NFG vs. KMI, NJR, OGS, OKE, WMB, ATO, UGI, SWX, CPK, and NWN
Should you be buying National Fuel Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Fuel Gas include Kinder Morgan (KMI), NewJersey Resources (NJR), ONE Gas (OGS), ONEOK (OKE), Williams Companies (WMB), Atmos Energy (ATO), UGI (UGI), Southwest Gas (SWX), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), and Northwest Natural Gas (NWN).
National Fuel Gas vs. Its Competitors
National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) and Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk and profitability.
Kinder Morgan has higher revenue and earnings than National Fuel Gas. Kinder Morgan 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.
Kinder Morgan has a net margin of 17.06% compared to National Fuel Gas' net margin of 11.15%. National Fuel Gas' return on equity of 20.81% beat Kinder Morgan's return on equity.
National Fuel Gas pays an annual dividend of $2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Kinder Morgan pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. 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. Kinder Morgan pays out 95.9% 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 has raised its dividend for 55 consecutive years and Kinder Morgan has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Kinder Morgan had 21 more articles in the media than National Fuel Gas. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Kinder Morgan and 16 mentions for National Fuel Gas. Kinder Morgan's average media sentiment score of 1.75 beat National Fuel Gas' score of 1.28 indicating that Kinder Morgan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
National Fuel Gas currently has a consensus target price of $96.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.53%. Kinder Morgan has a consensus target price of $31.20, suggesting a potential upside of 16.14%. Given Kinder Morgan's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kinder Morgan is more favorable than National Fuel Gas.
National Fuel Gas has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinder Morgan has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
74.0% of National Fuel Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of Kinder Morgan shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of National Fuel Gas shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.7% of Kinder Morgan shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
National Fuel Gas and Kinder Morgan tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NYSE:NFG) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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