LNG vs. WMB, KMI, TRGP, GLNG, FRO, STNG, GOGL, TNK, 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), Golar LNG (GLNG), Frontline (FRO), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Teekay Tankers (TNK), SFL (SFL), and Teekay (TK). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas storage & transportation" industry.
Cheniere Energy vs.
Cheniere Energy (NYSE:LNG) and Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
Cheniere Energy currently has a consensus target price of $231.18, indicating a potential downside of 8.51%. Williams Companies has a consensus target price of $53.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.51%. Given Cheniere Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cheniere Energy is more favorable than Williams Companies.
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.
Cheniere Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Cheniere Energy pays out 12.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
In the previous week, Cheniere Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Williams Companies. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Cheniere Energy and 27 mentions for Williams Companies. Williams Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Cheniere Energy's score of 1.08 indicating that Williams Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Cheniere Energy has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Williams Companies has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.3% of Cheniere Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Cheniere Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Williams Companies received 18 more outperform votes than Cheniere Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.01% of users gave Cheniere Energy an outperform vote while only 71.58% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote.
Summary
Cheniere Energy beats Williams Companies on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:LNG) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
