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Kinder Morgan (KMI) Competitors

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$26.85 +0.61 (+2.32%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

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

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

Kinder Morgan vs.

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

Williams Companies currently has a consensus target price of $52.07, suggesting a potential downside of 2.65%. Kinder Morgan has a consensus target price of $26.25, suggesting a potential downside of 2.23%. Given Kinder Morgan's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kinder Morgan is more favorable than Williams Companies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Williams Companies
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47
Kinder Morgan
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54

Williams Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Williams Companies$10.54B6.18$3.18B$2.3722.57
Kinder Morgan$15.15B3.94$2.39B$1.1423.55

Williams Companies has a net margin of 27.36% compared to Kinder Morgan's net margin of 16.76%. Williams Companies' return on equity of 15.89% beat Kinder Morgan's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Williams Companies27.36% 15.89% 4.45%
Kinder Morgan 16.76%7.87%3.52%

86.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of Kinder Morgan shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of Kinder Morgan shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Kinder Morgan received 141 more outperform votes than Williams Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.73% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 66.59% of users gave Kinder Morgan an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Williams CompaniesOutperform Votes
690
71.73%
Underperform Votes
272
28.27%
Kinder MorganOutperform Votes
831
66.59%
Underperform Votes
417
33.41%

Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Kinder Morgan pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Williams Companies pays out 80.2% 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 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.

In the previous week, Kinder Morgan had 13 more articles in the media than Williams Companies. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Kinder Morgan and 6 mentions for Williams Companies. Williams Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Kinder Morgan's score of 0.82 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
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kinder Morgan
10 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Williams Companies has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinder Morgan has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Williams Companies beats Kinder Morgan on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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KMI vs. The Competition

MetricKinder MorganNatural gas transmission IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$59.65B$25.68B$8.21B$19.18B
Dividend Yield4.32%5.10%11.67%3.59%
P/E Ratio23.5530.3312.1041.28
Price / Sales3.943.23109.2717.59
Price / Cash12.6812.6010.8221.28
Price / Book1.883.113.335.32
Net Income$2.39B$1.27B$955.68M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-0.11%-2.33%-3.41%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-6.00%-5.62%-5.49%-3.68%
1 Year Performance52.21%42.00%1.57%12.14%

Kinder Morgan Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KMI
Kinder Morgan
4.1404 of 5 stars
$26.85
+2.3%
$26.25
-2.2%
+53.4%$59.65B$15.15B23.5510,891Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
WMB
Williams Companies
3.3638 of 5 stars
$53.88
-1.0%
$52.07
-3.4%
+54.3%$65.68B$10.91B22.975,601Positive News
LNG
Cheniere Energy
2.3138 of 5 stars
$211.47
-0.7%
$219.25
+3.7%
N/A$47.45B$16.09B13.611,605Analyst Forecast
Positive News
TRGP
Targa Resources
4.541 of 5 stars
$183.22
-0.8%
$176.14
-3.9%
+106.1%$39.95B$16.06B33.393,182Analyst Forecast
GLNG
Golar LNG
2.8206 of 5 stars
$42.79
-1.6%
$49.63
+16.0%
+84.6%$4.47B$274.13M310.57470Positive News
FRO
Frontline
4.2465 of 5 stars
$13.82
-2.7%
$25.36
+83.5%
-34.1%$3.08B$2.04B5.6780Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
STNG
Scorpio Tankers
4.2587 of 5 stars
$47.35
-2.0%
$75.40
+59.2%
-22.9%$2.39B$1.34B3.4630
GOGL
Golden Ocean Group
4.0678 of 5 stars
$8.97
-1.5%
$12.25
+36.6%
-4.9%$1.79B$1.01B7.4138
SFL
SFL
2.7414 of 5 stars
$9.91
-1.6%
$16.00
+61.5%
-13.4%$1.37B$752.29M9.0721
TNK
Teekay Tankers
3.8557 of 5 stars
$37.04
-2.7%
$63.67
+71.9%
-27.9%$1.27B$1.36B3.121,590
TK
Teekay
3.1773 of 5 stars
$6.18
-2.2%
N/A-14.6%$567.57M$1.46B4.212,300

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This page (NYSE:KMI) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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