Pricing Log in Create free account

Atmos Energy Corporation (ATO) vs NiSource, Inc (NI)

Atmos Energy Corporation and NiSource, Inc are both Utilities Regulated Gas companies. Atmos Energy Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $29.6B against $21.3B — 1.4× the size. Atmos Energy Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 20.7× against 22.8×. NiSource, Inc grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.97% against 6.45%. Atmos Energy Corporation has the higher net margin (28.5% vs 13.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (4.54% vs 3.95%). Both pay a dividend; NiSource, Inc yields more (2.70% vs 2.28%). Across the 22 metrics below, Atmos Energy Corporation leads on 14 and NiSource, Inc on 8.

Valuation

Metric ATO NI Utilities Regulated Gas median
P/E 20.66 22.82 18.45
P/S 5.99 3.07 2.24
P/B 1.93 1.79 1.60
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m —
EV/EBITDA 15.22 12.33 12.21
EV/Sales 7.98 5.68 3.95
Earnings yield 4.84% 4.38% 5.44%
Free cash flow yield (6.85%) (7.34%) (4.57%)

Profitability

Metric ATO NI Utilities Regulated Gas median
Gross margin 80.28% 77.70% 63.29%
Operating margin 36.97% 27.35% 22.80%
Net margin 28.50% 13.56% 13.27%
Free cash flow margin (41.05%) (22.52%) (11.13%)
Return on equity 9.79% 8.13% 9.10%
Return on assets 4.73% 2.58% 3.58%
Return on invested capital 4.54% 3.95% 4.40%

Growth

Metric ATO NI Utilities Regulated Gas median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.45% 9.97% 3.64%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 9.22% 20.37% 13.77%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 10.76% 7.25% 6.36%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 14.79% 0.00% 8.10%

Health

Metric ATO NI Utilities Regulated Gas median
Debt to equity 0.68 1.53 1.15
Current ratio 0.81 0.50 0.80
Net debt to EBITDA 3.86 5.35 4.57

Dividend

Metric ATO NI Utilities Regulated Gas median
Dividend yield 2.28% 2.70% 3.32%
Payout ratio 0.48 0.62 0.59

Size

Metric ATO NI Utilities Regulated Gas median
Market cap 29.57b 21.32b 5.26b

Compare with another peer

Any metric, up to five companies and an Excel export Powerpack