OGS vs. NFG, NFE, UGP, NJR, SR, EE, NWN, SLNG, CETY, and LNG
Should you be buying ONE Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ONE Gas include National Fuel Gas (NFG), New Fortress Energy (NFE), Ultrapar Participações (UGP), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Spire (SR), Excelerate Energy (EE), Northwest Natural (NWN), Stabilis Solutions (SLNG), Clean Energy Technologies (CETY), and Cheniere Energy (LNG). These companies are all part of the "natural gas distribution" industry.
ONE Gas (NYSE:OGS) and National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
88.7% of ONE Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of National Fuel Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of ONE Gas shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of National Fuel Gas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ONE Gas has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Fuel Gas has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
National Fuel Gas has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ONE Gas. National Fuel Gas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ONE Gas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
National Fuel Gas has a net margin of 23.84% compared to ONE Gas' net margin of 10.86%. National Fuel Gas' return on equity of 15.06% beat ONE Gas' return on equity.
National Fuel Gas received 229 more outperform votes than ONE Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.88% of users gave National Fuel Gas an outperform vote while only 48.78% of users gave ONE Gas an outperform vote.
In the previous week, ONE Gas had 7 more articles in the media than National Fuel Gas. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for ONE Gas and 7 mentions for National Fuel Gas. National Fuel Gas' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat ONE Gas' score of 0.61 indicating that National Fuel Gas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ONE Gas currently has a consensus price target of $64.69, indicating a potential downside of 8.23%. National Fuel Gas has a consensus price target of $70.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.78%. Given National Fuel Gas' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe National Fuel Gas is more favorable than ONE Gas.
ONE Gas pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. National Fuel Gas pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. ONE Gas pays out 65.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Fuel Gas pays out 40.9% 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.
Summary
National Fuel Gas beats ONE Gas on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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