RGCO vs. OKE, SWX, CPK, CTRI, NEXT, SXC, REX, GRNT, OPAL, and NGL
Should you be buying RGC Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of RGC Resources include ONEOK (OKE), Southwest Gas (SWX), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), Centuri (CTRI), NextDecade (NEXT), SunCoke Energy (SXC), REX American Resources (REX), Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT), OPAL Fuels (OPAL), and NGL Energy Partners (NGL).
ONEOK (NYSE:OKE) and RGC Resources (NASDAQ:RGCO) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
ONEOK has higher revenue and earnings than RGC Resources. RGC Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ONEOK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
69.1% of ONEOK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.8% of RGC Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of ONEOK shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of RGC Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, ONEOK had 10 more articles in the media than RGC Resources. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for ONEOK and 2 mentions for RGC Resources. RGC Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat ONEOK's score of 0.50 indicating that ONEOK is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ONEOK received 408 more outperform votes than RGC Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.55% of users gave ONEOK an outperform vote while only 44.53% of users gave RGC Resources an outperform vote.
RGC Resources has a net margin of 15.82% compared to RGC Resources' net margin of 12.54%. RGC Resources' return on equity of 15.94% beat ONEOK's return on equity.
ONEOK presently has a consensus price target of $83.58, suggesting a potential upside of 6.27%. Given RGC Resources' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe ONEOK is more favorable than RGC Resources.
ONEOK has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RGC Resources has a beta of 0.2, meaning that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ONEOK pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. RGC Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. ONEOK pays out 92.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. RGC Resources pays out 61.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ONEOK has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and RGC Resources has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years.
Summary
ONEOK beats RGC Resources on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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