OKE vs. WMB, SU, MPLX, KMI, ET, CVE, FANG, LNG, E, and TRP
Should you be buying ONEOK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ONEOK include Williams Companies (WMB), Suncor Energy (SU), Mplx (MPLX), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Energy Transfer (ET), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Cheniere Energy (LNG), ENI (E), and TC Energy (TRP). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
ONEOK (NYSE:OKE) and Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.
ONEOK pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. ONEOK pays out 71.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Williams Companies pays out 72.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. ONEOK is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Williams Companies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ONEOK. ONEOK is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Williams Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ONEOK has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Williams Companies has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ONEOK presently has a consensus target price of $82.25, suggesting a potential upside of 2.52%. Williams Companies has a consensus target price of $39.22, suggesting a potential upside of 1.32%. Given ONEOK's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ONEOK is more favorable than Williams Companies.
In the previous week, Williams Companies had 2 more articles in the media than ONEOK. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Williams Companies and 17 mentions for ONEOK. ONEOK's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Williams Companies' score of 0.76 indicating that ONEOK is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Williams Companies has a net margin of 29.22% compared to ONEOK's net margin of 15.04%. ONEOK's return on equity of 22.57% beat Williams Companies' return on equity.
Williams Companies received 148 more outperform votes than ONEOK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.77% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 57.58% of users gave ONEOK an outperform vote.
69.1% of ONEOK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of ONEOK 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 is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
ONEOK beats Williams Companies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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