UGI (UGI) Competitors

MDU Resources Group (NYSE:MDU) and UGI (NYSE:UGI) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, MDU or UGI?

MDU Resources Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than UGI. MDU Resources Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UGI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
MDU Resources Group	$1.76B	1.91	$281.11M	$1.06	15.52
UGI	$7.21B	1.05	$269M	$1.90	18.53

Which has more volatility and risk, MDU or UGI?

MDU Resources Group has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UGI has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is MDU or UGI a better dividend stock?

MDU Resources Group pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. UGI pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. MDU Resources Group pays out 49.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UGI pays out 78.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. MDU Resources Group has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and UGI has raised its dividend for 37 consecutive years. UGI is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in MDU or UGI?

71.4% of MDU Resources Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of UGI shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of MDU Resources Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of UGI shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to MDU or UGI?

In the previous week, MDU Resources Group had 2 more articles in the media than UGI. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for MDU Resources Group and 14 mentions for UGI. UGI's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat MDU Resources Group's score of 0.57 indicating that UGI is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
MDU Resources Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
UGI	14 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate MDU or UGI?

MDU Resources Group presently has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.42%. UGI has a consensus target price of $31.33, indicating a potential downside of 11.01%. Given MDU Resources Group's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe MDU Resources Group is more favorable than UGI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
MDU Resources Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
UGI	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is MDU or UGI more profitable?

MDU Resources Group has a net margin of 8.25% compared to UGI's net margin of 5.70%. UGI's return on equity of 15.73% beat MDU Resources Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
MDU Resources Group	8.25%	8.29%	3.20%
UGI	5.70%	15.73%	4.81%

Summary

UGI beats MDU Resources Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.