UGI (UGI) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate UGI or ATO?

UGI presently has a consensus price target of $28.33, indicating a potential downside of 5.88%. Atmos Energy has a consensus price target of $148.75, indicating a potential upside of 2.20%. Given Atmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Atmos Energy 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
Atmos Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70

Is UGI or ATO more profitable?

Atmos Energy has a net margin of 25.04% compared to UGI's net margin of 3.73%. UGI's return on equity of 14.64% beat Atmos Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UGI	3.73%	14.64%	4.28%
Atmos Energy	25.04%	8.83%	4.27%

Is UGI or ATO a better dividend stock?

UGI pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. 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. Atmos Energy pays out 50.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UGI has increased its dividend for 37 consecutive years and Atmos Energy has increased its dividend for 41 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer UGI or ATO?

In the previous week, Atmos Energy had 9 more articles in the media than UGI. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Atmos Energy and 5 mentions for UGI. Atmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat UGI's score of 0.51 indicating that Atmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UGI	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, UGI or ATO?

Atmos Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than UGI. Atmos Energy 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	0.90	$269M	$1.24	24.28
Atmos Energy	$4.17B	5.43	$1.04B	$6.87	21.19

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of UGI or ATO?

82.3% of UGI shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Atmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of UGI shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Atmos Energy shares are held 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor UGI or ATO?

Atmos Energy received 258 more outperform votes than UGI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.84% of users gave Atmos Energy an outperform vote while only 53.72% of users gave UGI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UGI	Outperform Votes 224 53.72%	Underperform Votes 193 46.28%
Atmos Energy	Outperform Votes 482 63.84%	Underperform Votes 273 36.16%

Which has more risk & volatility, UGI or ATO?

UGI has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Atmos Energy beats UGI on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.