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OKE vs. ATO, UGI, NFG, SWX, NJR, CPK, NWN, NEXT, CTRI, and RGCO

Should you be buying ONEOK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ONEOK include Atmos Energy (ATO), UGI (UGI), National Fuel Gas (NFG), Southwest Gas (SWX), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), Northwest Natural (NWN), NextDecade (NEXT), Centuri (CTRI), and RGC Resources (RGCO).

ONEOK vs.

Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) and ONEOK (NYSE:OKE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Atmos Energy presently has a consensus price target of $155.15, suggesting a potential downside of 1.09%. ONEOK has a consensus price target of $104.69, suggesting a potential upside of 27.82%. Given ONEOK's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ONEOK 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)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64
ONEOK
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

ONEOK received 64 more outperform votes than Atmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.66% of users gave Atmos Energy an outperform vote while only 57.46% of users gave ONEOK an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Atmos EnergyOutperform Votes
487
63.66%
Underperform Votes
278
36.34%
ONEOKOutperform Votes
551
57.46%
Underperform Votes
408
42.54%

In the previous week, ONEOK had 5 more articles in the media than Atmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for ONEOK and 22 mentions for Atmos Energy. Atmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat ONEOK's score of 1.44 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
16 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ONEOK
23 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ONEOK has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Atmos Energy has a net margin of 25.90% compared to ONEOK's net margin of 14.05%. ONEOK's return on equity of 16.84% beat Atmos Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Atmos Energy25.90% 8.89% 4.31%
ONEOK 14.05%16.84%6.08%

Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. ONEOK pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Atmos Energy pays out 48.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ONEOK pays out 80.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Atmos Energy has raised its dividend for 41 consecutive years and ONEOK has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

ONEOK has higher revenue and earnings than Atmos Energy. ONEOK 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$4.49B5.55$1.04B$7.2021.79
ONEOK$24.96B2.05$2.66B$5.1216.00

90.2% of Atmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of ONEOK shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Atmos Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of ONEOK 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.

Summary

ONEOK beats Atmos Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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OKE vs. The Competition

MetricONEOKGas transmission & distribution IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$51.16B$10.30B$7.28B$19.37B
Dividend Yield4.79%3.21%10.95%3.84%
P/E Ratio17.13143.6554.3534.23
Price / Sales2.051.1123,751.1134.85
Price / Cash16.7710.6335.5017.51
Price / Book2.891.993.534.69
Net Income$2.66B$503.36M$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-5.10%-1.87%-1.22%-1.34%
1 Month Performance-0.05%0.51%7.90%9.79%
1 Year Performance-1.33%-7.22%175.33%3.27%

ONEOK Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OKE
ONEOK
4.9636 of 5 stars
$81.91
-2.2%
$104.69
+27.8%
+1.2%$51.16B$24.96B17.132,970Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ATO
Atmos Energy
4.2803 of 5 stars
$159.37
+1.1%
$155.15
-2.7%
+34.4%$25.31B$4.49B22.704,790Positive News
UGI
UGI
3.7587 of 5 stars
$35.87
+1.1%
$31.33
-12.6%
+46.8%$7.69B$7.32B14.124,700
NFG
National Fuel Gas
3.5015 of 5 stars
$81.27
+0.1%
$74.67
-8.1%
+41.9%$7.34B$2.07B-580.322,130Positive News
SWX
Southwest Gas
3.0803 of 5 stars
$70.97
+2.8%
$74.00
+4.3%
-8.7%$5.10B$4.83B28.6212,700News Coverage
Positive News
NJR
New Jersey Resources
3.3533 of 5 stars
$46.91
+0.6%
$51.83
+10.5%
+4.9%$4.71B$2.07B14.131,290Positive News
CPK
Chesapeake Utilities
3.8216 of 5 stars
$124.38
+1.0%
$126.50
+1.7%
+11.2%$2.90B$81.68B25.211,030Analyst Downgrade
NWN
Northwest Natural
3.4517 of 5 stars
$41.45
+0.9%
$44.67
+7.8%
+7.9%$1.67B$1.21B19.561,150Positive News
NEXT
NextDecade
2.553 of 5 stars
$7.75
+1.5%
$9.00
+16.2%
-7.9%$2.02BN/A-6.9252Positive News
CTRI
Centuri
0.7854 of 5 stars
$19.17
-1.9%
$19.00
-0.9%
-28.2%$1.70B$2.66B958.5012,572News Coverage
Gap Down
RGCO
RGC Resources
3.0727 of 5 stars
$21.33
-1.4%
N/A+3.3%$219.95M$91.31M18.23100Analyst Upgrade

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This page (NYSE:OKE) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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