KMI vs. WMB, LNG, TRGP, GLNG, FRO, STNG, GOGL, TNK, SFL, and TK
Should you be buying Kinder Morgan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinder Morgan include Williams Companies (WMB), Cheniere Energy (LNG), Targa Resources (TRGP), Golar LNG (GLNG), Frontline (FRO), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Teekay Tankers (TNK), SFL (SFL), and Teekay (TK). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas storage & transportation" industry.
Kinder Morgan vs. Its Competitors
Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) and Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
86.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of Kinder Morgan shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.7% of Kinder Morgan shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Kinder Morgan pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Williams Companies pays out 107.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kinder Morgan pays out 100.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Williams Companies has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years and Kinder Morgan has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Kinder Morgan is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Kinder Morgan received 140 more outperform votes than Williams Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.31% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 66.09% of users gave Kinder Morgan an outperform vote.
Williams Companies has a net margin of 21.17% compared to Kinder Morgan's net margin of 17.31%. Williams Companies' return on equity of 15.85% beat Kinder Morgan's return on equity.
Kinder Morgan has higher revenue and earnings than Williams Companies. Kinder Morgan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Williams Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Kinder Morgan had 4 more articles in the media than Williams Companies. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Kinder Morgan and 23 mentions for Williams Companies. Kinder Morgan's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Williams Companies' score of 1.40 indicating that Kinder Morgan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Williams Companies has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinder Morgan has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Williams Companies currently has a consensus target price of $61.25, suggesting a potential upside of 2.53%. Kinder Morgan has a consensus target price of $30.21, suggesting a potential upside of 9.45%. Given Kinder Morgan's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kinder Morgan is more favorable than Williams Companies.
Summary
Williams Companies beats Kinder Morgan on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:KMI) was last updated on 6/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
