ATO vs. OKE, SWX, UGI, NFG, NJR, CPK, NWN, LNG, CQP, and NFE
Should you be buying Atmos Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atmos Energy include ONEOK (OKE), Southwest Gas (SWX), UGI (UGI), National Fuel Gas (NFG), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), Northwest Natural (NWN), Cheniere Energy (LNG), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), and New Fortress Energy (NFE).
Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) and ONEOK (NYSE:OKE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Atmos Energy currently has a consensus price target of $129.17, suggesting a potential upside of 11.43%. ONEOK has a consensus price target of $83.58, suggesting a potential upside of 3.19%. Given Atmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Atmos Energy is more favorable than ONEOK.
In the previous week, Atmos Energy had 4 more articles in the media than ONEOK. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Atmos Energy and 8 mentions for ONEOK. ONEOK's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Atmos Energy's score of 0.92 indicating that ONEOK is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. ONEOK pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Atmos Energy pays out 48.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ONEOK pays out 92.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
ONEOK has higher revenue and earnings than Atmos Energy. Atmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ONEOK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ONEOK received 59 more outperform votes than Atmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.43% of users gave Atmos Energy an outperform vote while only 57.55% of users gave ONEOK an outperform vote.
Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ONEOK has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Atmos Energy has a net margin of 24.65% compared to ONEOK's net margin of 12.54%. ONEOK's return on equity of 15.94% beat Atmos Energy's return on equity.
90.2% of Atmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of ONEOK shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Atmos Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of ONEOK shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Atmos Energy and ONEOK tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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