CTRI vs. SWX, CPK, NEXT, RGCO, OKE, PNW, BEP, OGE, ELPC, and CIG
Should you be buying Centuri stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centuri include Southwest Gas (SWX), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), NextDecade (NEXT), RGC Resources (RGCO), ONEOK (OKE), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP), OGE Energy (OGE), Companhia Paranaense de Energia (ELPC), and CEMIG (CIG).
Centuri (NYSE:CTRI) and Southwest Gas (NYSE:SWX) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Southwest Gas has higher revenue and earnings than Centuri.
In the previous week, Southwest Gas had 2 more articles in the media than Centuri. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Southwest Gas and 3 mentions for Centuri. Southwest Gas' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Centuri's score of 0.45 indicating that Southwest Gas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Southwest Gas received 271 more outperform votes than Centuri when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Centuri an outperform vote while only 51.49% of users gave Southwest Gas an outperform vote.
Southwest Gas has a net margin of 3.56% compared to Centuri's net margin of 0.00%. Southwest Gas' return on equity of 6.71% beat Centuri's return on equity.
92.8% of Southwest Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Southwest Gas shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Centuri currently has a consensus price target of $28.60, suggesting a potential upside of 10.34%. Southwest Gas has a consensus price target of $75.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.23%. Given Centuri's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Centuri is more favorable than Southwest Gas.
Summary
Southwest Gas beats Centuri on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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