NFG vs. CTRA, KMI, NJR, OGS, OKE, WMB, ATO, UGI, SWX, and CPK
Should you be buying National Fuel Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Fuel Gas include Coterra Energy (CTRA), Kinder Morgan (KMI), NewJersey Resources (NJR), ONE Gas (OGS), ONEOK (OKE), Williams Companies (WMB), Atmos Energy (ATO), UGI (UGI), Southwest Gas (SWX), and Chesapeake Utilities (CPK).
National Fuel Gas vs. Its Competitors
National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) and Coterra Energy (NYSE:CTRA) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
National Fuel Gas has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coterra Energy has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.
National Fuel Gas pays an annual dividend of $2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Coterra Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. National Fuel Gas pays out 497.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Coterra Energy pays out 51.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Fuel Gas has raised its dividend for 55 consecutive years and Coterra Energy has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Coterra Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Coterra Energy had 15 more articles in the media than National Fuel Gas. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Coterra Energy and 6 mentions for National Fuel Gas. Coterra Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat National Fuel Gas' score of 0.99 indicating that Coterra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
74.0% of National Fuel Gas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Coterra Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of National Fuel Gas shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Coterra Energy shares are held by company 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.
National Fuel Gas currently has a consensus price target of $82.33, suggesting a potential downside of 2.23%. Coterra Energy has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.03%. Given Coterra Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Coterra Energy is more favorable than National Fuel Gas.
Coterra Energy has higher revenue and earnings than National Fuel Gas. Coterra Energy 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.
Coterra Energy has a net margin of 21.67% compared to National Fuel Gas' net margin of 1.91%. National Fuel Gas' return on equity of 18.55% beat Coterra Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Coterra Energy beats National Fuel Gas on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:NFG) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
