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.
Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) 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 valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
Kinder Morgan has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Williams Companies has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Williams Companies has a net margin of 27.36% compared to Kinder Morgan's net margin of 16.76%. Williams Companies' return on equity of 15.89% beat Kinder Morgan's return on equity.
Kinder Morgan currently has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.94%. Williams Companies has a consensus target price of $53.00, suggesting a potential downside of 10.51%. Given Williams Companies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Williams Companies is more favorable than Kinder Morgan.
Williams Companies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Kinder Morgan. Williams Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinder Morgan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
62.5% of Kinder Morgan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Williams Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of Kinder Morgan shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Williams Companies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Kinder Morgan had 30 more articles in the media than Williams Companies. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Kinder Morgan and 21 mentions for Williams Companies. Williams Companies' average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Kinder Morgan's score of 1.04 indicating that Williams Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Kinder Morgan pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Kinder Morgan pays out 100.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.
Kinder Morgan received 141 more outperform votes than Williams Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.58% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 66.48% of users gave Kinder Morgan an outperform vote.
Summary
Williams Companies beats Kinder Morgan on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WMB) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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