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Williams Companies (WMB) Competitors

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$58.50 -0.29 (-0.49%)
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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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.

Kinder Morgan presently has a consensus target price of $29.79, indicating a potential upside of 6.72%. Williams Companies has a consensus target price of $60.50, indicating a potential upside of 3.77%. Given Kinder Morgan's stronger consensus rating and 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)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

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$15.50B4.00$2.61B$1.1624.06
Williams Companies$10.78B6.59$2.23B$1.8731.18

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Kinder Morgan pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. 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.

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, Williams Companies had 6 more articles in the media than Kinder Morgan. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Williams Companies and 24 mentions for Kinder Morgan. Kinder Morgan's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Williams Companies' score of 1.56 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
21 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Williams Companies
28 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Kinder Morgan has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Williams Companies has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Kinder Morgan received 141 more outperform votes than Williams Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.43% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 66.19% of users gave Kinder Morgan an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kinder MorganOutperform Votes
836
66.19%
Underperform Votes
427
33.81%
Williams CompaniesOutperform Votes
695
71.43%
Underperform Votes
278
28.57%

Summary

Kinder Morgan and Williams Companies tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WMB vs. The Competition

MetricWilliams CompaniesNatural gas transmission IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$71.09B$27.05B$7.37B$19.73B
Dividend Yield3.40%5.09%10.94%3.84%
P/E Ratio31.8630.9655.4835.30
Price / Sales6.593.3124,087.7034.13
Price / Cash15.2712.6735.5017.51
Price / Book4.803.003.564.77
Net Income$2.23B$1.38B$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.21%2.52%3.09%0.75%
1 Month Performance-0.32%3.69%10.12%10.34%
1 Year Performance41.26%20.87%3.25%5.25%

Williams Companies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WMB
Williams Companies
3.869 of 5 stars
$58.50
-0.5%
$60.50
+3.4%
+42.4%$71.33B$10.78B31.975,040Positive News
Analyst Forecast
KMI
Kinder Morgan
4.1408 of 5 stars
$27.23
-0.3%
$29.79
+9.4%
+42.6%$60.47B$15.50B23.2610,500Positive News
LNG
Cheniere Energy
3.6586 of 5 stars
$229.64
-1.8%
$252.23
+9.8%
+46.6%$51.22B$16.89B16.151,550Positive News
TRGP
Targa Resources
4.95 of 5 stars
$165.87
+4.0%
$202.93
+22.3%
+40.6%$35.96B$16.38B28.882,850Trending News
GLNG
Golar LNG
3.834 of 5 stars
$37.94
+0.2%
$49.70
+31.0%
+46.8%$3.97B$260.37M271.031,700Positive News
FRO
Frontline
3.8534 of 5 stars
$17.49
+0.8%
$20.62
+17.9%
-33.4%$3.89B$2.05B7.1280News Coverage
Positive News
STNG
Scorpio Tankers
4.6654 of 5 stars
$41.97
+2.1%
$60.50
+44.1%
-48.5%$2.14B$1.07B3.2230Positive News
GOGL
Golden Ocean Group
3.2935 of 5 stars
$7.91
+5.7%
$10.25
+29.7%
-47.2%$1.58B$968.42M6.5440
TNK
Teekay Tankers
4.0497 of 5 stars
$45.28
0.0%
$50.67
+11.9%
-34.8%$1.55B$1.23B4.001,900Positive News
Gap Down
SFL
SFL
1.5708 of 5 stars
$8.54
+2.7%
$16.00
+87.5%
-37.5%$1.24B$891.62M8.4320Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
TK
Teekay
2.6608 of 5 stars
$7.99
+1.2%
N/A-9.3%$734.23M$1.22B5.672,500News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:WMB) was last updated on 5/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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