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Kinder Morgan (KMI) Competitors

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$28.00 -0.08 (-0.28%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

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

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), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Teekay Tankers (TNK), SFL (SFL), Teekay (TK), and Nordic American Tankers (NAT). 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 businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Williams Companies has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinder Morgan has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Kinder Morgan pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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.

Williams Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kinder Morgan. 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
Williams Companies$10.91B6.56$3.18B$2.3724.77
Kinder Morgan$15.33B4.06$2.39B$1.1424.56

Kinder Morgan received 138 more outperform votes than Williams Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.88% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 66.56% of users gave Kinder Morgan an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Williams CompaniesOutperform Votes
690
71.88%
Underperform Votes
270
28.13%
Kinder MorganOutperform Votes
828
66.56%
Underperform Votes
416
33.44%

In the previous week, Williams Companies had 8 more articles in the media than Kinder Morgan. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Williams Companies and 21 mentions for Kinder Morgan. Kinder Morgan's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Williams Companies' score of 1.15 indicating that Kinder Morgan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Williams Companies
21 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kinder Morgan
17 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 insiders. Comparatively, 12.8% of Kinder Morgan shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Williams Companies presently has a consensus target price of $51.54, suggesting a potential downside of 12.20%. Kinder Morgan has a consensus target price of $25.36, suggesting a potential downside of 9.42%. 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)
6 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Kinder Morgan
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.62

Summary

Williams Companies beats Kinder Morgan on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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KMI vs. The Competition

MetricKinder MorganNatural gas transmission IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$62.21B$28.36B$8.42B$19.90B
Dividend Yield4.22%5.36%11.54%3.54%
P/E Ratio24.5631.5416.8542.67
Price / Sales4.063.70122.9118.14
Price / Cash12.8312.279.5517.85
Price / Book1.963.283.775.60
Net Income$2.39B$1.27B$947.22M$985.93M
7 Day Performance4.48%4.58%1.11%-0.19%
1 Month Performance12.22%10.99%2.33%0.15%
1 Year Performance65.29%51.52%409.31%23.70%

Kinder Morgan Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KMI
Kinder Morgan
4.4279 of 5 stars
$28.00
-0.3%
$25.36
-9.4%
+65.3%$62.21B$15.33B24.5610,891Positive News
WMB
Williams Companies
3.9671 of 5 stars
$58.70
+0.2%
$51.54
-12.2%
+64.8%$71.43B$10.91B24.775,601Positive News
LNG
Cheniere Energy
3.523 of 5 stars
$220.78
+0.3%
$208.44
-5.6%
N/A$49.54B$16.09B14.101,605Positive News
TRGP
Targa Resources
4.7134 of 5 stars
$202.79
-0.4%
$176.50
-13.0%
+133.4%$44.39B$16.06B36.673,182Analyst Forecast
Positive News
GLNG
Golar LNG
3.5968 of 5 stars
$35.98
+3.1%
$49.63
+37.9%
+63.6%$3.64B$276.58M26.85470
STNG
Scorpio Tankers
4.0155 of 5 stars
$54.69
-1.8%
$76.40
+39.7%
-2.8%$2.81B$1.34B3.9230
GOGL
Golden Ocean Group
2.7923 of 5 stars
$11.83
-0.8%
$14.50
+22.6%
+51.1%$2.39B$885.77M11.0638
TNK
Teekay Tankers
3.9713 of 5 stars
$42.73
-1.0%
$63.67
+49.0%
-16.0%$1.48B$1.36B3.511,590
SFL
SFL
3.0055 of 5 stars
$10.65
-0.2%
$16.00
+50.3%
-4.9%$1.48B$752.29M9.5921
TK
Teekay
2.7069 of 5 stars
$8.01
+1.0%
N/A+12.7%$728.26M$1.46B5.342,300
NAT
Nordic American Tankers
2.3364 of 5 stars
$3.01
-1.3%
$3.75
+24.8%
-31.2%$636.83M$364.25M10.3617

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This page (NYSE:KMI) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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