LNG vs. WMB, KMI, TRGP, FRO, STNG, GOGL, GLNG, TNK, SFL, and NAT
Should you be buying Cheniere Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cheniere Energy include Williams Companies (WMB), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Targa Resources (TRGP), Frontline (FRO), Scorpio Tankers (STNG), Golden Ocean Group (GOGL), Golar LNG (GLNG), Teekay Tankers (TNK), SFL (SFL), and Nordic American Tankers (NAT). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas storage & transportation" industry.
Cheniere Energy (NYSE:LNG) and Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.
Cheniere Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Cheniere Energy pays out 8.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
Cheniere Energy currently has a consensus target price of $198.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.49%. Williams Companies has a consensus target price of $39.73, indicating a potential downside of 4.29%. Given Cheniere Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cheniere Energy is more favorable than Williams Companies.
Cheniere Energy has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Williams Companies has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cheniere Energy has a net margin of 28.55% compared to Williams Companies' net margin of 27.29%. Cheniere Energy's return on equity of 48.19% beat Williams Companies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Williams Companies had 6 more articles in the media than Cheniere Energy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Williams Companies and 1 mentions for Cheniere Energy. Williams Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Cheniere Energy's score of 0.19 indicating that Williams Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cheniere Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Williams Companies. Cheniere Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Williams Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
87.3% of Cheniere Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Cheniere Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Williams Companies received 20 more outperform votes than Cheniere Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.57% of users gave Cheniere Energy an outperform vote while only 72.56% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote.
Summary
Cheniere Energy beats Williams Companies on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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