Drax Group plc (D9F2) Stock Price & Analysis
D9F2 Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 10.19 - EUR 10.19
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 8.03 - EUR 10.61
- Previous Close
- EUR 10.23
- Volume
- N/A
- Average Volume (3M)
- 278
- Market Cap
- EUR 3.46B
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 3.64B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 179.60M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 1.20B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 57.0
- Beta
- 0.28
- Next Earnings
- Feb 25, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 0.71
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 5.52%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Strong Cash Generation
Substantial operating and free cash flow gives Drax internal funding capacity for maintenance, investment, debt service, and shareholder returns. The modest year-over-year FCF increase also indicates that cash generation remains resilient despite weaker reported profitability.
Manageable Leverage
Declining debt and a debt-to-equity ratio below prior peak levels improve financial flexibility and reduce balance-sheet pressure. This should leave Drax better positioned to absorb operating volatility and fund its generation and energy-services activities over the medium term.
Diversified Energy Revenue Model
Multiple revenue streams connect Drax to both electricity generation and the operation of the power system. Generation, balancing services, and biomass activities provide different channels for monetisation, supporting business relevance as renewable power systems require flexibility and reliability.
Bears Say
Severe Profitability Decline
The sharp decline in net income and margin materially weakens earnings quality and reduces the cushion available for investment, debt reduction, and distributions. Unless profitability recovers, strong cash flow may not translate into durable returns on shareholder capital.
Revenue Contraction
Lower revenue signals weaker top-line momentum across Drax’s generation and related activities. Continued contraction could limit operating leverage and make it harder to offset fixed asset costs, especially while gross margin is also substantially below the prior-year level.
Lower Returns On Equity
The combination of reduced equity and a steep ROE decline indicates that Drax is generating much less profit from shareholder capital than in the prior period. Persistently weak returns could constrain capital allocation quality and diminish the long-term economic value of growth spending.
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Company Description
Drax Group plc
Drax Group plc, operating alongside its various subsidiaries, primarily focuses on generating renewable energy across the United Kingdom. Its business activities are structured into three distinct divisions: Generation, Customers, and Pellet Production. The Generation segment delivers flexible, sustainable power and critical grid support services. The Customers division offers energy management solutions and non-generation system assistance. Low-carbon fuel production is the core activity of the Pellet Production segment. Drax possesses a notable collection of power generation assets, including the 2,000-megawatt (MW) Drax Power Station in Selby, North Yorkshire, which serves as its primary facility. It also oversees the 440 MW Cruachan Power Station, a pumped-hydro storage site located in Argyll and Bute, and operates the Lanark and Galloway hydro-electric stations in southwest Scotland, which collectively supply 126 MW. In addition to power generation, the company runs the Daldowie fuel plant, converting sludge into dry, low-odour fuel pellets. Drax further manufactures and markets compressed wood pellets and supplies renewable electricity. Incorporated in 2005, Drax Group plc is headquartered in Selby, United Kingdom.
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Renewable Utilities
- CEO
- Dwight Daniel Willard Gardiner
- Employees
- 2,974
- Website
- www.drax.com
- Address
- Drax Power Station, Selby, NY, YO8 8PH, GB
Drax Group plc (D9F2) Earnings & Revenues
D9F2 Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call presented a broadly positive strategic and financial position: strong 2025 operational execution, record renewable and pellet production, robust balance sheet (0.8x leverage) and clear capital allocation plans including shareholder returns and a sizeable growth pipeline (notably >700 MW of BESS and data center optioning). Material negatives were disclosed — notably significant impairments (total ~GBP 385m) tied to the Canadian pellet business and paused projects, workforce reductions, and near-term operational outages — but management framed these as strategic realignment and disciplined capital allocation while emphasizing contracted cash flows from the newly signed low-carbon dispatchable CfD and the growth pathway in FlexGen. On balance, the positive operational and financial momentum, the secured CfD, and the progressing BESS/data center pipeline outweigh the setbacks and one-time charges.
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Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 14 | 3 | 5 |
| Technical Analysis | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Moving Averages | 12 | 0 | 0 |
