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NYSE:KMI

Kinder Morgan - KMI Competitors

$16.79
+0.40 (+2.44%)
(As of 03/24/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$16.15
$16.83
50-Day Range
$16.28
$18.85
52-Week Range
$15.77
$20.20
Volume
15.74 million shs
Average Volume
13.42 million shs
Market Capitalization
$37.74 billion
P/E Ratio
14.99
Dividend Yield
6.61%
Price Target
$20.55

KMI vs. WMB, TRGP, ET, TRP, EPD, WES, HES, LNG, SU, and MPLX

Should you be buying Kinder Morgan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinder Morgan include Williams Companies (WMB), Targa Resources (TRGP), Energy Transfer (ET), TC Energy (TRP), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Hess (HES), Cheniere Energy (LNG), Suncor Energy (SU), and Mplx (MPLX). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.

Kinder Morgan vs.

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

Williams Companies has a net margin of 18.69% compared to Kinder Morgan's net margin of 13.27%. Williams Companies' return on equity of 16.02% beat Kinder Morgan's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Williams Companies 18.69% 16.02% 4.67%
Kinder Morgan 13.27% 8.26% 3.78%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Williams Companies$10.97 billion3.19$2.05 billion$1.6817.11
Kinder Morgan$19.20 billion1.97$2.55 billion$1.1214.99

Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.79 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Kinder Morgan pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Williams Companies pays out 106.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kinder Morgan pays out 99.1% 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 raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Kinder Morgan has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Kinder Morgan is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Kinder Morgan received 142 more outperform votes than Williams Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.03% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 67.55% of users gave Kinder Morgan an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Williams CompaniesOutperform Votes
670
74.03%
Underperform Votes
235
25.97%
Kinder MorganOutperform Votes
812
67.55%
Underperform Votes
390
32.45%

In the previous week, Williams Companies had 1 more articles in the media than Kinder Morgan. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Williams Companies and 9 mentions for Kinder Morgan. Kinder Morgan's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Williams Companies' score of 1.08 indicating that Kinder Morgan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Williams Companies
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kinder Morgan
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Williams Companies has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinder Morgan has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

85.4% of Williams Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.5% of Kinder Morgan shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Williams Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.2% of Kinder Morgan shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Williams Companies presently has a consensus price target of $36.90, indicating a potential upside of 28.39%. Kinder Morgan has a consensus price target of $20.55, indicating a potential upside of 22.37%. Given Williams Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Williams Companies is more favorable than Kinder Morgan.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Williams Companies
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.42
Kinder Morgan
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Williams Companies beats Kinder Morgan on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KMI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KMI vs. The Competition

MetricKinder MorganNatural gas transmission IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$37.74B$16.26B$5.94B$14.09B
Dividend Yield6.60%6.89%10.85%3.85%
P/E Ratio14.9916.7565.9122.31
Price / Sales1.972.008,331.6710.36
Price / Cash7.727.6136.8924.61
Price / Book1.171.627.186.80
Net Income$2.55B$1.19B$1.10B$872.18M
7 Day Performance3.13%-0.16%0.39%0.73%
1 Month Performance-3.73%-7.47%-7.92%-7.19%
1 Year Performance-11.96%-4.32%3.11%-15.32%

Kinder Morgan Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WMB
Williams Companies
2.7932 of 5 stars
$28.64
-1.9%
$36.90
+28.8%
-12.7%$34.91B$10.97B17.055,043Positive News
TRGP
Targa Resources
3.0452 of 5 stars
$68.20
-3.9%
$97.91
+43.6%
-7.4%$15.46B$20.93B17.532,850Positive News
Gap Down
ET
Energy Transfer
2.4836 of 5 stars
$11.76
-2.9%
$16.43
+39.7%
+14.1%$36.39B$89.88B8.4612,565News Coverage
TRP
TC Energy
2.1216 of 5 stars
$37.90
-0.6%
$64.86
+71.1%
-33.2%$38.76B$11.52B65.347,477Options Volume
News Coverage
Positive News
EPD
Enterprise Products Partners
2.6872 of 5 stars
$24.94
-0.7%
$30.83
+23.6%
+0.3%$54.14B$58.19B9.982,020News Coverage
Positive News
WES
Western Midstream Partners
3.1035 of 5 stars
$25.46
-2.9%
$34.00
+33.5%
-1.4%$9.80B$3.25B8.491,217Positive News
HES
Hess
3.0301 of 5 stars
$123.66
-1.9%
$165.00
+33.4%
+15.0%$37.86B$11.57B17.201,623Gap Down
LNG
Cheniere Energy
2.7922 of 5 stars
$147.43
-1.0%
$202.40
+37.3%
N/A$35.93B$33.43B25.731,551
SU
Suncor Energy
2.3237 of 5 stars
$30.01
-1.4%
$53.89
+79.6%
-11.9%$39.96B$44.97B5.9916,558Analyst Downgrade
Options Volume
News Coverage
MPLX
Mplx
2.2529 of 5 stars
$33.79
-0.7%
$38.50
+13.9%
+2.4%$33.83B$11.61B9.015,811Analyst Revision
This page (NYSE:KMI) was last updated on 3/25/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff