TRGP vs. WMB, KMI, LNG, FRO, STNG, GLNG, GOGL, TNK, SFL, and NAT
Should you be buying Targa Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Targa Resources include Williams Companies (WMB), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Cheniere Energy (LNG), 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.
Targa Resources (NYSE:TRGP) and Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Targa Resources currently has a consensus target price of $132.15, suggesting a potential upside of 0.44%. Williams Companies has a consensus target price of $41.77, suggesting a potential downside of 1.77%. Given Targa Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Targa Resources is more favorable than Williams Companies.
Targa Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Targa Resources pays out 61.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
Targa Resources has a beta of 2.27, indicating that its stock price is 127% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Williams Companies has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Williams Companies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Targa Resources. Williams Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Targa Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Williams Companies had 8 more articles in the media than Targa Resources. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Williams Companies and 6 mentions for Targa Resources. Williams Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Targa Resources' score of 0.75 indicating that Williams Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Targa Resources received 67 more outperform votes than Williams Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.29% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 69.20% of users gave Targa Resources an outperform vote.
Williams Companies has a net margin of 27.29% compared to Targa Resources' net margin of 6.86%. Targa Resources' return on equity of 24.41% beat Williams Companies' return on equity.
92.1% of Targa Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Williams Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Targa Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Williams Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Targa Resources beats Williams Companies on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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