WMB vs. KMI, LNG, TRGP, FRO, STNG, GLNG, 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), Frontline (FRO), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Golar LNG (GLNG), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Teekay Tankers (TNK), SFL (SFL), and Teekay (TK). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas storage & transportation" industry.
Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) and Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and profitability.
62.5% of Kinder Morgan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of Kinder Morgan shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by 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.
In the previous week, Kinder Morgan had 14 more articles in the media than Williams Companies. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Kinder Morgan and 11 mentions for Williams Companies. Williams Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Kinder Morgan's score of 0.87 indicating that Kinder Morgan is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kinder Morgan pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Kinder Morgan pays out 104.5% 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 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.
Williams Companies has a net margin of 27.29% compared to Williams Companies' net margin of 15.93%. Kinder Morgan's return on equity of 16.27% beat Williams Companies' return on equity.
Williams Companies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kinder Morgan. Williams Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinder Morgan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kinder Morgan received 140 more outperform votes than Williams Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.29% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 66.91% of users gave Kinder Morgan an outperform vote.
Kinder Morgan has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Williams Companies has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kinder Morgan currently has a consensus price target of $22.25, indicating a potential upside of 4.12%. Williams Companies has a consensus price target of $41.77, indicating a potential downside of 1.77%. Given Williams Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Kinder Morgan is more favorable than Williams Companies.
Summary
Williams Companies beats Kinder Morgan on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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