TRGP vs. WMB, KMI, LNG, GLNG, FRO, STNG, GOGL, SFL, TNK, 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), SFL (SFL), Teekay Tankers (TNK), and Teekay (TK). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas storage & transportation" industry.
Targa Resources vs.
Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) and Targa Resources (NYSE:TRGP) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings and risk.
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.
Williams Companies presently has a consensus target price of $52.07, suggesting a potential downside of 2.65%. Targa Resources has a consensus target price of $181.43, suggesting a potential upside of 2.62%. Given Targa Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Targa Resources is more favorable than Williams Companies.
In the previous week, Targa Resources had 6 more articles in the media than Williams Companies. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Targa Resources and 6 mentions for Williams Companies. Williams Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Targa Resources' score of 0.87 indicating that Williams Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Targa Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. 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.
Williams Companies has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Targa Resources has a beta of 2.28, meaning that its share price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Targa Resources received 79 more outperform votes than Williams Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.73% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 69.72% of users gave Targa Resources an outperform vote.
86.4% of Williams Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Targa Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Williams Companies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Targa Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
Targa Resources beats Williams Companies on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:TRGP) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
