WMB vs. KMI, LNG, TRGP, GLNG, FRO, STNG, GOGL, TNK, SFL, and TK
Should you be buying Williams Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Williams Companies include Kinder Morgan (KMI), Cheniere Energy (LNG), 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.
Williams Companies vs.
Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) and Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
Kinder Morgan received 140 more outperform votes than Williams Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.38% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 66.09% of users gave Kinder Morgan an outperform vote.
Williams Companies currently has a consensus price target of $61.25, indicating a potential upside of 3.98%. Kinder Morgan has a consensus price target of $30.21, indicating a potential upside of 10.29%. Given Kinder Morgan's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kinder Morgan is more favorable than Williams Companies.
Kinder Morgan has higher revenue and earnings than Williams Companies. Kinder Morgan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Williams Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Kinder Morgan pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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. Kinder Morgan pays out 100.9% 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 has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years and Kinder Morgan has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Kinder Morgan is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
86.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of Kinder Morgan shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.7% of Kinder Morgan shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Williams Companies has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinder Morgan has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Williams Companies has a net margin of 21.17% compared to Kinder Morgan's net margin of 17.31%. Williams Companies' return on equity of 15.85% beat Kinder Morgan's return on equity.
In the previous week, Kinder Morgan had 6 more articles in the media than Williams Companies. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Kinder Morgan and 23 mentions for Williams Companies. Williams Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Kinder Morgan's score of 1.30 indicating that Williams Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Williams Companies beats Kinder Morgan on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WMB) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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