NextDecade (NEXT) Competitors

Southwest Gas (NYSE:SWX) and NextDecade (NASDAQ:NEXT) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends and valuation.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, SWX or NEXT?

Southwest Gas has higher revenue and earnings than NextDecade. NextDecade is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Southwest Gas, 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
Southwest Gas	$5.43B	1.02	$150.89M	$2.48	31.01
NextDecade	N/A	N/A	-$162.26M	-$1.12	-7.02

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SWX or NEXT?

Southwest Gas received 70 more outperform votes than NextDecade when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.97% of users gave NextDecade an outperform vote while only 51.01% of users gave Southwest Gas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Southwest Gas	Outperform Votes 277 51.01%	Underperform Votes 266 48.99%
NextDecade	Outperform Votes 207 58.97%	Underperform Votes 144 41.03%

Do analysts prefer SWX or NEXT?

Southwest Gas currently has a consensus price target of $73.80, suggesting a potential downside of 4.05%. NextDecade has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.50%. Given NextDecade's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NextDecade is more favorable than Southwest Gas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Southwest Gas	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.17
NextDecade	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders believe in SWX or NEXT?

92.8% of Southwest Gas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.7% of NextDecade shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Southwest Gas shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of NextDecade shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to SWX or NEXT?

In the previous week, Southwest Gas had 5 more articles in the media than NextDecade. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Southwest Gas and 1 mentions for NextDecade. NextDecade's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Southwest Gas' score of 0.44 indicating that NextDecade is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Southwest Gas	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
NextDecade	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is SWX or NEXT more profitable?

Southwest Gas has a net margin of 3.44% compared to NextDecade's net margin of 0.00%. Southwest Gas' return on equity of 5.99% beat NextDecade's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Southwest Gas	3.44%	5.99%	1.76%
NextDecade	N/A	-22.67%	-5.47%

Which has more risk & volatility, SWX or NEXT?

Southwest Gas has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NextDecade has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Southwest Gas beats NextDecade on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.