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Drax Group PLC (DRX.L) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for DRX.L, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
Who it is priced against Utilities - Renewable · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Utilities - Renewable

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against DRX.L on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Drax Group PLC

DRX.L in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Drax operates in the UK power sector through four segments: pellet production, biomass generation, flexible generation and energy solutions. It makes and sells biomass wood pellets, some from waste-derived sludge, and burns biomass to generate electricity. Its flexible generation assets include pumped storage, run-of-river hydro and open-cycle gas turbines, alongside electricity supply to non-domestic customers. It owns Drax Power Station in Selby, Cruachan pumped storage in Argyll and Bute, and hydro stations in south-west Scotland.
Where it sits in the stack
Drax carries no seat in our index. It sits in the utilities-renewable sleeve of our universe, generating and supplying dispatchable power rather than sitting inside the AI compute build-out itself.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group is not yet set for this name; the market usually names it alongside other UK power generators such as SSE.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Drax is not currently a constituent of our index, carries no Closelooknet score and has not appeared in our editions or quotes.
What the diary watches
Whether the balance between biomass feedstock supply and flexible dispatchable capacity, such as pumped storage and gas turbines, shifts the mix the diary would track.

Drax Group PLC (DRX.L) trades on the LSE exchange in UK.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.88%, semi-annual · last 12.90 GBP on 2026-09-24

Dividends and capital return

What DRX.L pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 30.30 GBP per share · a 3.88% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-10-06
  • Change on the year +11.4% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 27.20 GBP per share
  • Last distribution 12.90 GBP per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-24
  • By calendar year 2025: 27.20 GBP (partial) · 2026: 30.30 GBP to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-04-24

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Drax Group PLC (DRX.L)?

Drax Group PLC trades as DRX.L on the LSE exchange (UK) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is DRX.L in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Drax Group PLC is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

Where does DRX.L trade against its moving averages?

Recovery attempt under the 200-day: Trades +1.2% vs the 50-day and -4.6% vs the 200-day average, 15.1% below the 52-week high and +14.4% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 62 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Drax Group PLC compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Utilities - Renewable), Drax Group PLC (DRX.L) sits 15.1% below its 52-week high, 1.2% above its 50-day average; Northland Power Inc. (NPI.TO) is 7.9% below, Solaria Energía y Medio Ambiente S.A (SLR.MC) is 35.4% below, Clearway Energy Inc Class C (CWEN) is 25.3% below. Put any of them next to DRX.L in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

What does Drax Group PLC do?

Drax operates in the UK power sector through four segments: pellet production, biomass generation, flexible generation and energy solutions. It makes and sells biomass wood pellets, some from waste-derived sludge, and burns biomass to generate electricity. Its flexible generation assets include pumped storage, run-of-river hydro and open-cycle gas turbines, alongside electricity supply to non-domestic customers. Closelooknet's peer group is not yet set for this name; the market usually names it alongside other UK power generators such as SSE.

Where does Drax Group PLC sit in the AI build-out?

Drax carries no seat in our index. It sits in the utilities-renewable sleeve of our universe, generating and supplying dispatchable power rather than sitting inside the AI compute build-out itself. Drax is not currently a constituent of our index, carries no Closelooknet score and has not appeared in our editions or quotes.

Does Drax Group PLC pay a dividend?

Drax Group PLC has paid 30.30 GBP per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 3.88% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 12.90 GBP on 2026-09-24. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for DRX.L, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Utilities - Renewable, then Utilities. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.