NFG vs. ATO, UGI, SWX, NJR, CPK, NWN, OKE, OGS, SR, and NFE
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), ONE Gas (OGS), Spire (SR), and New Fortress Energy (NFE).
National Fuel Gas vs.
National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) and Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
National Fuel Gas has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
National Fuel Gas pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. National Fuel Gas pays out 254.3% 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 50.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
National Fuel Gas currently has a consensus target price of $69.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.98%. Atmos Energy has a consensus target price of $148.75, suggesting a potential upside of 2.20%. Given Atmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Atmos Energy is more favorable than National Fuel Gas.
In the previous week, Atmos Energy had 4 more articles in the media than National Fuel Gas. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Atmos Energy and 6 mentions for National Fuel Gas. Atmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat National Fuel Gas' score of 0.62 indicating that Atmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Atmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than National Fuel Gas. Atmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Fuel Gas, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Atmos Energy received 32 more outperform votes than National Fuel Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.94% of users gave National Fuel Gas an outperform vote while only 63.84% of users gave Atmos Energy an outperform vote.
Atmos Energy has a net margin of 25.04% compared to National Fuel Gas' net margin of 3.99%. National Fuel Gas' return on equity of 14.88% beat Atmos Energy's return on equity.
74.0% of National Fuel Gas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Atmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of National Fuel Gas shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Atmos Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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 1/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
