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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.

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

62.5% of Kinder Morgan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 12.7% of Kinder Morgan 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.

Kinder Morgan has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Williams Companies has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Kinder Morgan presently has a consensus target price of $29.71, indicating a potential upside of 12.90%. Williams Companies has a consensus target price of $57.77, indicating a potential downside of 1.40%. Given Kinder Morgan's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Kinder Morgan is more favorable than Williams Companies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kinder Morgan
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Williams Companies
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kinder Morgan17.31% 8.09% 3.62%
Williams Companies 21.17%15.85%4.40%

In the previous week, Kinder Morgan had 1 more articles in the media than Williams Companies. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Kinder Morgan and 30 mentions for Williams Companies. Kinder Morgan's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Williams Companies' score of 1.26 indicating that Kinder Morgan is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kinder Morgan
18 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Williams Companies
19 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Kinder Morgan pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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 pays out 109.3% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Kinder Morgan received 142 more outperform votes than Williams Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.37% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 66.22% of users gave Kinder Morgan an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kinder MorganOutperform Votes
835
66.22%
Underperform Votes
426
33.78%
Williams CompaniesOutperform Votes
693
71.37%
Underperform Votes
278
28.63%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kinder Morgan$15.50B3.77$2.61B$1.1622.69
Williams Companies$10.50B6.80$2.23B$1.8332.02

Summary

Kinder Morgan and Williams Companies tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WMB vs. The Competition

MetricWilliams CompaniesNatural gas transmission IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$71.44B$26.37B$7.00B$18.97B
Dividend Yield3.39%5.06%10.94%4.03%
P/E Ratio32.0229.7446.5432.71
Price / Sales6.803.2722,627.0027.84
Price / Cash15.2712.6735.4417.53
Price / Book4.822.893.484.47
Net Income$2.23B$1.38B$4.29B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.74%-2.98%-1.14%0.50%
1 Month Performance-3.21%-9.20%-6.15%-2.83%
1 Year Performance54.63%21.68%161.89%4.36%

Williams Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WMB
Williams Companies
4.1044 of 5 stars
$58.59
-1.8%
$57.77
-1.4%
+52.8%$71.44B$10.50B32.025,040Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
Positive News
KMI
Kinder Morgan
3.8643 of 5 stars
$27.13
+1.0%
$29.64
+9.3%
+43.9%$60.12B$15.50B23.1210,500Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Positive News
Gap Down
LNG
Cheniere Energy
4.0027 of 5 stars
$238.41
+2.2%
$249.08
+4.5%
+46.5%$53.01B$15.70B16.721,550Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
TRGP
Targa Resources
4.7933 of 5 stars
$179.73
+1.2%
$210.07
+16.9%
+49.7%$39.01B$16.38B31.242,850Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
Gap Down
GLNG
Golar LNG
3.2984 of 5 stars
$40.99
+1.7%
$49.70
+21.3%
+73.4%$4.27B$260.37M291.651,700
FRO
Frontline
4.4024 of 5 stars
$16.28
-1.7%
$20.62
+26.7%
-28.3%$3.62B$2.05B6.6480Short Interest ↓
Positive News
STNG
Scorpio Tankers
4.5943 of 5 stars
$36.74
-1.5%
$63.75
+73.5%
-46.4%$1.84B$1.24B2.8330Earnings Report
News Coverage
GOGL
Golden Ocean Group
3.5431 of 5 stars
$7.55
-2.9%
$10.25
+35.9%
-45.2%$1.51B$968.42M6.2440
TNK
Teekay Tankers
3.9616 of 5 stars
$42.22
-0.2%
$50.67
+20.0%
-26.8%$1.44B$1.23B3.721,900Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
SFL
SFL
2.8565 of 5 stars
$8.08
-0.2%
$16.00
+98.1%
-38.3%$1.18B$891.62M8.0020
TK
Teekay
3.1618 of 5 stars
$7.08
-0.1%
N/A-1.5%$647.90M$1.22B5.002,500Upcoming Earnings
Positive News

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