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$153.15 +1.16 (+0.76%)
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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

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

Alliant Energy presently has a consensus price target of $64.32, suggesting a potential upside of 4.21%. Atmos Energy has a consensus price target of $156.05, suggesting a potential upside of 1.89%. Given Alliant Energy's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Alliant Energy is more favorable than Atmos Energy.

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

In the previous week, Alliant Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Atmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Alliant Energy and 9 mentions for Atmos Energy. Atmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Alliant Energy's score of 1.25 indicating that Atmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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
Alliant Energy18.26% 12.01% 3.71%
Atmos Energy 25.35%9.05%4.39%

79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Atmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Atmos 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 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
Alliant Energy$3.98B3.98$690M$2.9021.28
Atmos Energy$4.17B5.84$1.04B$7.2021.27

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

Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Alliant Energy pays out 70.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atmos Energy pays out 48.3% 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. Alliant Energy has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Atmos Energy has raised its dividend for 41 consecutive years.

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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ATO vs. The Competition

MetricAtmos EnergyUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$24.14B$9.17B$16.47B$20.51B
Dividend Yield2.29%3.85%5.62%3.74%
P/E Ratio21.2710.9920.2227.90
Price / Sales5.842.0528.6340.82
Price / Cash13.839.1219.0622.25
Price / Book1.961.532.164.59
Net Income$1.04B$531.39M$751.09M$982.91M
7 Day Performance0.57%0.21%-0.35%0.11%
1 Month Performance0.15%-0.65%2.01%3.55%
1 Year Performance30.89%21.89%15.90%13.79%

Atmos Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ATO
Atmos Energy
4.3266 of 5 stars
$153.15
+0.8%
$156.05
+1.9%
+33.4%$24.14B$4.17B21.275,260Positive News
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.3282 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
4.0932 of 5 stars
$95.96
+0.7%
$101.64
+5.9%
+33.2%$25.94B$7.62B21.289,240Positive News
AWK
American Water Works
4.2111 of 5 stars
$139.15
+0.9%
$143.22
+2.9%
+8.5%$27.14B$4.68B25.356,500Positive News
MDU
MDU Resources Group
3.1974 of 5 stars
$16.66
+0.6%
$18.00
+8.0%
-32.5%$3.40B$1.76B12.9111,000
NFG
National Fuel Gas
4.2031 of 5 stars
$84.68
+0.3%
$82.33
-2.8%
+51.7%$7.65B$1.94B196.932,311
NJR
NewJersey Resources
3.8717 of 5 stars
$44.80
+0.3%
$51.29
+14.5%
+8.7%$4.50B$1.80B10.871,372
OGS
ONE Gas
2.6167 of 5 stars
$71.81
+0.3%
$77.64
+8.1%
+16.5%$4.30B$2.26B17.353,900
SR
Spire
3.2588 of 5 stars
$72.93
+0.1%
$77.40
+6.1%
+25.1%$4.30B$2.59B17.963,475
UGI
UGI
3.5309 of 5 stars
$36.42
+0.8%
$31.33
-14.0%
+59.5%$7.81B$7.21B14.994,850
WEC
WEC Energy Group
3.7713 of 5 stars
$104.22
+1.1%
$106.33
+2.0%
+33.8%$33.26B$8.60B20.327,020Positive News

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