KMI vs. WMB, LNG, TRGP, FRO, STNG, GLNG, GOGL, TNK, SFL, and NAT
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), Frontline (FRO), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Golar LNG (GLNG), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Teekay Tankers (TNK), SFL (SFL), and Nordic American Tankers (NAT). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas storage & transportation" industry.
Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) and Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.
Kinder Morgan received 140 more outperform votes than Williams Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.29% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 66.91% of users gave Kinder Morgan an outperform vote.
Williams Companies has a net margin of 27.29% compared to Kinder Morgan's net margin of 15.93%. Williams Companies' return on equity of 16.27% beat Kinder Morgan's return on equity.
Kinder Morgan has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Williams Companies has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kinder Morgan pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Kinder Morgan pays out 104.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Williams Companies pays out 79.8% 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 currently has a consensus price target of $22.25, suggesting a potential upside of 4.12%. Williams Companies has a consensus price target of $41.77, suggesting a potential downside of 1.77%. Given Kinder Morgan's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Kinder Morgan is more favorable than Williams Companies.
In the previous week, Kinder Morgan had 11 more articles in the media than Williams Companies. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Kinder Morgan and 14 mentions for Williams Companies. Kinder Morgan's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Williams Companies' score of 0.87 indicating that Kinder Morgan is being referred to more favorably in the media.
62.5% of Kinder Morgan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of Kinder Morgan shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Williams Companies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kinder Morgan. Williams Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinder Morgan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Williams Companies beats Kinder Morgan on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Kinder Morgan News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for KMI and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
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.
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.
Kinder Morgan Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
