UGI vs. ATO, NFG, SWX, NJR, CPK, NWN, OKE, OGS, SR, and MDU
Should you be buying UGI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UGI include Atmos Energy (ATO), National Fuel Gas (NFG), Southwest Gas (SWX), NewJersey Resources (NJR), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), Northwest Natural Gas (NWN), ONEOK (OKE), ONE Gas (OGS), Spire (SR), and MDU Resources Group (MDU).
UGI vs. Its Competitors
UGI (NYSE:UGI) and Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
UGI has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
UGI pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. UGI pays out 61.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atmos Energy pays out 48.3% 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 raised its dividend for 37 consecutive years and Atmos Energy has raised its dividend for 41 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Atmos Energy had 5 more articles in the media than UGI. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Atmos Energy and 19 mentions for UGI. Atmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat UGI's score of 0.43 indicating that Atmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Atmos Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than UGI. UGI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atmos Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Atmos Energy has a net margin of 25.35% compared to UGI's net margin of 7.28%. UGI's return on equity of 16.21% beat Atmos Energy's return on equity.
UGI currently has a consensus target price of $31.33, indicating a potential downside of 10.88%. Atmos Energy has a consensus target price of $156.05, indicating a potential upside of 2.48%. Given Atmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Atmos Energy is more favorable than UGI.
82.3% of UGI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Atmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of UGI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Atmos Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Atmos Energy beats UGI on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:UGI) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff