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LNG vs. WMB, KMI, TRGP, GLNG, FRO, STNG, GOGL, TNK, SFL, and TK

Should you be buying Cheniere Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cheniere Energy include Williams Companies (WMB), Kinder Morgan (KMI), 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.

Cheniere Energy vs.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) and Cheniere Energy (NYSE:LNG) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.

Williams Companies has a net margin of 21.17% compared to Cheniere Energy's net margin of 20.71%. Cheniere Energy's return on equity of 37.19% beat Williams Companies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Williams Companies21.17% 15.85% 4.40%
Cheniere Energy 20.71%37.19%7.61%

In the previous week, Cheniere Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Williams Companies. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Cheniere Energy and 35 mentions for Williams Companies. Williams Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Cheniere Energy's score of 1.51 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
26 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Cheniere Energy
30 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Cheniere Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Williams Companies. Cheniere Energy 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$10.78B6.53$2.23B$1.8730.87
Cheniere Energy$16.89B3.00$9.88B$13.6716.70

86.4% of Williams Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Cheniere Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Williams Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Cheniere Energy shares are owned 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 received 7 more outperform votes than Cheniere Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.30% of users gave Cheniere Energy an outperform vote while only 71.43% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Williams CompaniesOutperform Votes
695
71.43%
Underperform Votes
278
28.57%
Cheniere EnergyOutperform Votes
688
74.30%
Underperform Votes
238
25.70%

Williams Companies has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheniere Energy has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Williams Companies currently has a consensus target price of $60.50, suggesting a potential upside of 4.80%. Cheniere Energy has a consensus target price of $252.23, suggesting a potential upside of 10.50%. Given Cheniere Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cheniere Energy is more favorable than Williams Companies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Williams Companies
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Cheniere Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Cheniere Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. 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. Cheniere Energy pays out 14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Williams Companies has increased its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Williams Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Cheniere Energy beats Williams Companies on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LNG vs. The Competition

MetricCheniere EnergyNatural gas distribution IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$50.63B$12.67B$7.27B$19.30B
Dividend Yield0.85%3.30%11.01%3.83%
P/E Ratio16.0411.6254.2434.53
Price / Sales3.002.5724,564.8934.84
Price / Cash4.869.0635.5017.51
Price / Book6.031.843.544.69
Net Income$9.88B$1.29B$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.79%0.44%-1.01%-2.43%
1 Month Performance0.03%-1.78%5.87%6.27%
1 Year Performance45.25%8.83%175.78%5.78%

Cheniere Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LNG
Cheniere Energy
4.188 of 5 stars
$226.30
-1.0%
$252.23
+11.5%
+43.8%$50.25B$16.89B15.921,550Trending News
Analyst Revision
WMB
Williams Companies
3.7799 of 5 stars
$58.37
-0.7%
$60.50
+3.6%
+41.8%$71.17B$10.78B31.905,040Positive News
Analyst Revision
KMI
Kinder Morgan
3.9557 of 5 stars
$27.93
-0.6%
$29.79
+6.6%
+41.0%$62.06B$15.50B23.8710,500Positive News
Analyst Revision
TRGP
Targa Resources
4.9094 of 5 stars
$164.42
-0.8%
$201.64
+22.6%
+38.4%$35.67B$16.38B28.642,850Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GLNG
Golar LNG
3.738 of 5 stars
$39.23
-0.6%
$49.70
+26.7%
+39.9%$4.10B$260.37M280.231,700Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FRO
Frontline
3.6144 of 5 stars
$18.29
-0.2%
$20.62
+12.8%
-38.7%$4.07B$2.05B7.4780News Coverage
Positive News
STNG
Scorpio Tankers
4.5446 of 5 stars
$41.60
-1.1%
$60.50
+45.4%
-51.4%$2.12B$1.07B3.1930Positive News
GOGL
Golden Ocean Group
3.1779 of 5 stars
$7.95
-1.4%
$10.25
+28.9%
-49.3%$1.59B$968.42M6.5740News Coverage
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
TNK
Teekay Tankers
3.958 of 5 stars
$45.31
-0.6%
$50.67
+11.8%
-38.9%$1.55B$1.09B4.001,900Positive News
SFL
SFL
1.3399 of 5 stars
$8.61
-1.9%
N/A-42.2%$1.25B$891.62M8.5220
TK
Teekay
2.2521 of 5 stars
$8.39
+0.4%
N/A-13.4%$770.50M$1.22B5.952,500Positive News

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