OGS vs. NFG, NJR, SR, NWN, ATO, POR, SWX, ELP, BKH, and ENIC
Should you be buying ONE Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ONE Gas include National Fuel Gas (NFG), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Spire (SR), Northwest Natural (NWN), Atmos Energy (ATO), Portland General Electric (POR), Southwest Gas (SWX), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), Black Hills (BKH), and Enel Chile (ENIC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
ONE Gas vs.
National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) and ONE Gas (NYSE:OGS) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
72.3% of National Fuel Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of ONE Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of National Fuel Gas shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of ONE Gas shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
National Fuel Gas has a net margin of 24.93% compared to ONE Gas' net margin of 8.54%. National Fuel Gas' return on equity of 23.69% beat ONE Gas' return on equity.
National Fuel Gas presently has a consensus price target of $65.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.71%. ONE Gas has a consensus price target of $78.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.05%. Given National Fuel Gas' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe National Fuel Gas is more favorable than ONE Gas.
National Fuel Gas received 226 more outperform votes than ONE Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.37% of users gave National Fuel Gas an outperform vote while only 52.40% of users gave ONE Gas an outperform vote.
National Fuel Gas has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ONE Gas has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
National Fuel Gas has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
In the previous week, National Fuel Gas had 2 more articles in the media than ONE Gas. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for National Fuel Gas and 5 mentions for ONE Gas. ONE Gas' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat National Fuel Gas' score of 0.09 indicating that ONE Gas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
National Fuel Gas pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. ONE Gas pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. National Fuel Gas pays out 30.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ONE Gas pays out 63.4% 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. National Fuel Gas has raised its dividend for 52 consecutive years and ONE Gas has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years. National Fuel Gas is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
National Fuel Gas beats ONE Gas on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding OGS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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