ATO vs. OKE, UGI, NFG, SWX, NJR, CPK, NWN, LNG, CQP, and OGS
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), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), and ONE Gas (OGS).
Atmos Energy vs.
Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) and ONEOK (NYSE:OKE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, earnings and profitability.
ONEOK has higher revenue and earnings than Atmos Energy. Atmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ONEOK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ONEOK has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ONEOK received 60 more outperform votes than Atmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.84% of users gave Atmos Energy an outperform vote while only 57.29% of users gave ONEOK an outperform vote.
Atmos Energy currently has a consensus target price of $148.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.20%. ONEOK has a consensus target price of $102.92, indicating a potential downside of 5.65%. Given Atmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Atmos Energy is more favorable than ONEOK.
In the previous week, ONEOK had 6 more articles in the media than Atmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for ONEOK and 14 mentions for Atmos Energy. ONEOK's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Atmos Energy's score of 1.03 indicating that ONEOK is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. ONEOK pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Atmos Energy pays out 50.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ONEOK pays out 82.8% 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 has increased its dividend for 41 consecutive years.
90.2% of Atmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of ONEOK shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Atmos Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of ONEOK shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Atmos Energy has a net margin of 25.04% compared to ONEOK's net margin of 14.05%. ONEOK's return on equity of 16.84% beat Atmos Energy's return on equity.
Summary
ONEOK beats Atmos Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:ATO) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff