Sitio Royalties (STR) Competitors

UGI (NYSE:UGI) and Sitio Royalties (NYSE:STR) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Which has more risk & volatility, UGI or STR?

UGI has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sitio Royalties has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is UGI or STR a better dividend stock?

UGI pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Sitio Royalties pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. UGI pays out 59.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Sitio Royalties pays out -1,866.4% 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. UGI has increased its dividend for 37 consecutive years. Sitio Royalties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor UGI or STR?

In the previous week, UGI had 11 more articles in the media than Sitio Royalties. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for UGI and 9 mentions for Sitio Royalties. UGI's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Sitio Royalties' score of 0.00 indicating that UGI is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UGI	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Sitio Royalties	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in UGI or STR?

UGI received 82 more outperform votes than Sitio Royalties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.72% of users gave UGI an outperform vote while only 51.08% of users gave Sitio Royalties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UGI	Outperform Votes 224 53.72%	Underperform Votes 193 46.28%
Sitio Royalties	Outperform Votes 142 51.08%	Underperform Votes 136 48.92%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, UGI or STR?

UGI has higher revenue and earnings than Sitio Royalties. Sitio Royalties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UGI, 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
UGI	$7.12B	1.02	$269M	$2.54	13.37
Sitio Royalties	$593.36M	4.99	-$15.54M	-$0.06	-322.71

Do analysts rate UGI or STR?

UGI presently has a consensus target price of $28.33, suggesting a potential downside of 16.57%. Sitio Royalties has a consensus target price of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.58%. Given Sitio Royalties' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sitio Royalties 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
Sitio Royalties	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Do insiders & institutionals believe in UGI or STR?

82.3% of UGI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Sitio Royalties shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of UGI shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Sitio Royalties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is UGI or STR more profitable?

UGI has a net margin of 7.73% compared to Sitio Royalties' net margin of -0.61%. UGI's return on equity of 15.19% beat Sitio Royalties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UGI	7.73%	15.19%	4.54%
Sitio Royalties	-0.61%	3.62%	2.67%

Summary

UGI beats Sitio Royalties on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.