ONEOK (OKE) Competitors

Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) and ONEOK (NYSE:OKE) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in ATO or OKE?

90.2% of Atmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.1% of ONEOK shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Atmos Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of ONEOK shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is ATO or OKE more profitable?

Atmos Energy has a net margin of 25.90% compared to ONEOK's net margin of 14.05%. ONEOK's return on equity of 16.84% beat Atmos Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atmos Energy	25.90%	8.89%	4.31%
ONEOK	14.05%	16.84%	6.08%

Is ATO or OKE a better dividend stock?

Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. ONEOK pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Atmos Energy pays out 49.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ONEOK pays out 79.7% 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 has raised its dividend for 41 consecutive years.

Do analysts rate ATO or OKE?

Atmos Energy presently has a consensus price target of $154.39, indicating a potential downside of 1.18%. ONEOK has a consensus price target of $106.42, indicating a potential upside of 25.46%. Given ONEOK's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ONEOK is more favorable than Atmos Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atmos Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
ONEOK	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ATO or OKE?

ONEOK has higher revenue and earnings than Atmos Energy. ONEOK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atmos 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
Atmos Energy	$4.18B	5.93	$1.04B	$7.02	22.25
ONEOK	$21.70B	2.44	$2.66B	$5.17	16.41

Does the media prefer ATO or OKE?

In the previous week, ONEOK had 4 more articles in the media than Atmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for ONEOK and 20 mentions for Atmos Energy. Atmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat ONEOK's score of 1.24 indicating that Atmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Atmos Energy	18 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
ONEOK	17 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ATO or OKE?

ONEOK received 62 more outperform votes than Atmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.82% of users gave Atmos Energy an outperform vote while only 57.34% of users gave ONEOK an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Atmos Energy	Outperform Votes 485 63.82%	Underperform Votes 275 36.18%
ONEOK	Outperform Votes 547 57.34%	Underperform Votes 407 42.66%

Which has more volatility & risk, ATO or OKE?

Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ONEOK has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Atmos Energy beats ONEOK on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.