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NJR vs. ATO, AVA, BKH, CPK, NWE, NWN, OGE, OGS, POR, and SR

Should you be buying NewJersey Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NewJersey Resources include Atmos Energy (ATO), Avista (AVA), Black Hills (BKH), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), NorthWestern Energy Group (NWE), Northwest Natural Gas (NWN), OGE Energy (OGE), ONE Gas (OGS), Portland General Electric (POR), and Spire (SR). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

NewJersey Resources vs. Its Competitors

Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) and NewJersey Resources (NYSE:NJR) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.

Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. NewJersey Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Atmos Energy pays out 48.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. NewJersey 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. Atmos Energy has increased its dividend for 41 consecutive years and NewJersey Resources has increased its dividend for 29 consecutive years. NewJersey Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

90.2% of Atmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of NewJersey Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Atmos Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of NewJersey Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Atmos Energy has a net margin of 25.35% compared to NewJersey Resources' net margin of 20.03%. NewJersey Resources' return on equity of 16.95% beat Atmos Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Atmos Energy25.35% 9.05% 4.39%
NewJersey Resources 20.03%16.95%5.48%

Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NewJersey Resources has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Atmos Energy had 7 more articles in the media than NewJersey Resources. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Atmos Energy and 3 mentions for NewJersey Resources. Atmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat NewJersey Resources' score of 0.86 indicating that Atmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Atmos Energy
7 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
NewJersey Resources
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Atmos Energy currently has a consensus price target of $156.05, indicating a potential upside of 2.16%. NewJersey Resources has a consensus price target of $51.29, indicating a potential upside of 13.59%. Given NewJersey Resources' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NewJersey Resources is more favorable than Atmos Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Atmos Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73
NewJersey Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Atmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than NewJersey Resources. NewJersey Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atmos Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Atmos Energy$4.49B5.41$1.04B$7.2021.22
NewJersey Resources$1.80B2.52$289.77M$4.1210.96

Summary

Atmos Energy beats NewJersey Resources on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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NJR vs. The Competition

MetricNewJersey ResourcesUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.55B$9.24B$15.83B$20.71B
Dividend Yield3.97%3.61%5.58%3.72%
P/E Ratio10.9610.8620.2327.82
Price / Sales2.522.2328.9247.03
Price / Cash9.848.7619.3118.22
Price / Book2.031.512.164.59
Net Income$289.77M$531.39M$751.09M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-0.12%-0.94%-0.45%0.65%
1 Month Performance1.09%1.12%2.38%4.26%
1 Year Performance7.41%21.82%16.18%13.93%

NewJersey Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NJR
NewJersey Resources
4.0397 of 5 stars
$45.15
-0.5%
$51.29
+13.6%
+6.8%$4.55B$1.80B10.961,372
ATO
Atmos Energy
4.3331 of 5 stars
$154.04
+1.0%
$156.05
+1.3%
+33.3%$24.22B$4.17B21.395,260Positive News
AVA
Avista
3.8804 of 5 stars
$37.94
+0.8%
$38.00
+0.2%
+12.9%$3.03B$1.94B16.211,950Positive News
BKH
Black Hills
4.2374 of 5 stars
$56.15
+0.4%
$66.00
+17.5%
+5.0%$4.06B$2.13B14.322,841
CPK
Chesapeake Utilities
3.8257 of 5 stars
$120.01
-0.7%
$126.50
+5.4%
+14.3%$2.82B$787.20M22.181,200
NWE
NorthWestern Energy Group
3.3926 of 5 stars
$51.30
+0.9%
$60.00
+17.0%
+6.1%$3.15B$1.51B14.051,573
NWN
Northwest Natural Gas
4.4467 of 5 stars
$39.64
-0.4%
$46.33
+16.9%
+16.5%$1.60B$1.15B15.731,452
OGE
OGE Energy
3.9698 of 5 stars
$44.35
+0.7%
$46.80
+5.5%
+23.8%$8.87B$2.99B18.332,291Positive News
OGS
ONE Gas
2.625 of 5 stars
$71.81
+0.3%
$77.64
+8.1%
+16.1%$4.29B$2.08B17.353,900
POR
Portland General Electric
3.7152 of 5 stars
$40.63
+1.1%
$45.60
+12.2%
-3.7%$4.40B$3.44B14.312,915
SR
Spire
3.4646 of 5 stars
$72.93
+0.1%
$77.40
+6.1%
+23.7%$4.30B$2.59B17.963,475Positive News

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