.10p 23,603 £29,999.41
20-Mar-25 Transfer From Andy Skelton 0.000p 31,782 £0.00

Note 1: Prices and trades are provided by Digital Look Corporate Solutions and are delayed by at least 15 minutes.

Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Drax Group Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 655.00p
Change Today -2.00p
% Change -0.30 %
52 Week High 676.00
52 Week Low 486.20
Volume 167,449
Shares Issued 354.14m
Market Cap £2,319.63m
RiskGrade 140

Drax Group Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Key: vs Market vs Sector
Value
73.80% above the market average73.80% above the market average73.80% above the market average73.80% above the market average73.80% above the market average
60.00% above the sector average60.00% above the sector average60.00% above the sector average60.00% above the sector average60.00% above the sector average
Price Trend
60.60% above the market average60.60% above the market average60.60% above the market average60.60% above the market average60.60% above the market average
20.00% above the sector average20.00% above the sector average20.00% above the sector average20.00% above the sector average20.00% above the sector average
Income
80.00% above the market average80.00% above the market average80.00% above the market average80.00% above the market average80.00% above the market average
33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average33.33% above the sector average
Growth
32.08% above the market average32.08% above the market average32.08% above the market average32.08% above the market average32.08% above the market average
20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average20% below the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 1
Buy 1
Neutral 2
Sell 0
Strong Sell 1
Total 5
neutral
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Drax Group Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 24-Apr-25 19-Sep-24
Paid 16-May-25 25-Oct-24
Amount 15.60p 10.40p

Trades for 09-Jun-2025

Time Volume / Share Price
13:04 75 @ 655.45p
13:01 1,473 @ 655.00p
13:01 264 @ 655.00p
12:58 250 @ 654.50p
12:57 668 @ 654.00p

Drax Group Key Personnel

CEO Will Gardiner
CFO Andy Skelton
Chair Andrea Bertone

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