LNG vs. WMB, KMI, TRGP, GLNG, FRO, STNG, GOGL, SFL, TNK, 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), 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.
Cheniere Energy vs.
Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) and Cheniere Energy (NYSE:LNG) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Williams Companies has a net margin of 27.36% compared to Cheniere Energy's net margin of 22.70%. Cheniere Energy's return on equity of 41.44% beat Williams Companies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Cheniere Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Williams Companies. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Cheniere Energy and 6 mentions for Williams Companies. Cheniere Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Williams Companies' score of 1.17 indicating that Cheniere Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Williams Companies presently has a consensus target price of $52.07, suggesting a potential downside of 2.65%. Cheniere Energy has a consensus target price of $225.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.71%. Given Cheniere Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cheniere Energy is more favorable than Williams Companies.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Cheniere Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Williams Companies received 20 more outperform votes than Cheniere Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.95% of users gave Cheniere Energy an outperform vote while only 71.73% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote.
Williams Companies has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cheniere Energy has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Cheniere Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. 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. Cheniere Energy pays out 12.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Cheniere Energy beats Williams Companies on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LNG) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff