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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Cheniere Energy beats Williams Companies on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LNG) was last updated on 5/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff