UGI (UGI) Competitors

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

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

90.2% of Atmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.3% of UGI shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Atmos Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of UGI shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ATO or UGI more profitable?

Atmos Energy has a net margin of 25.90% compared to UGI's net margin of 7.73%. UGI's return on equity of 15.19% beat Atmos Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atmos Energy	25.90%	8.89%	4.31%
UGI	7.73%	15.19%	4.54%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ATO or UGI?

Atmos Energy received 260 more outperform votes than UGI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.77% of users gave Atmos Energy an outperform vote while only 53.72% of users gave UGI an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Atmos Energy	Outperform Votes 484 63.77%	Underperform Votes 275 36.23%
UGI	Outperform Votes 224 53.72%	Underperform Votes 193 46.28%

Which has more risk and volatility, ATO or UGI?

Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.69, meaning that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UGI has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ATO or UGI a better dividend stock?

Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. UGI pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Atmos Energy pays out 49.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UGI pays out 59.1% 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. Atmos Energy has raised its dividend for 41 consecutive years and UGI has raised its dividend for 37 consecutive years.

Do analysts prefer ATO or UGI?

Atmos Energy presently has a consensus price target of $151.94, indicating a potential downside of 2.88%. UGI has a consensus price target of $28.33, indicating a potential downside of 11.61%. Given Atmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Atmos Energy is more favorable than UGI.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atmos Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
UGI	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ATO or UGI?

Atmos Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than UGI. UGI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atmos 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
Atmos Energy	$4.18B	5.94	$1.04B	$7.02	22.29
UGI	$7.12B	0.97	$269M	$2.54	12.62

Does the media refer more to ATO or UGI?

In the previous week, UGI had 4 more articles in the media than Atmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for UGI and 16 mentions for Atmos Energy. Atmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat UGI's score of 0.96 indicating that Atmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Atmos Energy	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
UGI	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Atmos Energy beats UGI on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.