TRP vs. KMI, TRGP, WMB, ET, EPD, LNG, HAL, FANG, DVN, and BKR
Should you be buying TC Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TC Energy include Kinder Morgan (KMI), Targa Resources (TRGP), Williams Companies (WMB), Energy Transfer (ET), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Cheniere Energy (LNG), Halliburton (HAL), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), and Baker Hughes (BKR). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) and TC Energy (NYSE:TRP) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Kinder Morgan has higher revenue and earnings than TC Energy. Kinder Morgan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TC Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TC Energy has a net margin of 18.25% compared to TC Energy's net margin of 16.08%. Kinder Morgan's return on equity of 18.60% beat TC Energy's return on equity.
Kinder Morgan received 332 more outperform votes than TC Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.97% of users gave Kinder Morgan an outperform vote while only 63.56% of users gave TC Energy an outperform vote.
Kinder Morgan currently has a consensus price target of $20.20, suggesting a potential upside of 7.33%. TC Energy has a consensus price target of $48.83, suggesting a potential upside of 36.03%. Given Kinder Morgan's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TC Energy is more favorable than Kinder Morgan.
62.5% of Kinder Morgan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of TC Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of Kinder Morgan shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Kinder Morgan has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TC Energy has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Kinder Morgan had 31 more articles in the media than TC Energy. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Kinder Morgan and 16 mentions for TC Energy. TC Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Kinder Morgan's score of 0.86 indicating that Kinder Morgan is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kinder Morgan pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. TC Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.83 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. Kinder Morgan pays out 102.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TC Energy pays out 139.4% 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 has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and TC Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
TC Energy beats Kinder Morgan on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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