Next Fuel (OTCMKTS:NXFI – Get Free Report) and ONE Gas (NYSE:OGS – Get Free Report) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, risk and earnings.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Next Fuel and ONE Gas”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Next Fuel | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| ONE Gas | $2.43 billion | 2.03 | $264.22 million | $4.43 | 17.70 |
Profitability
This table compares Next Fuel and ONE Gas’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Next Fuel | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| ONE Gas | 11.77% | 8.45% | 3.26% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Next Fuel and ONE Gas, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Next Fuel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| ONE Gas | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2.36 |
ONE Gas has a consensus price target of $89.70, indicating a potential upside of 14.38%. Given ONE Gas’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ONE Gas is more favorable than Next Fuel.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
88.7% of ONE Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of ONE Gas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
ONE Gas beats Next Fuel on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Next Fuel
Next Fuel, Inc. provides water consulting, filtration technology, and services to the oil and gas industry, as well as other industrial water users in agriculture and food processing in the United States. The company offers low energy input pervaporation technology to clean up water used in oil and natural gas production, including Frack drilling; carbon dioxide to product technology that targets the emerging market of carbon footprint elimination; and disc filtration technology to remove high concentrations of suspended solids with particle sizes ranging from 200 microns to 5 microns in size. It also provides water treatment solutions related to new and existing systems. Next Fuel, Inc. is based in Sheridan, Wyoming.
About ONE Gas
ONE Gas, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a regulated natural gas distribution company in the United States. The company provides natural gas distribution services to approximately 2.3 million customers in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas. It serves residential, commercial, and transportation customers. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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