ONE Gas (OGS) Competitors

ONE Gas (NYSE:OGS) and Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, OGS or LNT?

Alliant Energy has higher revenue and earnings than ONE Gas. ONE Gas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alliant Energy, 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
ONE Gas	$2.37B	1.82	$231.23M	$3.84	19.80
Alliant Energy	$4.03B	3.97	$703M	$2.58	24.12

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OGS or LNT?

ONE Gas received 192 more outperform votes than Alliant Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 48.68% of users gave ONE Gas an outperform vote while only 36.59% of users gave Alliant Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ONE Gas	Outperform Votes 222 48.68%	Underperform Votes 234 51.32%
Alliant Energy	Outperform Votes 30 36.59%	Underperform Votes 52 63.41%

Do analysts recommend OGS or LNT?

ONE Gas presently has a consensus price target of $68.10, indicating a potential downside of 10.44%. Alliant Energy has a consensus price target of $63.06, indicating a potential upside of 1.33%. Given Alliant Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alliant Energy is more favorable than ONE Gas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ONE Gas	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Alliant Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Which has more risk & volatility, OGS or LNT?

ONE Gas has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of OGS or LNT?

88.7% of ONE Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of ONE Gas shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is OGS or LNT more profitable?

Alliant Energy has a net margin of 16.66% compared to ONE Gas' net margin of 10.52%. Alliant Energy's return on equity of 10.56% beat ONE Gas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ONE Gas	10.52%	7.71%	2.76%
Alliant Energy	16.66%	10.56%	3.31%

Is OGS or LNT a better dividend stock?

ONE Gas pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. ONE Gas pays out 68.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Alliant Energy pays out 74.4% 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. Alliant Energy has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years. ONE Gas is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to OGS or LNT?

In the previous week, Alliant Energy had 1 more articles in the media than ONE Gas. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Alliant Energy and 5 mentions for ONE Gas. Alliant Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat ONE Gas' score of 0.83 indicating that Alliant Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ONE Gas	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Alliant Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Alliant Energy beats ONE Gas on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.