Analyzing Next Fuel (OTCMKTS:NXFI) and ONE Gas (NYSE:OGS)

ONE Gas (NYSE:OGS) and Next Fuel (OTCMKTS:NXFI) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for ONE Gas and Next Fuel, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ONE Gas	1	5	5	0	2.36
Next Fuel	0	0	0	0	0.00

ONE Gas currently has a consensus price target of $89.70, indicating a potential upside of 14.38%. Given ONE Gas’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe ONE Gas is more favorable than Next Fuel.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares ONE Gas and Next Fuel”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ONE Gas	$2.43 billion	2.03	$264.22 million	$4.43	17.70
Next Fuel	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

ONE Gas has higher revenue and earnings than Next Fuel.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

88.7% of ONE Gas shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of ONE Gas shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares ONE Gas and Next Fuel’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ONE Gas	11.77%	8.45%	3.26%
Next Fuel	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

ONE Gas beats Next Fuel on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

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.