Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B (TGS) Competitors

Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) and Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B (NYSE:TGS) are both utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Is LNT or TGS a better dividend stock?

Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Alliant Energy pays out 62.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B pays out 36.7% 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. Alliant Energy has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer LNT or TGS?

Alliant Energy currently has a consensus price target of $64.80, indicating a potential downside of 0.87%. Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B has a consensus price target of $40.00, indicating a potential upside of 39.52%. Given Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B is more favorable than Alliant Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alliant Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30
Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, LNT or TGS?

Alliant Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B. Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alliant 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
Alliant Energy	$3.98B	4.22	$690M	$3.24	20.18
Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B	$1.21T	0.00	$407.18M	$2.51	11.42

Does the media favor LNT or TGS?

In the previous week, Alliant Energy had 22 more articles in the media than Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Alliant Energy and 0 mentions for Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B. Alliant Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B's score of 1.14 indicating that Alliant Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Alliant Energy	Positive
Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in LNT or TGS?

79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.3% of Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is LNT or TGS more profitable?

Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B has a net margin of 31.29% compared to Alliant Energy's net margin of 20.07%. Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B's return on equity of 15.52% beat Alliant Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alliant Energy	20.07%	12.25%	3.75%
Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B	31.29%	15.52%	10.23%

Which has more volatility and risk, LNT or TGS?

Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Alliant Energy beats Transportadora De Gas Sa Ord B on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.