RGC Resources (RGCO) Competitors

RGC Resources (NASDAQ:RGCO) and ONEOK (NYSE:OKE) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.

Is RGCO or OKE more profitable?

RGC Resources has a net margin of 15.82% compared to ONEOK's net margin of 12.54%. ONEOK's return on equity of 15.94% beat RGC Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
RGC Resources	15.82%	12.66%	4.29%
ONEOK	12.54%	15.94%	5.74%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in RGCO or OKE?

35.8% of RGC Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of ONEOK shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of RGC Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of ONEOK shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RGCO or OKE?

ONEOK received 408 more outperform votes than RGC Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.55% of users gave ONEOK an outperform vote while only 44.53% of users gave RGC Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
RGC Resources	Outperform Votes 122 44.53%	Underperform Votes 152 55.47%
ONEOK	Outperform Votes 530 57.55%	Underperform Votes 391 42.45%

Which has better valuation and earnings, RGCO or OKE?

ONEOK has higher revenue and earnings than RGC Resources. RGC Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ONEOK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
RGC Resources	$97.44M	2.12	$11.30M	$1.30	15.58
ONEOK	$17.68B	2.60	$2.66B	$4.30	18.29

Does the media favor RGCO or OKE?

In the previous week, ONEOK had 9 more articles in the media than RGC Resources. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for ONEOK and 2 mentions for RGC Resources. ONEOK's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat RGC Resources' score of 0.50 indicating that ONEOK is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RGC Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ONEOK	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate RGCO or OKE?

ONEOK has a consensus target price of $83.58, indicating a potential upside of 6.27%. Given ONEOK's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe ONEOK is more favorable than RGC Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
RGC Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
ONEOK	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Is RGCO or OKE a better dividend stock?

RGC Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. ONEOK pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. RGC Resources pays out 61.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ONEOK pays out 92.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility and risk, RGCO or OKE?

RGC Resources has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ONEOK has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ONEOK beats RGC Resources on 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.