TRGP vs. WMB, KMI, LNG, GLNG, FRO, STNG, GOGL, TNK, SFL, and TK
Should you be buying Targa Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Targa Resources include Williams Companies (WMB), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Cheniere Energy (LNG), 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.
Targa Resources vs.
Targa Resources (NYSE:TRGP) and Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Targa Resources has a beta of 2.3, indicating that its stock price is 130% more 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.
Targa Resources received 81 more outperform votes than Williams Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.58% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 69.77% of users gave Targa Resources an outperform vote.
Targa Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Targa Resources pays out 54.2% 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.
Targa Resources presently has a consensus price target of $189.21, indicating a potential downside of 12.40%. Williams Companies has a consensus price target of $53.00, indicating a potential downside of 10.51%. Given Williams Companies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Williams Companies is more favorable than Targa Resources.
Williams Companies has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
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.
In the previous week, Targa Resources had 7 more articles in the media than Williams Companies. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Targa Resources and 26 mentions for Williams Companies. Williams Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Targa Resources' score of 0.90 indicating that Williams Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.1% of Targa Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Williams Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Targa Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Williams Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Targa Resources beats Williams Companies on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TRGP) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
