NFG vs. NJR, NWN, ATO, SR, MDU, IDA, UGI, SWX, POR, and AQN
Should you be buying National Fuel Gas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Fuel Gas include New Jersey Resources (NJR), Northwest Natural (NWN), Atmos Energy (ATO), Spire (SR), MDU Resources Group (MDU), IDACORP (IDA), UGI (UGI), Southwest Gas (SWX), Portland General Electric (POR), and Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) and New Jersey Resources (NYSE:NJR) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
National Fuel Gas has a net margin of 21.58% compared to New Jersey Resources' net margin of 13.96%. National Fuel Gas' return on equity of 14.81% beat New Jersey Resources' return on equity.
National Fuel Gas received 125 more outperform votes than New Jersey Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.78% of users gave National Fuel Gas an outperform vote while only 57.22% of users gave New Jersey Resources an outperform vote.
National Fuel Gas pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. New Jersey Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. National Fuel Gas pays out 41.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. New Jersey Resources pays out 68.9% 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.
National Fuel Gas currently has a consensus target price of $61.25, suggesting a potential upside of 15.40%. New Jersey Resources has a consensus target price of $45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.00%. Given National Fuel Gas' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe National Fuel Gas is more favorable than New Jersey Resources.
In the previous week, New Jersey Resources had 1 more articles in the media than National Fuel Gas. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for New Jersey Resources and 4 mentions for National Fuel Gas. National Fuel Gas' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat New Jersey Resources' score of 0.51 indicating that National Fuel Gas is being referred to more favorably in the media.
National Fuel Gas has higher revenue and earnings than New Jersey Resources. National Fuel Gas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than New Jersey Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
74.0% of National Fuel Gas shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.0% of New Jersey Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of National Fuel Gas shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of New Jersey Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
National Fuel Gas has a beta of 0.63, suggesting that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Jersey Resources has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
National Fuel Gas beats New Jersey Resources on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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