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National Grid (NGG) Competitors

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$63.63
-1.44 (-2.21%)
(As of 10/31/2024 ET)

NGG vs. WMB, EPD, ET, KMI, TRP, TRGP, WES, DTM, KNTK, and AM

Should you be buying National Grid stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of National Grid include Williams Companies (WMB), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), Kinder Morgan (KMI), TC Energy (TRP), Targa Resources (TRGP), Western Midstream Partners (WES), DT Midstream (DTM), Kinetik (KNTK), and Antero Midstream (AM). These companies are all part of the "natural gas transmission" industry.

National Grid vs.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) and National Grid (NYSE:NGG) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.

Williams Companies currently has a consensus target price of $48.62, suggesting a potential downside of 7.17%. Given Williams Companies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Williams Companies is more favorable than National Grid.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Williams Companies
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
National Grid
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

Williams Companies has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Grid has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

86.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of National Grid shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by company 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.

Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. National Grid pays an annual dividend of $4.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Williams Companies pays out 81.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

In the previous week, Williams Companies had 9 more articles in the media than National Grid. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Williams Companies and 6 mentions for National Grid. Williams Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat National Grid's score of 0.52 indicating that Williams Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Williams Companies
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
National Grid
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Williams Companies has a net margin of 27.11% compared to National Grid's net margin of 0.00%. Williams Companies' return on equity of 16.17% beat National Grid's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Williams Companies27.11% 16.17% 4.55%
National Grid N/A N/A N/A

Williams Companies received 176 more outperform votes than National Grid when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.89% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 58.78% of users gave National Grid an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Williams CompaniesOutperform Votes
688
71.89%
Underperform Votes
269
28.11%
National GridOutperform Votes
512
58.78%
Underperform Votes
359
41.22%

Williams Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than National Grid.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Williams Companies$10.45B6.11$3.18B$2.3322.48
National Grid$19.85B3.13$2.88BN/AN/A

Summary

Williams Companies beats National Grid on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NGG vs. The Competition

MetricNational GridNatural gas transmission IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$62.14B$24.50B$12.74B$19.18B
Dividend Yield7.50%5.67%4.04%3.52%
P/E RatioN/A23.1082.4431.43
Price / Sales3.133.0625.9217.89
Price / Cash8.3510.9818.7820.46
Price / Book1.342.872.255.38
Net Income$2.88B$1.27B$614.22M$984.71M
7 Day Performance-4.15%-1.02%0.01%-0.53%
1 Month Performance-8.73%3.45%-1.41%-0.95%
1 Year Performance5.72%41.53%14.98%29.33%

National Grid Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NGG
National Grid
1.2158 of 5 stars
$63.63
-2.2%
N/A+8.0%$62.18B$19.85B0.0031,425
WMB
Williams Companies
4.2362 of 5 stars
$52.38
+1.0%
$48.62
-7.2%
+53.4%$63.84B$10.45B22.485,601Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
EPD
Enterprise Products Partners
3.8843 of 5 stars
$29.28
+0.6%
$33.73
+15.2%
+10.6%$63.55B$54.86B11.187,500Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
ET
Energy Transfer
4.1966 of 5 stars
$16.42
+0.2%
$20.00
+21.8%
+25.1%$55.34B$83.63B13.8013,786Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Cut
Short Interest ↑
KMI
Kinder Morgan
4.2362 of 5 stars
$24.92
+1.2%
$24.91
0.0%
+54.0%$55.31B$15.15B21.8610,891Options Volume
Analyst Revision
TRP
TC Energy
3.935 of 5 stars
$46.21
-0.2%
$48.50
+5.0%
+35.6%$47.96B$16.50B18.947,415Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
TRGP
Targa Resources
4.5774 of 5 stars
$165.90
+0.9%
$152.79
-7.9%
+99.4%$36.35B$16.06B34.933,182Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
WES
Western Midstream Partners
2.7036 of 5 stars
$37.30
-0.2%
$38.13
+2.2%
+37.9%$14.19B$3.43B9.611,377Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
DTM
DT Midstream
3.9736 of 5 stars
$89.97
+0.8%
$77.38
-14.0%
+70.5%$8.74B$962M21.68360Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
KNTK
Kinetik
1.4796 of 5 stars
$49.32
+0.9%
$45.71
-7.3%
+39.3%$7.70B$1.38B19.19200Upcoming Earnings
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Revision
AM
Antero Midstream
3.8106 of 5 stars
$14.99
+0.7%
$14.50
-3.3%
+23.0%$7.21B$1.14B18.74590Earnings Report
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down

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