National Fuel Gas (NFG) Competitors

DT Midstream (NYSE:DTM) and National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

Which has more risk & volatility, DTM or NFG?

DT Midstream has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Fuel Gas has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend DTM or NFG?

DT Midstream presently has a consensus target price of $110.67, indicating a potential upside of 2.73%. National Fuel Gas has a consensus target price of $96.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.62%. Given National Fuel Gas' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe National Fuel Gas is more favorable than DT Midstream.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
DT Midstream	2 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
National Fuel Gas	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Is DTM or NFG a better dividend stock?

DT Midstream pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. National Fuel Gas pays an annual dividend of $2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. DT Midstream pays out 87.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. National Fuel Gas 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. DT Midstream has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and National Fuel Gas has increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, DTM or NFG?

DT Midstream has higher earnings, but lower revenue than National Fuel Gas. DT Midstream is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Fuel Gas, 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
DT Midstream	$981M	11.16	$354M	$3.73	28.88
National Fuel Gas	$1.94B	4.06	$77.51M	$2.66	32.85

Is DTM or NFG more profitable?

DT Midstream has a net margin of 33.90% compared to National Fuel Gas' net margin of 11.15%. National Fuel Gas' return on equity of 20.81% beat DT Midstream's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
DT Midstream	33.90%	8.48%	4.13%
National Fuel Gas	11.15%	20.81%	7.03%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in DTM or NFG?

81.5% of DT Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of National Fuel Gas shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of DT Midstream shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of National Fuel Gas shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer DTM or NFG?

In the previous week, DT Midstream had 6 more articles in the media than National Fuel Gas. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for DT Midstream and 13 mentions for National Fuel Gas. DT Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat National Fuel Gas' score of 1.46 indicating that DT Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
DT Midstream	17 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
National Fuel Gas	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

DT Midstream and National Fuel Gas tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.