ONEOK (OKE) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ATO or OKE?

ONEOK received 60 more outperform votes than Atmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.84% of users gave Atmos Energy an outperform vote while only 57.29% of users gave ONEOK an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Atmos Energy	Outperform Votes 482 63.84%	Underperform Votes 273 36.16%
ONEOK	Outperform Votes 542 57.29%	Underperform Votes 404 42.71%

Do analysts prefer ATO or OKE?

Atmos Energy presently has a consensus price target of $148.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.20%. ONEOK has a consensus price target of $102.92, indicating a potential downside of 5.65%. Given Atmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Atmos Energy is more favorable than ONEOK.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atmos Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
ONEOK	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57

Which has more risk & volatility, ATO or OKE?

Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ONEOK has a beta of 1.7, suggesting that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of ONEOK shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 2.4%. ONEOK pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Atmos Energy pays out 50.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ONEOK pays out 82.8% 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 increased its dividend for 41 consecutive years.

Is ATO or OKE more profitable?

Atmos Energy has a net margin of 25.04% 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	25.04%	8.83%	4.27%
ONEOK	14.05%	16.84%	6.08%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ATO or OKE?

ONEOK has higher revenue and earnings than Atmos Energy. Atmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ONEOK, 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	$4.17B	5.43	$1.04B	$6.87	21.19
ONEOK	$17.68B	3.60	$2.66B	$4.78	22.82

Does the media prefer ATO or OKE?

In the previous week, ONEOK had 6 more articles in the media than Atmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for ONEOK and 14 mentions for Atmos Energy. ONEOK's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Atmos Energy's score of 1.03 indicating that ONEOK is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Atmos Energy	9 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ONEOK	20 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

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