ONE Gas (OGS) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation and earnings, OGS or WES?

Western Midstream Partners has higher revenue and earnings than ONE Gas. Western Midstream Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ONE Gas, 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	1.74	$231.23M	$3.84	18.93
Western Midstream Partners	$3.11B	5.08	$1.02B	$3.92	10.59

Is OGS or WES a better dividend stock?

ONE Gas pays an annual dividend of $2.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Western Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. ONE Gas pays out 68.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western Midstream Partners pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk and volatility, OGS or WES?

ONE Gas has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.9, suggesting that its stock price is 190% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in OGS or WES?

88.7% of ONE Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of ONE Gas shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to OGS or WES?

In the previous week, Western Midstream Partners had 1 more articles in the media than ONE Gas. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Western Midstream Partners and 3 mentions for ONE Gas. Western Midstream Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat ONE Gas' score of 0.63 indicating that Western Midstream Partners is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ONE Gas	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Western Midstream Partners	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is OGS or WES more profitable?

Western Midstream Partners has a net margin of 42.99% compared to ONE Gas' net margin of 10.52%. Western Midstream Partners' return on equity of 46.02% beat ONE Gas' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ONE Gas	10.52%	7.71%	2.76%
Western Midstream Partners	42.99%	46.02%	12.18%

Do analysts recommend OGS or WES?

ONE Gas presently has a consensus target price of $72.69, indicating a potential upside of 0.01%. Western Midstream Partners has a consensus target price of $37.88, indicating a potential downside of 8.73%. Given ONE Gas' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe ONE Gas is more favorable than Western Midstream Partners.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ONE Gas	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13
Western Midstream Partners	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.90

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OGS or WES?

Western Midstream Partners received 371 more outperform votes than ONE Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.59% of users gave Western Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 48.16% of users gave ONE Gas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ONE Gas	Outperform Votes 223 48.16%	Underperform Votes 240 51.84%
Western Midstream Partners	Outperform Votes 594 68.59%	Underperform Votes 272 31.41%

Summary

Western Midstream Partners beats ONE Gas on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.