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LNG vs. WMB, KMI, TRGP, FRO, GLNG, STNG, TNK, GOGL, SFL, and TK

Should you be buying Cheniere Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cheniere Energy include Williams Companies (WMB), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Targa Resources (TRGP), Frontline (FRO), Golar LNG (GLNG), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Teekay Tankers (TNK), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), SFL (SFL), and Teekay (TK). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas storage & transportation" industry.

Cheniere Energy vs.

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

Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Cheniere Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. 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. Cheniere Energy pays out 14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Williams Companies has raised its dividend for 9 consecutive years. Williams Companies is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

86.4% of Williams Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Cheniere Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Williams Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Cheniere Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Williams Companies currently has a consensus price target of $60.75, indicating a potential upside of 0.36%. Cheniere Energy has a consensus price target of $252.23, indicating a potential upside of 8.15%. Given Cheniere Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cheniere Energy is more favorable than Williams Companies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Williams Companies
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Cheniere Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Williams Companies has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheniere Energy has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Williams Companies has a net margin of 21.17% compared to Cheniere Energy's net margin of 20.71%. Cheniere Energy's return on equity of 37.19% beat Williams Companies' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Williams Companies21.17% 15.85% 4.40%
Cheniere Energy 20.71%37.19%7.61%

Williams Companies received 8 more outperform votes than Cheniere Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.30% of users gave Cheniere Energy an outperform vote while only 71.46% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Williams CompaniesOutperform Votes
696
71.46%
Underperform Votes
278
28.54%
Cheniere EnergyOutperform Votes
688
74.30%
Underperform Votes
238
25.70%

Cheniere Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Williams Companies. Cheniere Energy 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
Williams Companies$10.78B6.85$2.23B$1.8732.37
Cheniere Energy$16.89B3.06$9.88B$13.6717.06

In the previous week, Williams Companies had 1 more articles in the media than Cheniere Energy. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Williams Companies and 34 mentions for Cheniere Energy. Williams Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Cheniere Energy's score of 1.37 indicating that Williams Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Williams Companies
27 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cheniere Energy
26 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Cheniere Energy beats Williams Companies on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LNG vs. The Competition

MetricCheniere EnergyNatural gas distribution IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$51.72B$12.94B$7.36B$19.39B
Dividend Yield0.88%3.29%11.18%3.91%
P/E Ratio16.3911.7254.2034.83
Price / Sales3.062.7125,193.6842.55
Price / Cash4.869.0635.5417.51
Price / Book6.161.793.644.74
Net Income$9.88B$1.29B$4.31B$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.17%-0.68%1.83%1.20%
1 Month Performance-1.97%-3.93%5.82%4.62%
1 Year Performance51.61%10.60%183.36%6.90%

Cheniere Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LNG
Cheniere Energy
3.8947 of 5 stars
$232.08
-0.7%
$252.23
+8.7%
+49.4%$51.47B$16.89B16.311,550Positive News
WMB
Williams Companies
4.0246 of 5 stars
$58.99
+2.2%
$60.50
+2.6%
+48.8%$71.93B$10.78B32.245,040Positive News
Analyst Forecast
KMI
Kinder Morgan
3.9997 of 5 stars
$27.88
+2.0%
$29.79
+6.8%
+46.6%$61.95B$15.50B23.8310,500Positive News
TRGP
Targa Resources
4.9556 of 5 stars
$160.45
+0.9%
$198.79
+23.9%
+37.8%$34.81B$16.38B27.952,850
FRO
Frontline
3.5189 of 5 stars
$18.36
+6.9%
$20.62
+12.3%
-39.9%$4.09B$2.05B7.4980Earnings Report
Options Volume
GLNG
Golar LNG
2.8795 of 5 stars
$37.73
+0.7%
$49.70
+31.7%
+60.2%$3.94B$260.37M269.521,700Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
STNG
Scorpio Tankers
4.8346 of 5 stars
$40.02
+1.4%
$60.50
+51.2%
-51.4%$2.04B$1.07B3.0730Positive News
TNK
Teekay Tankers
4.1964 of 5 stars
$44.54
+2.9%
$50.67
+13.8%
-40.6%$1.53B$1.09B3.931,900Positive News
Short Interest ↓
GOGL
Golden Ocean Group
3.4903 of 5 stars
$7.23
+0.8%
$10.25
+41.8%
-51.2%$1.45B$863.61M5.9840
SFL
SFL
1.2748 of 5 stars
$8.49
+2.6%
N/A-39.9%$1.24B$850.15M8.4020
TK
Teekay
2.4471 of 5 stars
$8.33
+1.7%
N/A-17.1%$764.99M$1.22B5.912,500

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This page (NYSE:LNG) was last updated on 5/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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