Targa Resources (TRGP) Competitors

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

Is WMB or TRGP a better dividend stock?

Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Targa Resources pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Williams Companies pays out 109.3% 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 69.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media favor WMB or TRGP?

In the previous week, Targa Resources had 10 more articles in the media than Williams Companies. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Targa Resources and 27 mentions for Williams Companies. Williams Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Targa Resources' score of 1.08 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	25 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Targa Resources	19 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend WMB or TRGP?

Williams Companies presently has a consensus price target of $56.07, suggesting a potential downside of 4.92%. Targa Resources has a consensus price target of $210.64, suggesting a potential upside of 20.86%. Given Targa Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Targa Resources is more favorable than Williams Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Williams Companies	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47
Targa Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13

Which has better valuation & earnings, WMB or TRGP?

Williams Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Targa Resources. Targa Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Williams Companies, 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	$10.50B	6.85	$2.23B	$1.83	32.22
Targa Resources	$16.38B	2.31	$828.20M	$5.74	30.36

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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, 1.3% of Targa Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WMB or TRGP more profitable?

Williams Companies has a net margin of 21.17% compared to Targa Resources' net margin of 7.81%. Targa Resources' return on equity of 28.67% beat Williams Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Williams Companies	21.17%	15.85%	4.40%
Targa Resources	7.81%	28.67%	5.99%

Which has more volatility & risk, WMB or TRGP?

Williams Companies has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Targa Resources has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WMB or TRGP?

Targa Resources received 88 more outperform votes than Williams Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.37% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 70.04% of users gave Targa Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Williams Companies	Outperform Votes 693 71.37%	Underperform Votes 278 28.63%
Targa Resources	Outperform Votes 781 70.04%	Underperform Votes 334 29.96%

Summary

Targa Resources beats Williams Companies on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.