New Jersey Resources (NJR) Competitors

UGI (NYSE:UGI) and New Jersey Resources (NYSE:NJR) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UGI or NJR?

New Jersey Resources received 99 more outperform votes than UGI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.69% of users gave New Jersey Resources an outperform vote while only 53.72% of users gave UGI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UGI	Outperform Votes 224 53.72%	Underperform Votes 193 46.28%
New Jersey Resources	Outperform Votes 323 55.69%	Underperform Votes 257 44.31%

Is UGI or NJR more profitable?

New Jersey Resources has a net margin of 16.13% compared to UGI's net margin of 3.73%. UGI's return on equity of 14.64% beat New Jersey Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UGI	3.73%	14.64%	4.28%
New Jersey Resources	16.13%	13.54%	4.28%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, UGI or NJR?

New Jersey Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than UGI. New Jersey Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UGI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UGI	$7.21B	0.90	$269M	$1.24	24.28
New Jersey Resources	$1.80B	2.63	$289.77M	$2.92	16.21

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of UGI or NJR?

82.3% of UGI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of New Jersey Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of UGI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of New Jersey Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer UGI or NJR?

UGI presently has a consensus price target of $28.33, suggesting a potential downside of 5.88%. New Jersey Resources has a consensus price target of $51.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.72%. Given New Jersey Resources' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe New Jersey Resources is more favorable than UGI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UGI	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
New Jersey Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the media refer more to UGI or NJR?

In the previous week, UGI and UGI both had 6 articles in the media. New Jersey Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat UGI's score of 0.50 indicating that New Jersey Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UGI	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
New Jersey Resources	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, UGI or NJR?

UGI has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Jersey Resources has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is UGI or NJR a better dividend stock?

UGI pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. New Jersey Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. UGI pays out 121.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. New Jersey Resources pays out 61.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UGI has raised its dividend for 37 consecutive years and New Jersey Resources has raised its dividend for 29 consecutive years. UGI is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

UGI and New Jersey Resources tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.