WMB vs. KMI, LNG, TRGP, GLNG, FRO, STNG, GOGL, TNK, SFL, and TK
Should you be buying Williams Companies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Williams Companies include Kinder Morgan (KMI), Cheniere Energy (LNG), 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.
Williams Companies vs.
Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) and Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
Williams Companies has a net margin of 21.17% compared to Kinder Morgan's net margin of 17.31%. Williams Companies' return on equity of 15.85% beat Kinder Morgan's return on equity.
86.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of Kinder Morgan shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of Kinder Morgan shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Kinder Morgan had 16 more articles in the media than Williams Companies. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Kinder Morgan and 27 mentions for Williams Companies. Williams Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Kinder Morgan's score of 1.24 indicating that Williams Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Kinder Morgan received 142 more outperform votes than Williams Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.37% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 66.32% of users gave Kinder Morgan an outperform vote.
Williams Companies currently has a consensus target price of $56.07, suggesting a potential downside of 3.86%. Kinder Morgan has a consensus target price of $29.64, suggesting a potential upside of 9.99%. Given Kinder Morgan's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kinder Morgan is more favorable than Williams Companies.
Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Kinder Morgan pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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. Kinder Morgan pays out 98.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Kinder Morgan is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Kinder Morgan has higher revenue and earnings than Williams Companies. Kinder Morgan is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Williams Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Williams Companies has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinder Morgan has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Williams Companies beats Kinder Morgan on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WMB) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
