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. Its Competitors
Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) and Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
Kinder Morgan has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Williams Companies has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kinder Morgan currently has a consensus price target of $30.29, suggesting a potential upside of 6.30%. Williams Companies has a consensus price target of $61.25, suggesting a potential upside of 3.59%. Given Kinder Morgan's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Kinder Morgan is more favorable than Williams Companies.
Williams Companies has a net margin of 21.18% compared to Kinder Morgan's net margin of 16.67%. Williams Companies' return on equity of 15.95% beat Kinder Morgan's return on equity.
Kinder Morgan pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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 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 has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Williams Companies has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Kinder Morgan is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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.
In the previous week, Williams Companies had 6 more articles in the media than Kinder Morgan. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Williams Companies and 29 mentions for Kinder Morgan. Kinder Morgan's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Williams Companies' score of 1.24 indicating that Kinder Morgan is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Williams Companies beats Kinder Morgan on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WMB) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
