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$36.02 +0.18 (+0.51%)
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UGI vs. MDU, NJR, ATO, NFG, SWX, CPK, NWN, OKE, SR, and OGS

Should you be buying UGI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UGI include MDU Resources Group (MDU), NewJersey Resources (NJR), Atmos Energy (ATO), National Fuel Gas (NFG), Southwest Gas (SWX), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), Northwest Natural Gas (NWN), ONEOK (OKE), Spire (SR), and ONE Gas (OGS).

UGI vs. Its Competitors

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

UGI pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. MDU Resources Group pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. UGI pays out 61.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MDU Resources Group pays out 40.3% 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 MDU Resources Group has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. UGI is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, UGI had 15 more articles in the media than MDU Resources Group. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for UGI and 4 mentions for MDU Resources Group. MDU Resources Group's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat UGI's score of 1.34 indicating that MDU Resources Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

UGI has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MDU Resources Group has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

MDU Resources Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
UGI$7.21B1.07$269M$2.4314.82
MDU Resources Group$1.76B1.98$281.11M$1.2913.20

MDU Resources Group has a net margin of 7.93% compared to UGI's net margin of 7.28%. UGI's return on equity of 16.21% beat MDU Resources Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
UGI7.28% 16.21% 4.93%
MDU Resources Group 7.93%9.86%3.77%

UGI presently has a consensus price target of $31.33, suggesting a potential downside of 13.02%. MDU Resources Group has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.73%. Given MDU Resources Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MDU Resources Group 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
MDU Resources Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding UGI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$7.69B$10.24B$16.14B$21.10B
Dividend Yield4.19%3.78%5.31%3.59%
P/E Ratio14.8211.9420.3628.44
Price / Sales1.072.27207.9458.59
Price / Cash5.489.3419.0922.92
Price / Book1.781.542.164.69
Net Income$269M$565.00M$751.46M$995.51M
7 Day Performance-0.88%0.10%0.90%1.65%
1 Month Performance-0.09%2.69%22.52%4.54%
1 Year Performance46.13%5.98%174.89%9.99%

UGI Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UGI
UGI
4.3246 of 5 stars
$36.02
+0.5%
$31.33
-13.0%
+47.1%$7.69B$7.21B14.824,850Positive News
MDU
MDU Resources Group
3.6653 of 5 stars
$16.82
+1.6%
$18.00
+7.0%
-36.2%$3.43B$1.76B13.0311,000Positive News
NJR
NewJersey Resources
3.314 of 5 stars
$46.21
+1.0%
$51.29
+11.0%
-1.4%$4.64B$2.07B11.211,372Positive News
ATO
Atmos Energy
4.2237 of 5 stars
$155.45
+0.8%
$156.95
+1.0%
+25.7%$24.70B$4.49B21.605,260Positive News
NFG
National Fuel Gas
4.4562 of 5 stars
$83.84
+1.2%
$88.00
+5.0%
+50.8%$7.58B$1.94B194.992,311News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
SWX
Southwest Gas
3.1511 of 5 stars
$77.46
+0.5%
$77.25
-0.3%
+5.1%$5.57B$5.11B24.912,435Positive News
CPK
Chesapeake Utilities
3.8428 of 5 stars
$123.76
+0.4%
$126.50
+2.2%
+3.2%$2.89B$787.20M22.891,200News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
NWN
Northwest Natural Gas
4.064 of 5 stars
$42.15
+1.6%
$46.33
+9.9%
+1.2%$1.70B$1.21B16.721,452Insider Trade
OKE
ONEOK
4.945 of 5 stars
$81.53
+0.2%
$103.14
+26.5%
+0.1%$51.31B$21.70B15.925,177Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SR
Spire
3.7758 of 5 stars
$75.85
+1.9%
$77.40
+2.0%
+13.8%$4.47B$2.43B18.673,475Positive News
OGS
ONE Gas
2.8694 of 5 stars
$73.93
+1.1%
$77.64
+5.0%
+5.5%$4.43B$2.08B17.863,900News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:UGI) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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