KMI vs. WMB, LNG, TRGP, FRO, STNG, GOGL, GLNG, TNK, SFL, and TK
Should you be buying Kinder Morgan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinder Morgan include Williams Companies (WMB), Cheniere Energy (LNG), Targa Resources (TRGP), Frontline (FRO), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Golar LNG (GLNG), Teekay Tankers (TNK), SFL (SFL), and Teekay (TK). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas storage & transportation" industry.
Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) and Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, earnings and risk.
Kinder Morgan received 140 more outperform votes than Williams Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.56% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 66.97% of users gave Kinder Morgan an outperform vote.
Kinder Morgan pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Kinder Morgan pays out 104.5% 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 79.8% 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 has a net margin of 27.29% compared to Kinder Morgan's net margin of 16.08%. Williams Companies' return on equity of 16.27% beat Kinder Morgan's return on equity.
Kinder Morgan currently has a consensus target price of $20.20, indicating a potential upside of 3.64%. Williams Companies has a consensus target price of $39.73, indicating a potential downside of 4.29%. Given Kinder Morgan's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kinder Morgan is more favorable than Williams Companies.
62.5% of Kinder Morgan shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of Kinder Morgan shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Williams Companies had 1 more articles in the media than Kinder Morgan. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Williams Companies and 6 mentions for Kinder Morgan. Kinder Morgan's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat Williams Companies' score of 0.92 indicating that Kinder Morgan is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
Kinder Morgan has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Williams Companies has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Williams Companies beats Kinder Morgan on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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