Sitio Royalties (STR) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, 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 1.77, meaning that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & 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	$7.21B	0.92	$269M	$1.24	25.03
Sitio Royalties	$593.36M	5.34	-$15.54M	-$0.06	-345.26

Does the media prefer UGI or STR?

In the previous week, UGI had 21 more articles in the media than Sitio Royalties. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for UGI and 1 mentions for Sitio Royalties. UGI's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Sitio Royalties' score of 0.00 indicating that UGI is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
UGI	Positive
Sitio Royalties	Neutral

Do analysts rate UGI or STR?

UGI currently has a consensus target price of $28.33, indicating a potential downside of 8.71%. Sitio Royalties has a consensus target price of $28.80, indicating a potential upside of 39.00%. 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

Is UGI or STR a better dividend stock?

UGI pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Sitio Royalties pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. UGI pays out 121.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sitio Royalties pays out -1,866.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UGI has increased its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Sitio Royalties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UGI or STR?

UGI received 83 more outperform votes than Sitio Royalties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 53.72% of users gave UGI an outperform vote while only 50.90% 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 141 50.90%	Underperform Votes 136 49.10%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in UGI or STR?

82.3% of UGI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Sitio Royalties shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of UGI shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Sitio Royalties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds 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 3.73% compared to Sitio Royalties' net margin of -0.61%. UGI's return on equity of 14.64% beat Sitio Royalties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UGI	3.73%	14.64%	4.28%
Sitio Royalties	-0.61%	3.62%	2.67%

Summary

UGI beats Sitio Royalties on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.