UGI (UGI) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer ATO or UGI?

Atmos Energy currently has a consensus target price of $148.75, suggesting a potential downside of 0.75%. UGI has a consensus target price of $28.33, suggesting a potential downside of 14.45%. Given Atmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.70
UGI	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	$4.17B	5.71	$1.04B	$7.02	21.35
UGI	$7.21B	0.99	$269M	$2.54	13.04

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%

Which has more risk & volatility, ATO or UGI?

Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UGI has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% 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 2.3%. UGI pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. 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 increased its dividend for 41 consecutive years and UGI has increased its dividend for 37 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to ATO or UGI?

In the previous week, Atmos Energy had 3 more articles in the media than UGI. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Atmos Energy and 10 mentions for UGI. Atmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat UGI's score of 0.95 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
UGI	6 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of UGI shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ATO or UGI?

Atmos Energy received 258 more outperform votes than UGI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.76% 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 482 63.76%	Underperform Votes 274 36.24%
UGI	Outperform Votes 224 53.72%	Underperform Votes 193 46.28%

Summary

Atmos Energy beats UGI on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.