NJR vs. NFG, NWN, SR, AQN, BIPC, ENIC, POR, ELP, IDA, and BKH
Should you be buying New Jersey Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of New Jersey Resources include National Fuel Gas (NFG), Northwest Natural (NWN), Spire (SR), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Brookfield Infrastructure (BIPC), Enel Chile (ENIC), Portland General Electric (POR), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), IDACORP (IDA), and Black Hills (BKH). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
New Jersey Resources (NYSE:NJR) and National Fuel Gas (NYSE:NFG) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
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.
New Jersey Resources presently has a consensus price target of $45.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.09%. National Fuel Gas has a consensus price target of $61.25, suggesting a potential upside of 15.70%. Given National Fuel Gas' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe National Fuel Gas is more favorable than New Jersey Resources.
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.
71.0% of New Jersey Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of National Fuel Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of New Jersey Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of National Fuel Gas shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
New Jersey Resources has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Fuel Gas has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, National Fuel Gas had 1 more articles in the media than New Jersey Resources. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for National Fuel Gas and 9 mentions for New Jersey Resources. National Fuel Gas' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat New Jersey Resources' score of 0.44 indicating that National Fuel Gas is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
New Jersey Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. National Fuel Gas pays an annual dividend of $1.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. New Jersey Resources pays out 68.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Fuel Gas pays out 41.5% 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.
Summary
National Fuel Gas beats New Jersey Resources on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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