NGL Energy Partners (NGL) Competitors

NGL Energy Partners (NYSE:NGL) and Centuri (NYSE:CTRI) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend NGL or CTRI?

Centuri has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential downside of 16.48%. Given Centuri's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Centuri is more favorable than NGL Energy Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NGL Energy Partners	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Centuri	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, NGL or CTRI?

NGL Energy Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Centuri. NGL Energy Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centuri, 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
NGL Energy Partners	$3.47B	0.15	-$143.76M	-$0.59	-6.82
Centuri	$2.66B	0.76	-$186.18M	$0.02	1,137.50

Does the media refer more to NGL or CTRI?

In the previous week, Centuri had 1 more articles in the media than NGL Energy Partners. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Centuri and 2 mentions for NGL Energy Partners. Centuri's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat NGL Energy Partners' score of 1.35 indicating that Centuri is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NGL Energy Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Centuri	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, NGL or CTRI?

NGL Energy Partners has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centuri has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in NGL or CTRI?

40.6% of NGL Energy Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Centuri 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NGL or CTRI?

NGL Energy Partners received 453 more outperform votes than Centuri when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.64% of users gave NGL Energy Partners an outperform vote while only 45.00% of users gave Centuri an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NGL Energy Partners	Outperform Votes 462 63.64%	Underperform Votes 264 36.36%
Centuri	Outperform Votes 9 45.00%	Underperform Votes 11 55.00%

Is NGL or CTRI more profitable?

NGL Energy Partners has a net margin of -3.57% compared to Centuri's net margin of -8.90%. NGL Energy Partners' return on equity of -29.77% beat Centuri's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NGL Energy Partners	-3.57%	-29.77%	0.58%
Centuri	-8.90%	-55.33%	-9.48%

Summary

Centuri beats NGL Energy Partners on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.