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$27.27 +0.16 (+0.59%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

UGI vs. ATO, NFG, SWX, NJR, CPK, NWN, OKE, CLNE, OPAL, and MNTK

Should you be buying UGI stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UGI include Atmos Energy (ATO), National Fuel Gas (NFG), Southwest Gas (SWX), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), Northwest Natural (NWN), ONEOK (OKE), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), OPAL Fuels (OPAL), and Montauk Renewables (MNTK).

UGI vs.

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

Atmos Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Atmos Energy$4.17B5.21$1.04B$6.8720.33
UGI$7.21B0.81$269M$1.2421.99

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Atmos EnergyOutperform Votes
482
63.84%
Underperform Votes
273
36.16%
UGIOutperform Votes
224
53.72%
Underperform Votes
193
46.28%

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
Atmos Energy25.04% 8.83% 4.27%
UGI 3.73%14.64%4.28%

Atmos Energy presently has a consensus price target of $148.75, indicating a potential upside of 6.49%. UGI has a consensus price target of $28.33, indicating a potential upside of 3.90%. Given Atmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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

Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UGI has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, UGI had 2 more articles in the media than Atmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for UGI and 11 mentions for Atmos Energy. Atmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat UGI's score of 0.40 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
UGI
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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, 0.4% of UGI shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. UGI pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Atmos Energy pays out 50.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has raised its dividend for 41 consecutive years and UGI has raised its dividend for 36 consecutive years.

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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UGI vs. The Competition

MetricUGIGas & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.85B$11.05B$13.47B$19.18B
Dividend Yield5.34%3.40%4.09%3.58%
P/E Ratio21.9921.4994.9541.22
Price / Sales0.812.6125.9317.58
Price / Cash4.3714.4518.4721.28
Price / Book1.342.292.185.32
Net Income$269M$568.26M$629.73M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-4.48%-5.79%-1.91%-3.45%
1 Month Performance9.83%-6.43%-2.55%-3.73%
1 Year Performance14.77%-16.76%1.50%12.06%

UGI Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UGI
UGI
3.025 of 5 stars
$27.27
+0.6%
$28.33
+3.9%
+19.8%$5.85B$7.21B21.994,850Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
ATO
Atmos Energy
4.5774 of 5 stars
$141.21
+0.4%
$148.61
+5.2%
+23.5%$21.94B$4.17B20.465,260Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
NFG
National Fuel Gas
4.3716 of 5 stars
$60.99
-0.6%
$69.00
+13.1%
+20.1%$5.54B$1.94B75.772,311Positive News
SWX
Southwest Gas
3.9355 of 5 stars
$72.73
-0.2%
$73.50
+1.1%
+10.6%$5.22B$5.43B29.382,371News Coverage
Positive News
NJR
New Jersey Resources
3.2798 of 5 stars
$47.80
+0.5%
$51.00
+6.7%
+5.8%$4.77B$1.80B16.281,372Positive News
CPK
Chesapeake Utilities
4.4231 of 5 stars
$126.10
-0.5%
$123.00
-2.5%
+16.8%$2.87B$80.41B25.841,281Positive News
NWN
Northwest Natural
3.9932 of 5 stars
$41.69
-0.3%
$43.50
+4.3%
+3.6%$1.67B$1.14B19.721,380Positive News
OKE
ONEOK
3.8543 of 5 stars
$102.40
-1.6%
$101.00
-1.4%
+46.2%$59.82B$17.68B21.764,775Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
CLNE
Clean Energy Fuels
3.5688 of 5 stars
$2.77
flat
$5.38
+94.0%
-27.7%$618.98M$413.40M-8.94500
OPAL
OPAL Fuels
2.8942 of 5 stars
$3.38
-2.0%
$7.90
+133.7%
-44.7%$584.16M$306.96M19.17270News Coverage
MNTK
Montauk Renewables
3.1857 of 5 stars
$3.94
-2.0%
$6.00
+52.3%
-56.9%$564.87M$194.85M25.13151

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