NEXT vs. SWX, CPK, CTRI, RGCO, OKE, SUN, MTDR, CHRD, AM, and DINO
Should you be buying NextDecade stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NextDecade include Southwest Gas (SWX), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), Centuri (CTRI), RGC Resources (RGCO), ONEOK (OKE), Sunoco (SUN), Matador Resources (MTDR), Chord Energy (CHRD), Antero Midstream (AM), and HF Sinclair (DINO).
NextDecade vs.
NextDecade (NASDAQ:NEXT) and Southwest Gas (NYSE:SWX) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings and risk.
66.7% of NextDecade shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.8% of Southwest Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of NextDecade shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 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.
NextDecade currently has a consensus target price of $9.00, indicating a potential downside of 1.10%. Southwest Gas has a consensus target price of $73.40, indicating a potential upside of 1.53%. Given Southwest Gas' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Southwest Gas is more favorable than NextDecade.
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.
In the previous week, Southwest Gas had 1 more articles in the media than NextDecade. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Southwest Gas and 3 mentions for NextDecade. Southwest Gas' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat NextDecade's score of 0.63 indicating that Southwest Gas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Southwest Gas received 69 more outperform votes than NextDecade when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.97% of users gave NextDecade an outperform vote while only 51.02% of users gave Southwest Gas an outperform vote.
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.
NextDecade has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southwest Gas has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Southwest Gas beats NextDecade on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:NEXT) was last updated on 1/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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