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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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
UGI
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Atmos Energy
19 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
UGI$7.21B1.05$269M$2.4314.47
Atmos Energy$4.17B5.81$1.04B$7.2021.15

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
UGI7.28% 16.21% 4.93%
Atmos Energy 25.35%9.05%4.39%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
UGI
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Atmos Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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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UGI vs. The Competition

MetricUGIUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.55B$9.32B$15.85B$20.55B
Dividend Yield4.26%3.58%5.56%3.75%
P/E Ratio14.4710.9320.4528.05
Price / Sales1.052.2829.0846.08
Price / Cash5.389.2419.1222.31
Price / Book1.731.522.164.59
Net Income$269M$531.39M$751.09M$985.44M
7 Day Performance-2.48%1.40%1.23%2.91%
1 Month Performance-3.09%2.91%3.13%5.47%
1 Year Performance55.89%21.37%17.01%14.61%

UGI Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UGI
UGI
3.3868 of 5 stars
$35.16
-0.1%
$31.33
-10.9%
+55.9%$7.55B$7.21B14.474,850News Coverage
ATO
Atmos Energy
4.375 of 5 stars
$156.27
+1.8%
$156.05
-0.1%
+30.1%$24.82B$4.17B21.705,260Positive News
NFG
National Fuel Gas
4.4024 of 5 stars
$85.93
+0.3%
$82.33
-4.2%
+53.8%$7.76B$1.94B199.692,311Ex-Dividend
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SWX
Southwest Gas
3.1858 of 5 stars
$74.93
+1.4%
$75.00
+0.1%
+4.1%$5.39B$4.83B24.092,435
NJR
NewJersey Resources
4.0509 of 5 stars
$45.09
+1.8%
$51.29
+13.7%
+5.5%$4.53B$1.80B10.941,372
CPK
Chesapeake Utilities
3.974 of 5 stars
$123.44
+2.6%
$126.50
+2.5%
+13.1%$2.88B$81.68B22.821,200
NWN
Northwest Natural Gas
4.4214 of 5 stars
$40.41
+2.0%
$46.33
+14.7%
+13.5%$1.63B$1.15B16.031,452Positive News
OKE
ONEOK
4.988 of 5 stars
$79.70
-3.2%
$103.69
+30.1%
-0.4%$50.16B$21.70B15.565,177Positive News
Analyst Forecast
OGS
ONE Gas
3.6523 of 5 stars
$73.36
+1.8%
$77.64
+5.8%
+13.0%$4.40B$2.08B17.723,900
SR
Spire
2.8502 of 5 stars
$74.24
+1.9%
$77.40
+4.3%
+21.2%$4.38B$2.59B18.283,475
MDU
MDU Resources Group
3.756 of 5 stars
$16.48
+3.0%
$18.00
+9.3%
-32.6%$3.37B$1.76B12.7711,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:UGI) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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