OKE vs. ATO, SWX, UGI, NFG, NJR, CPK, NWN, CTRI, NEXT, and RGCO
Should you be buying ONEOK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ONEOK include Atmos Energy (ATO), Southwest Gas (SWX), UGI (UGI), National Fuel Gas (NFG), New Jersey Resources (NJR), Chesapeake Utilities (CPK), Northwest Natural (NWN), Centuri (CTRI), NextDecade (NEXT), and RGC Resources (RGCO).
ONEOK (NYSE:OKE) and Atmos Energy (NYSE:ATO) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and analyst recommendations.
ONEOK has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atmos Energy has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ONEOK has higher revenue and earnings than Atmos Energy. Atmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ONEOK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Atmos Energy has a net margin of 24.65% compared to ONEOK's net margin of 12.54%. ONEOK's return on equity of 15.94% beat Atmos Energy's return on equity.
ONEOK received 59 more outperform votes than Atmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.43% of users gave Atmos Energy an outperform vote while only 57.55% of users gave ONEOK an outperform vote.
ONEOK pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Atmos Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. 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. Atmos Energy pays out 48.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Atmos Energy had 3 more articles in the media than ONEOK. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Atmos Energy and 9 mentions for ONEOK. ONEOK's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Atmos Energy's score of 0.93 indicating that ONEOK is being referred to more favorably in the media.
69.1% of ONEOK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.2% of Atmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of ONEOK shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Atmos Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
ONEOK currently has a consensus target price of $83.58, suggesting a potential upside of 3.15%. Atmos Energy has a consensus target price of $129.17, suggesting a potential upside of 11.43%. Given Atmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Atmos Energy is more favorable than ONEOK.
Summary
ONEOK and Atmos Energy tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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