UGI (UGI) Competitors

Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) and UGI (NYSE:UGI) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

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

90.2% of Atmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of UGI shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Atmos Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of UGI shares are held by company 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ATO or UGI?

Atmos Energy received 258 more outperform votes than UGI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.84% of users gave Atmos Energy an outperform vote while only 53.72% of users gave UGI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Atmos Energy	Outperform Votes 482 63.84%	Underperform Votes 273 36.16%
UGI	Outperform Votes 224 53.72%	Underperform Votes 193 46.28%

Do analysts rate ATO or UGI?

Atmos Energy presently has a consensus price target of $148.75, suggesting a potential upside of 4.14%. UGI has a consensus price target of $28.33, suggesting a potential downside of 6.86%. Given Atmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Atmos Energy is more favorable than UGI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atmos Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
UGI	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media favor ATO or UGI?

In the previous week, Atmos Energy had 9 more articles in the media than UGI. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Atmos Energy and 7 mentions for UGI. Atmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat UGI's score of 0.49 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	12 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
UGI	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, ATO or UGI?

Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UGI has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ATO or UGI a better dividend stock?

Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. UGI pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Atmos Energy pays out 50.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UGI pays out 121.0% 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 increased its dividend for 35 consecutive years and UGI has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years.

Is ATO or UGI more profitable?

Atmos Energy has a net margin of 25.04% compared to UGI's net margin of 3.73%. UGI's return on equity of 14.64% beat Atmos Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atmos Energy	25.04%	8.83%	4.27%
UGI	3.73%	14.64%	4.28%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, ATO or UGI?

Atmos Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than UGI. Atmos Energy 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
Atmos Energy	$4.17B	5.33	$1.04B	$6.87	20.79
UGI	$7.21B	0.91	$269M	$1.24	24.53

Summary

Atmos Energy beats UGI on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.