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$80.56 -0.76 (-0.93%)
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NFG vs. ATO, UGI, SWX, NJR, CPK, NWN, OKE, CQP, VG, and OGS

Should you be buying National Fuel Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Fuel Gas include Atmos Energy (ATO), UGI (UGI), Southwest Gas (SWX), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), Northwest Natural (NWN), ONEOK (OKE), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Venture Global (VG), and ONE Gas (OGS).

National Fuel Gas vs.

Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) and National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.

90.2% of Atmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of National Fuel Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Atmos Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of National Fuel Gas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% 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.

Atmos Energy presently has a consensus price target of $156.35, suggesting a potential upside of 0.76%. National Fuel Gas has a consensus price target of $74.67, suggesting a potential downside of 7.32%. Given Atmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Atmos Energy is more favorable than National Fuel Gas.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Atmos Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64
National Fuel Gas
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Atmos Energy has a net margin of 25.90% compared to National Fuel Gas' net margin of -0.53%. National Fuel Gas' return on equity of 15.96% beat Atmos Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Atmos Energy25.90% 8.89% 4.31%
National Fuel Gas -0.53%15.96%5.68%

In the previous week, Atmos Energy had 14 more articles in the media than National Fuel Gas. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Atmos Energy and 7 mentions for National Fuel Gas. National Fuel Gas' average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Atmos Energy's score of 1.34 indicating that National Fuel Gas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Atmos Energy
17 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
National Fuel Gas
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. National Fuel Gas pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Atmos Energy pays out 48.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Fuel Gas pays out 479.1% 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 has increased its dividend for 41 consecutive years and National Fuel Gas has increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years. National Fuel Gas is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Atmos Energy received 38 more outperform votes than National Fuel Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.47% of users gave National Fuel Gas an outperform vote while only 63.71% of users gave Atmos Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Atmos EnergyOutperform Votes
488
63.71%
Underperform Votes
278
36.29%
National Fuel GasOutperform Votes
450
64.47%
Underperform Votes
248
35.53%

Atmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than National Fuel Gas. Atmos 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Atmos Energy$4.49B5.49$1.04B$7.2021.55
National Fuel Gas$2.07B3.52$77.51M$0.43187.36

Summary

Atmos Energy beats National Fuel Gas on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NFG vs. The Competition

MetricNational Fuel GasNatural gas distribution IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.28B$12.68B$7.27B$19.30B
Dividend Yield2.54%3.29%11.00%3.84%
P/E Ratio-575.4211.6253.7634.53
Price / Sales3.522.5724,457.0434.83
Price / Cash7.239.0635.5017.51
Price / Book2.651.843.544.69
Net Income$77.51M$1.29B$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.60%0.83%-1.03%-1.74%
1 Month Performance3.06%-0.83%6.32%7.50%
1 Year Performance44.22%6.69%177.99%4.15%

National Fuel Gas Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NFG
National Fuel Gas
3.4874 of 5 stars
$80.56
-0.9%
$74.67
-7.3%
+44.0%$7.28B$2.07B-575.422,130Positive News
ATO
Atmos Energy
4.267 of 5 stars
$159.50
+1.2%
$155.15
-2.7%
+32.4%$25.33B$4.49B22.724,790Positive News
Analyst Forecast
UGI
UGI
3.8618 of 5 stars
$35.84
+1.0%
$31.33
-12.6%
+44.1%$7.69B$7.32B14.114,700
SWX
Southwest Gas
3.0722 of 5 stars
$71.46
+3.5%
$74.00
+3.6%
-11.8%$5.14B$4.83B28.8112,700News Coverage
Positive News
NJR
New Jersey Resources
3.3651 of 5 stars
$47.08
+1.0%
$51.83
+10.1%
+3.2%$4.73B$2.07B14.181,290Positive News
CPK
Chesapeake Utilities
4.0346 of 5 stars
$125.42
+1.9%
$126.50
+0.9%
+9.1%$2.93B$81.68B25.441,030Analyst Downgrade
NWN
Northwest Natural
4.0617 of 5 stars
$41.54
+1.1%
$44.67
+7.5%
+5.7%$1.67B$1.21B19.591,150Positive News
OKE
ONEOK
4.9599 of 5 stars
$84.55
-1.3%
$105.00
+24.2%
-1.3%$52.81B$24.96B17.692,970Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CQP
Cheniere Energy Partners
1.5295 of 5 stars
$58.29
-4.9%
$53.60
-8.0%
N/A$28.22B$9.40B13.681,550Positive News
Analyst Revision
VG
Venture Global
4.4249 of 5 stars
$10.04
+2.6%
$15.63
+55.6%
N/A$24.29B$6.45B0.001,400Gap Down
OGS
ONE Gas
3.4766 of 5 stars
$75.62
+1.3%
$76.44
+1.1%
+16.7%$4.53B$2.26B19.343,800Positive News
Ex-Dividend
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