NFE vs. SJI, OGS, ATO, UGP, NFG, NJR, SR, EE, NWN, and SLNG
Should you be buying New Fortress Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of New Fortress Energy include South Jersey Industries (SJI), ONE Gas (OGS), Atmos Energy (ATO), Ultrapar Participações (UGP), National Fuel Gas (NFG), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Spire (SR), Excelerate Energy (EE), Northwest Natural (NWN), and Stabilis Solutions (SLNG).
New Fortress Energy (NASDAQ:NFE) and South Jersey Industries (NYSE:SJI) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.
New Fortress Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. South Jersey Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. New Fortress Energy pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. South Jersey Industries pays out 64.2% 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.
South Jersey Industries received 216 more outperform votes than New Fortress Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.24% of users gave South Jersey Industries an outperform vote while only 55.22% of users gave New Fortress Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, New Fortress Energy had 4 more articles in the media than South Jersey Industries. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for New Fortress Energy and 1 mentions for South Jersey Industries. New Fortress Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat South Jersey Industries' score of 0.58 indicating that New Fortress Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
New Fortress Energy has a net margin of 17.90% compared to South Jersey Industries' net margin of 5.99%. New Fortress Energy's return on equity of 31.34% beat South Jersey Industries' return on equity.
New Fortress Energy has higher revenue and earnings than South Jersey Industries. New Fortress Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than South Jersey Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
58.6% of New Fortress Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.6% of South Jersey Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.1% of New Fortress Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of South Jersey Industries shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
New Fortress Energy presently has a consensus target price of $38.00, suggesting a potential upside of 49.90%. Given New Fortress Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe New Fortress Energy is more favorable than South Jersey Industries.
New Fortress Energy has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, South Jersey Industries has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
New Fortress Energy beats South Jersey Industries on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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