ATO vs. OKE, SWX, NFG, UGI, NJR, CPK, NWN, LNG, CQP, and UGP
Should you be buying Atmos Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atmos Energy include ONEOK (OKE), Southwest Gas (SWX), National Fuel Gas (NFG), UGI (UGI), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), Northwest Natural (NWN), Cheniere Energy (LNG), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), and Ultrapar Participações (UGP).
ONEOK (NYSE:OKE) and Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, ONEOK had 2 more articles in the media than Atmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for ONEOK and 13 mentions for Atmos Energy. ONEOK's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Atmos Energy's score of 0.82 indicating that Atmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ONEOK pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. 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. Atmos Energy pays out 48.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atmos Energy has increased its dividend for 40 consecutive years.
ONEOK presently has a consensus price target of $84.83, suggesting a potential upside of 3.43%. Atmos Energy has a consensus price target of $128.67, suggesting a potential upside of 1.95%. Given Atmos Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe ONEOK is more favorable than Atmos Energy.
Atmos Energy has a net margin of 24.65% compared to Atmos Energy's net margin of 12.54%. Atmos Energy's return on equity of 15.94% beat ONEOK's return on equity.
ONEOK received 59 more outperform votes than Atmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.13% of users gave Atmos Energy an outperform vote while only 57.41% of users gave ONEOK an outperform vote.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Atmos Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ONEOK has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ONEOK has higher revenue and earnings than Atmos Energy. Atmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ONEOK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
ONEOK beats Atmos Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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