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ATO vs. LNT, AEE, AWK, MDU, NFG, NJR, OGS, SR, UGI, and WEC

Should you be buying Atmos Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atmos Energy include Alliant Energy (LNT), Ameren (AEE), American Water Works (AWK), MDU Resources Group (MDU), National Fuel Gas (NFG), NewJersey Resources (NJR), ONE Gas (OGS), Spire (SR), UGI (UGI), and WEC Energy Group (WEC).

Atmos Energy vs. Its Competitors

Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) and Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

90.2% of Atmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Atmos Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Atmos Energy pays out 48.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliant Energy pays out 70.0% 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. Atmos Energy has raised its dividend for 41 consecutive years and Alliant Energy has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Atmos Energy$4.17B5.89$1.04B$7.2021.45
Alliant Energy$4.08B3.94$690M$2.9021.59

Atmos Energy currently has a consensus price target of $156.95, indicating a potential upside of 1.63%. Alliant Energy has a consensus price target of $64.32, indicating a potential upside of 2.74%. Given Alliant Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alliant Energy is more favorable than Atmos Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Atmos Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73
Alliant Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36

Atmos Energy has a net margin of 25.35% compared to Alliant Energy's net margin of 18.26%. Alliant Energy's return on equity of 12.01% beat Atmos Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Atmos Energy25.35% 9.05% 4.39%
Alliant Energy 18.26%12.01%3.71%

In the previous week, Alliant Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Atmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Alliant Energy and 12 mentions for Atmos Energy. Atmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Alliant Energy's score of 1.32 indicating that Atmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Atmos Energy
8 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Alliant Energy
8 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Atmos Energy beats Alliant Energy on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ATO vs. The Competition

MetricAtmos EnergyUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$24.53B$9.25B$16.56B$20.55B
Dividend Yield2.29%3.85%5.62%3.74%
P/E Ratio21.4511.0620.2128.04
Price / Sales5.892.0628.8341.55
Price / Cash13.839.1219.0622.25
Price / Book1.971.532.164.61
Net Income$1.04B$531.39M$751.09M$982.91M
7 Day Performance1.42%0.52%-0.24%3.25%
1 Month Performance1.00%-0.34%2.09%4.36%
1 Year Performance31.99%22.28%15.91%14.94%

Atmos Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ATO
Atmos Energy
4.2648 of 5 stars
$154.44
+0.9%
$156.95
+1.6%
+33.4%$24.53B$4.17B21.455,260Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.3587 of 5 stars
$60.47
+0.2%
$63.95
+5.8%
+19.5%$15.53B$3.98B20.852,998Positive News
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AEE
Ameren
4.1924 of 5 stars
$95.96
+0.7%
$101.64
+5.9%
+33.2%$25.94B$7.62B21.289,240Positive News
Analyst Forecast
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AWK
American Water Works
4.1323 of 5 stars
$139.15
+0.9%
$143.22
+2.9%
+8.5%$27.14B$4.68B25.356,500Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MDU
MDU Resources Group
3.2213 of 5 stars
$16.66
+0.6%
$18.00
+8.0%
-32.5%$3.40B$1.76B12.9111,000
NFG
National Fuel Gas
4.2187 of 5 stars
$84.68
+0.3%
$82.33
-2.8%
+51.7%$7.65B$1.94B196.932,311
NJR
NewJersey Resources
3.8857 of 5 stars
$44.80
+0.3%
$51.29
+14.5%
+8.7%$4.50B$1.80B10.871,372
OGS
ONE Gas
2.6358 of 5 stars
$71.81
+0.3%
$77.64
+8.1%
+16.5%$4.30B$2.26B17.353,900Analyst Revision
SR
Spire
3.2913 of 5 stars
$72.93
+0.1%
$77.40
+6.1%
+25.1%$4.30B$2.59B17.963,475News Coverage
UGI
UGI
3.4361 of 5 stars
$36.42
+0.8%
$31.33
-14.0%
+59.5%$7.81B$7.21B14.994,850
WEC
WEC Energy Group
3.7863 of 5 stars
$104.22
+1.1%
$106.33
+2.0%
+33.8%$33.26B$8.60B20.327,020Positive News

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