Atmos Energy (ATO) Competitors

ONEOK (NYSE:OKE) and Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Which has more volatility and risk, OKE or ATO?

ONEOK has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is OKE or ATO a better dividend stock?

ONEOK pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. ONEOK pays out 79.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Atmos Energy pays out 49.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atmos Energy has increased its dividend for 41 consecutive years.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, OKE or ATO?

ONEOK has higher revenue and earnings than Atmos Energy. ONEOK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atmos Energy, 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
ONEOK	$21.70B	2.95	$2.66B	$5.17	19.82
Atmos Energy	$4.18B	5.63	$1.04B	$7.02	21.15

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OKE or ATO?

ONEOK received 63 more outperform votes than Atmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.85% of users gave Atmos Energy an outperform vote while only 57.34% of users gave ONEOK an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ONEOK	Outperform Votes 547 57.34%	Underperform Votes 407 42.66%
Atmos Energy	Outperform Votes 484 63.85%	Underperform Votes 274 36.15%

Does the media prefer OKE or ATO?

In the previous week, ONEOK and ONEOK both had 26 articles in the media. ONEOK's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Atmos Energy's score of 1.45 indicating that ONEOK is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ONEOK	24 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Atmos Energy	21 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is OKE or ATO more profitable?

Atmos Energy has a net margin of 25.90% compared to ONEOK's net margin of 14.05%. ONEOK's return on equity of 16.84% beat Atmos Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ONEOK	14.05%	16.84%	6.08%
Atmos Energy	25.90%	8.89%	4.31%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in OKE or ATO?

69.1% of ONEOK shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Atmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of ONEOK shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Atmos Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend OKE or ATO?

ONEOK presently has a consensus price target of $105.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.49%. Atmos Energy has a consensus price target of $149.15, indicating a potential upside of 0.48%. Given ONEOK's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe ONEOK is more favorable than Atmos Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ONEOK	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Atmos Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Summary

ONEOK beats Atmos Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.