EE vs. NFG, NFE, UGP, NJR, SR, OGS, NWN, SLNG, CETY, and LNG
Should you be buying Excelerate Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Excelerate Energy include National Fuel Gas (NFG), New Fortress Energy (NFE), Ultrapar Participações (UGP), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Spire (SR), ONE Gas (OGS), Northwest Natural (NWN), Stabilis Solutions (SLNG), Clean Energy Technologies (CETY), and Cheniere Energy (LNG). These companies are all part of the "natural gas distribution" industry.
National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) and Excelerate Energy (NYSE:EE) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
National Fuel Gas presently has a consensus price target of $68.00, suggesting a potential upside of 21.21%. Excelerate Energy has a consensus price target of $22.75, suggesting a potential upside of 31.43%. Given National Fuel Gas' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Excelerate Energy is more favorable than National Fuel Gas.
National Fuel Gas has a net margin of 23.84% compared to National Fuel Gas' net margin of 2.60%. Excelerate Energy's return on equity of 15.06% beat National Fuel Gas' return on equity.
National Fuel Gas pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Excelerate Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. National Fuel Gas pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Excelerate Energy pays out 9.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Excelerate Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
In the previous week, National Fuel Gas had 1 more articles in the media than Excelerate Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for National Fuel Gas and 2 mentions for Excelerate Energy. Excelerate Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat National Fuel Gas' score of 1.59 indicating that National Fuel Gas is being referred to more favorably in the media.
National Fuel Gas has higher revenue and earnings than Excelerate Energy. National Fuel Gas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Excelerate Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
74.0% of National Fuel Gas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.8% of Excelerate Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of National Fuel Gas shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Excelerate Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
National Fuel Gas received 436 more outperform votes than Excelerate Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.83% of users gave National Fuel Gas an outperform vote while only 26.83% of users gave Excelerate Energy an outperform vote.
National Fuel Gas has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Excelerate Energy has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
National Fuel Gas beats Excelerate Energy on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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