Drax Group Plc (DRX) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

August 2021 | 53 pages | ID: DD967357F4BEN
GlobalData

Abstracts

Drax Group Plc (DRX) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review provides you an in-depth strategic SWOT analysis of the company’s businesses and operations. The profile has been compiled by GlobalData to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company’s key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats. The profile helps you formulate strategies that augment your business by enabling you to understand your partners, customers and competitors better.

The profile contains critical company information including:

• Business description – A detailed description of the company’s operations and business divisions.
• Corporate strategy – Analyst’s summarization of the company’s business strategy.
• SWOT Analysis – A detailed analysis of the company’s strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.
• Company history – Progression of key events associated with the company.
• Major products and services – A list of major products, services and brands of the company.
• Key competitors – A list of key competitors to the company.
• Key employees – A list of the key executives of the company.
• Executive biographies – A brief summary of the executives’ employment history.
• Key operational heads – A list of personnel heading key departments/functions.
• Important locations and subsidiaries – A list and contact details of key locations and subsidiaries of the company.
• Detailed financial ratios for the past five years – The latest financial ratios derived from the annual financial statements published by the company with 5 years history.
• Interim ratios for the last five interim periods – The latest financial ratios derived from the quarterly/semi-annual financial statements published by the company for 5 interims history.

Highlights

Drax Group Plc (Drax) is a biomass-fuelled electricity generator, which generates electricity from coal and biomass. It operates across various principal areas of activities, including electricity generation; electricity sales to business customers; and manufacturing of compressed wood pellet for use in the electricity production. The company operates power stations in the UK that includes Drax Power; Drax Biomass Inc.; Haven Power; and Opus Energy. It sources biomass pellets from the US, Canada, Latvia, Estonia, Portugal, the UK, Lithuania and Brazil, among others; and operates biomass compressed wood pellet production facilities and processing facilities in the US. Drax is headquartered in Selby, North Yorkshire, the UK.

Drax Group Plc Key Recent Developments

Jul 29,2021: Drax cuts emissions by over 90% to become one of Europe’s lowest carbon power generators
Jun 30,2021: Drax Plans to build new hydro storage plant at Hollow Mountain
Jun 24,2021: Drax kickstarts planning process to expand its iconic Hollow Mountain Cruachan Power Station
Jun 24,2021: Getting the UK’s grid ready for net-zero: Why we need for long-duration energy storage
Jun 18,2021: Phoenix BioPower explores next generation BECCS technology for DRAX Group

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Contents

SECTION 1 - ABOUT THE COMPANY

Drax Group Plc - Key Facts
Drax Group Plc - Key Employees
Drax Group Plc - Key Employee Biographies
Drax Group Plc - Major Products and Services
Drax Group Plc - History
Drax Group Plc - Company Statement
Drax Group Plc - Locations And Subsidiaries
Head Office
Other Locations & Subsidiaries
Affiliate

SECTION 2 – COMPANY ANALYSIS

Company Overview
Drax Group Plc - Business Description
Business Segment: Customers
Overview
Performance
Key Stats
Business Segment: Generation
Overview
Performance
Business Segment: Pellet Production
Overview
Key Stats
Drax Group Plc - Corporate Strategy
Drax Group Plc - SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis - Overview
Drax Group Plc - Strengths
Drax Group Plc - Weaknesses
Drax Group Plc - Opportunities
Drax Group Plc - Threats
Drax Group Plc - Key Competitors

SECTION 3 – COMPANY FINANCIAL RATIOS

Financial Ratios - Capital Market Ratios
Financial Ratios - Annual Ratios
Performance Chart
Financial Performance
Financial Ratios - Interim Ratios
Financial Ratios - Ratio Charts

SECTION 4 – COMPANY’S POWER FINANCIAL DEALS AND ALLIANCES

Drax Group Plc, Power, Deals By Year, 2015 to YTD 2021
Drax Group Plc, Power, Deals By Type, 2015 to YTD 2021
Drax Group Plc, Recent Deals Summary

SECTION 5 – COMPANY’S RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Jul 29, 2021: Drax cuts emissions by over 90% to become one of Europe’s lowest carbon power generators
Jun 30, 2021: Drax Plans to build new hydro storage plant at Hollow Mountain
Jun 24, 2021: Drax kickstarts planning process to expand its iconic Hollow Mountain Cruachan Power Station
Jun 24, 2021: Getting the UK’s grid ready for net-zero: Why we need for long-duration energy storage
Jun 18, 2021: Phoenix BioPower explores next generation BECCS technology for DRAX Group
Jun 10, 2021: Drax and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries sign pioneering deal to deliver the world’s largest carbon capture power project
Jun 04, 2021: Bechtel and Drax partner to explore global opportunities for new build BECCS
May 06, 2021: Drax to kickstart development of $40m Arkansas pellet plants
May 04, 2021: Black & Veatch appointed to Drax technical services framework
Apr 08, 2021: Drax Group deploys Solace to improve its IT infrastructure

SECTION 6 – APPENDIX

Methodology
Ratio Definitions
About GlobalData
Contact Us
Disclaimer

List Of Tables

LIST OF TABLES

Drax Group Plc, Key Facts
Drax Group Plc, Key Employees
Drax Group Plc, Key Employee Biographies
Drax Group Plc, Major Products and Services
Drax Group Plc, History
Drax Group Plc, Subsidiaries
Drax Group Plc, Affiliate
Drax Group Plc, Key Competitors
Drax Group Plc, Ratios based on current share price
Drax Group Plc, Annual Ratios
Drax Group Plc, Annual Ratios (Cont...1)
Drax Group Plc, Annual Ratios (Cont...2)
Drax Group Plc, Interim Ratios
Drax Group Plc, Power, Deals By Year, 2015 to YTD 2021
Drax Group Plc, Power, Deals By Type, 2015 to YTD 2021
Drax Group Plc, Recent Deals Summary
Currency Codes
Capital Market Ratios
Equity Ratios
Profitability Ratios
Cost Ratios
Liquidity Ratios
Leverage Ratios
Efficiency Ratios

List Of Figures

LIST OF FIGURES

Drax Group Plc, Performance Chart (2016 - 2020)
Drax Group Plc, Ratio Charts
Drax Group Plc, Power, Deals By Year, 2015 to YTD 2021
Drax Group Plc, Power, Deals by Type, 2015 to YTD 2021