NJR vs. UGI, NFG, SWX, CPK, NWN, OKE, ATO, OGS, SR, and EE
Should you be buying New Jersey Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of New Jersey Resources include UGI (UGI), National Fuel Gas (NFG), Southwest Gas (SWX), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), Northwest Natural (NWN), ONEOK (OKE), Atmos Energy (ATO), ONE Gas (OGS), Spire (SR), and Excelerate Energy (EE).
New Jersey Resources vs. Its Competitors
UGI (NYSE:UGI) and New Jersey Resources (NYSE:NJR) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.
82.3% of UGI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of New Jersey Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of UGI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of New Jersey Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
UGI currently has a consensus price target of $31.33, suggesting a potential downside of 14.37%. New Jersey Resources has a consensus price target of $51.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.22%. Given New Jersey Resources' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe New Jersey Resources is more favorable than UGI.
UGI pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. New Jersey Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. UGI pays out 61.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. New Jersey Resources pays out 43.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. UGI has increased its dividend for 37 consecutive years and New Jersey Resources has increased its dividend for 29 consecutive years. UGI is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
New Jersey Resources has a net margin of 18.25% compared to UGI's net margin of 7.73%. New Jersey Resources' return on equity of 15.72% beat UGI's return on equity.
In the previous week, UGI had 6 more articles in the media than New Jersey Resources. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for UGI and 2 mentions for New Jersey Resources. New Jersey Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat UGI's score of 1.00 indicating that New Jersey Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
UGI has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Jersey Resources has a beta of 0.62, indicating that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
New Jersey Resources received 99 more outperform votes than UGI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.08% of users gave New Jersey Resources an outperform vote while only 53.94% of users gave UGI an outperform vote.
New Jersey Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than UGI. New Jersey Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UGI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
New Jersey Resources beats UGI on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:NJR) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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