Targa Resources (TRGP) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, WMB or TRGP?

Williams Companies has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Targa Resources has a beta of 2.24, indicating that its share price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WMB or TRGP a better dividend stock?

Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Targa Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. 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. Targa Resources pays out 54.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is WMB or TRGP more profitable?

Williams Companies has a net margin of 27.36% compared to Targa Resources' net margin of 7.65%. Targa Resources' return on equity of 27.59% beat Williams Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Williams Companies	27.36%	15.89%	4.45%
Targa Resources	7.65%	27.59%	5.86%

Which has better earnings and valuation, WMB or TRGP?

Williams Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Targa Resources. Williams Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Targa Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Williams Companies	$10.91B	6.56	$3.18B	$2.37	24.77
Targa Resources	$16.06B	2.75	$828.20M	$5.53	36.67

Do insiders & institutionals believe in WMB or TRGP?

86.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Targa Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Targa Resources shares are held by company 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.

Do analysts recommend WMB or TRGP?

Williams Companies presently has a consensus target price of $51.54, indicating a potential downside of 12.20%. Targa Resources has a consensus target price of $176.50, indicating a potential downside of 12.96%. Given Williams Companies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Williams Companies is more favorable than Targa Resources.

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
Targa Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.07

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WMB or TRGP?

Targa Resources received 76 more outperform votes than Williams Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.88% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 69.70% of users gave Targa Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Williams Companies	Outperform Votes 690 71.88%	Underperform Votes 270 28.13%
Targa Resources	Outperform Votes 766 69.70%	Underperform Votes 333 30.30%

Does the media refer more to WMB or TRGP?

In the previous week, Williams Companies had 3 more articles in the media than Targa Resources. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Williams Companies and 28 mentions for Targa Resources. Williams Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Targa Resources' score of 1.06 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	24 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Targa Resources	15 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Targa Resources beats Williams Companies on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.