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Atmos Energy (ATO) Competitors

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$145.55 +0.61 (+0.42%)
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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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Atmos Energy$4.17B5.43$1.04B$6.8721.19
ONEOK$17.68B3.60$2.66B$4.7822.82

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Atmos EnergyOutperform Votes
482
63.84%
Underperform Votes
273
36.16%
ONEOKOutperform Votes
542
57.29%
Underperform Votes
404
42.71%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Atmos Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
ONEOK
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Atmos Energy
9 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ONEOK
20 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 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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Atmos Energy25.04% 8.83% 4.27%
ONEOK 14.05%16.84%6.08%

Summary

ONEOK beats Atmos Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ATO vs. The Competition

MetricAtmos EnergyNatural gas distribution IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$22.62B$12.00B$12.73B$19.94B
Dividend Yield2.54%3.35%4.12%3.71%
P/E Ratio21.1918.3893.1341.40
Price / Sales5.432.0125.3316.27
Price / Cash12.478.3818.3819.84
Price / Book1.862.062.315.76
Net Income$1.04B$1.29B$634.80M$993.25M
7 Day Performance5.12%6.08%1.89%3.12%
1 Month Performance4.20%7.79%0.49%4.75%
1 Year Performance28.72%8.81%4.67%18.83%

Atmos Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ATO
Atmos Energy
4.5922 of 5 stars
$145.55
+0.4%
$148.75
+2.2%
+28.7%$22.62B$4.17B21.195,260Short Interest ↓
Positive News
OKE
ONEOK
4.2149 of 5 stars
$103.89
+2.1%
$101.54
-2.3%
+55.7%$60.69B$19.93B21.732,970Positive News
UGI
UGI
3.6493 of 5 stars
$28.75
+1.6%
$28.33
-1.4%
+36.2%$6.17B$7.21B23.194,700
NFG
National Fuel Gas
3.4711 of 5 stars
$63.72
+1.8%
$69.00
+8.3%
+43.0%$5.79B$1.94B78.672,311
SWX
Southwest Gas
3.9144 of 5 stars
$68.77
+0.5%
$73.50
+6.9%
+19.5%$4.93B$5.21B27.732,371Positive News
NJR
New Jersey Resources
3.2786 of 5 stars
$45.24
0.0%
$51.00
+12.7%
+13.5%$4.51B$1.80B15.491,372
CPK
Chesapeake Utilities
4.0237 of 5 stars
$116.59
+0.0%
$123.00
+5.5%
+23.1%$2.66B$80.41B23.651,030
NWN
Northwest Natural
4.2272 of 5 stars
$38.56
+0.7%
$43.50
+12.8%
+6.2%$1.55B$1.14B18.191,150Dividend Announcement
LNG
Cheniere Energy
2.8608 of 5 stars
$229.14
+1.7%
$226.55
-1.1%
+56.9%$51.41B$16.09B14.631,605Positive News
CQP
Cheniere Energy Partners
1.0967 of 5 stars
$56.14
+0.0%
$50.50
-10.0%
N/A$27.17B$8.93B12.131,605
OGS
ONE Gas
4.2736 of 5 stars
$68.53
+0.9%
$72.69
+6.1%
+22.8%$3.88B$2.06B17.853,900Analyst Downgrade

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