ATO vs. OKE, UGI, NFG, SWX, NJR, CPK, NWN, LNG, VG, and CQP
Should you be buying Atmos Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atmos Energy include ONEOK (OKE), UGI (UGI), National Fuel Gas (NFG), Southwest Gas (SWX), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), Northwest Natural (NWN), Cheniere Energy (LNG), Venture Global (VG), and Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP).
Atmos Energy vs.
ONEOK (NYSE:OKE) and Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and media sentiment.
ONEOK has a beta of 1.7, indicating that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
ONEOK pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. ONEOK pays out 86.2% 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.
ONEOK currently has a consensus target price of $103.92, suggesting a potential upside of 5.97%. Atmos Energy has a consensus target price of $148.75, suggesting a potential downside of 0.75%. Given ONEOK's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ONEOK is more favorable than Atmos Energy.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, ONEOK had 15 more articles in the media than Atmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for ONEOK and 13 mentions for Atmos Energy. ONEOK's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Atmos Energy's score of 1.16 indicating that ONEOK is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
ONEOK received 62 more outperform votes than Atmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.76% of users gave Atmos Energy an outperform vote while only 57.32% of users gave ONEOK an outperform vote.
Summary
ONEOK beats Atmos Energy on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ATO) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
