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$39.57 -0.04 (-0.10%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

NWN vs. UGI, NFG, SWX, NJR, CPK, OKE, ATO, OGS, SR, and EE

Should you be buying Northwest Natural stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Northwest Natural include UGI (UGI), National Fuel Gas (NFG), Southwest Gas (SWX), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), ONEOK (OKE), Atmos Energy (ATO), ONE Gas (OGS), Spire (SR), and Excelerate Energy (EE).

Northwest Natural vs.

UGI (NYSE:UGI) and Northwest Natural (NYSE:NWN) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.

In the previous week, UGI had 8 more articles in the media than Northwest Natural. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for UGI and 2 mentions for Northwest Natural. Northwest Natural's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat UGI's score of 0.40 indicating that Northwest Natural is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
UGI
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Northwest Natural
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Northwest Natural has a net margin of 6.90% compared to UGI's net margin of 3.73%. UGI's return on equity of 14.64% beat Northwest Natural's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
UGI3.73% 14.64% 4.28%
Northwest Natural 6.90%5.89%1.61%

UGI has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Northwest Natural has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

82.3% of UGI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.1% of Northwest Natural shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of UGI shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Northwest Natural shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

UGI has higher revenue and earnings than Northwest Natural. Northwest Natural is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UGI, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
UGI$7.21B0.81$269M$1.2421.99
Northwest Natural$1.14B1.40$93.87M$2.1218.67

Northwest Natural received 51 more outperform votes than UGI when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.72% of users gave UGI an outperform vote while only 52.08% of users gave Northwest Natural an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
UGIOutperform Votes
224
53.72%
Underperform Votes
193
46.28%
Northwest NaturalOutperform Votes
275
52.08%
Underperform Votes
253
47.92%

UGI pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Northwest Natural pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. 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. Northwest Natural pays out 92.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UGI has increased its dividend for 36 consecutive years and Northwest Natural has increased its dividend for 70 consecutive years.

UGI presently has a consensus price target of $28.33, suggesting a potential upside of 3.90%. Northwest Natural has a consensus price target of $43.50, suggesting a potential upside of 9.93%. Given Northwest Natural's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Northwest Natural 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
Northwest Natural
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

UGI and Northwest Natural tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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NWN vs. The Competition

MetricNorthwest NaturalNatural gas distribution IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.59B$10.18B$13.35B$19.19B
Dividend Yield4.78%3.33%4.07%3.57%
P/E Ratio18.6716.3895.2441.22
Price / Sales1.402.1129.7717.59
Price / Cash6.918.2718.3521.28
Price / Book1.131.862.225.32
Net Income$93.87M$1.29B$626.51M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-5.36%-3.99%-1.90%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-8.39%-2.73%-2.54%-3.74%
1 Year Performance2.73%-2.70%1.50%12.06%

Northwest Natural Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NWN
Northwest Natural
3.9932 of 5 stars
$39.57
-0.1%
$43.50
+9.9%
+3.6%$1.59B$1.14B18.671,380Positive News
High Trading Volume
UGI
UGI
3.025 of 5 stars
$28.15
-0.1%
$28.33
+0.7%
+19.8%$6.04B$7.21B23.024,850Analyst Revision
NFG
National Fuel Gas
4.3716 of 5 stars
$61.04
-0.5%
$69.00
+13.0%
+20.1%$5.54B$1.94B75.772,311Positive News
SWX
Southwest Gas
3.9355 of 5 stars
$72.78
-0.1%
$73.50
+1.0%
+10.6%$5.22B$5.43B29.382,371News Coverage
Positive News
NJR
New Jersey Resources
3.2742 of 5 stars
$47.98
+0.9%
$51.00
+6.3%
+5.8%$4.79B$1.80B16.281,372Positive News
CPK
Chesapeake Utilities
4.4231 of 5 stars
$126.34
-0.3%
$123.00
-2.6%
+16.8%$2.88B$80.41B25.841,281Positive News
OKE
ONEOK
3.8425 of 5 stars
$102.71
-1.3%
$101.00
-1.7%
+46.2%$60.00B$17.68B21.764,775Analyst Downgrade
ATO
Atmos Energy
4.5711 of 5 stars
$141.32
+0.5%
$148.61
+5.2%
+23.5%$21.96B$4.17B20.465,260Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
OGS
ONE Gas
3.9728 of 5 stars
$70.98
+0.9%
$72.69
+2.4%
+9.1%$4.02B$2.37B18.403,900
SR
Spire
3.8631 of 5 stars
$67.94
+0.4%
$69.94
+2.9%
+6.4%$3.92B$2.59B15.713,475Analyst Forecast
EE
Excelerate Energy
3.2024 of 5 stars
$31.29
-1.7%
$27.00
-13.7%
+89.0%$3.33B$816.93M32.16915Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News

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