CTRI vs. SWX, CPK, NEXT, RGCO, OKE, PNW, BEP, OGE, CIG, and MDU
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), CEMIG (CIG), and MDU Resources Group (MDU).
Southwest Gas (NYSE:SWX) and Centuri (NYSE:CTRI) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.
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, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Southwest Gas has higher revenue and earnings than Centuri.
In the previous week, Southwest Gas had 7 more articles in the media than Centuri. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Southwest Gas and 0 mentions for Centuri. Centuri's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Southwest Gas' score of 0.00 indicating that Southwest Gas is being referred to more favorably in the 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 presently has a consensus price target of $75.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.34%. Centuri has a consensus price target of $28.60, suggesting a potential upside of 4.19%. Given Southwest Gas' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Centuri is more favorable than Southwest Gas.
Southwest Gas has a net margin of 3.56% compared to Southwest Gas' net margin of 0.00%. Centuri's return on equity of 6.71% beat Southwest Gas' return on equity.
Summary
Southwest Gas beats Centuri on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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