NFG vs. ATO, UGI, SWX, NJR, CPK, NWN, OKE, SR, OGS, and UGP
Should you be buying National Fuel Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Fuel Gas include Atmos Energy (ATO), UGI (UGI), Southwest Gas (SWX), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), Northwest Natural (NWN), ONEOK (OKE), Spire (SR), ONE Gas (OGS), and Ultrapar Participações (UGP).
National Fuel Gas vs.
National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) and Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Atmos Energy had 7 more articles in the media than National Fuel Gas. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Atmos Energy and 6 mentions for National Fuel Gas. Atmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat National Fuel Gas' score of 0.92 indicating that Atmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
National Fuel Gas currently has a consensus price target of $69.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.94%. Atmos Energy has a consensus price target of $148.75, suggesting a potential downside of 0.75%. Given Atmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Atmos Energy is more favorable than National Fuel Gas.
Atmos Energy received 32 more outperform votes than National Fuel Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.75% of users gave National Fuel Gas an outperform vote while only 63.76% of users gave Atmos Energy an outperform vote.
Atmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than National Fuel Gas. National Fuel Gas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atmos Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
National Fuel Gas has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
74.0% of National Fuel Gas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Atmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of National Fuel Gas shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Atmos Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
National Fuel Gas pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. National Fuel Gas pays out -1,471.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atmos Energy pays out 49.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. National Fuel Gas has raised its dividend for 55 consecutive years and Atmos Energy has raised its dividend for 41 consecutive years. National Fuel Gas is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Atmos Energy has a net margin of 25.90% compared to National Fuel Gas' net margin of -0.53%. National Fuel Gas' return on equity of 15.96% beat Atmos Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Atmos Energy beats National Fuel Gas on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NFG) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
