Atmos Energy (ATO) Competitors

ONEOK (NYSE:OKE) and Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, profitability and risk.

Is OKE or ATO a better dividend stock?

ONEOK pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. ONEOK pays out 80.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Atmos Energy pays out 48.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ONEOK has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Atmos Energy has increased its dividend for 41 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility & risk, OKE or ATO?

ONEOK has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, OKE or ATO?

ONEOK has higher revenue and earnings than Atmos Energy. ONEOK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atmos Energy, 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
ONEOK	$24.96B	2.08	$2.66B	$5.12	16.11
Atmos Energy	$4.49B	5.43	$1.04B	$7.20	21.29

Does the media prefer OKE or ATO?

In the previous week, ONEOK had 3 more articles in the media than Atmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for ONEOK and 10 mentions for Atmos Energy. Atmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat ONEOK's score of 0.73 indicating that Atmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ONEOK	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Atmos Energy	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OKE or ATO?

ONEOK received 63 more outperform votes than Atmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.75% of users gave Atmos Energy an outperform vote while only 57.44% of users gave ONEOK an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ONEOK	Outperform Votes 552 57.44%	Underperform Votes 409 42.56%
Atmos Energy	Outperform Votes 489 63.75%	Underperform Votes 278 36.25%

Is OKE or ATO more profitable?

Atmos Energy has a net margin of 25.90% compared to ONEOK's net margin of 14.05%. ONEOK's return on equity of 16.84% beat Atmos Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ONEOK	14.05%	16.84%	6.08%
Atmos Energy	25.90%	8.89%	4.31%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in OKE or ATO?

69.1% of ONEOK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Atmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of ONEOK shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Atmos Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate OKE or ATO?

ONEOK presently has a consensus price target of $103.69, suggesting a potential upside of 25.73%. Atmos Energy has a consensus price target of $156.35, suggesting a potential upside of 2.01%. Given ONEOK's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe ONEOK is more favorable than Atmos Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ONEOK	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Atmos Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Summary

Atmos Energy beats ONEOK on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.