ET vs. WMB, EPD, KMI, TRP, TRGP, WES, E, OXY, VLO, and SU
Should you be buying Energy Transfer stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Energy Transfer include Williams Companies (WMB), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Kinder Morgan (KMI), TC Energy (TRP), Targa Resources (TRGP), Western Midstream Partners (WES), ENI (E), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Valero Energy (VLO), and Suncor Energy (SU). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) and Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and profitability.
38.2% of Energy Transfer shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 3.3% of Energy Transfer shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Energy Transfer has higher revenue and earnings than Williams Companies. Energy Transfer is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Williams Companies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Williams Companies had 3 more articles in the media than Energy Transfer. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Williams Companies and 24 mentions for Energy Transfer. Williams Companies' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Energy Transfer's score of 0.72 indicating that Williams Companies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Energy Transfer pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Energy Transfer pays out 116.5% 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 received 285 more outperform votes than Energy Transfer when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.56% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 71.53% of users gave Energy Transfer an outperform vote.
Energy Transfer has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more 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.
Energy Transfer currently has a consensus price target of $18.43, suggesting a potential upside of 16.42%. Williams Companies has a consensus price target of $39.73, suggesting a potential downside of 2.96%. Given Energy Transfer's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Energy Transfer is more favorable than Williams Companies.
Williams Companies has a net margin of 27.29% compared to Energy Transfer's net margin of 4.85%. Williams Companies' return on equity of 16.27% beat Energy Transfer's return on equity.
Summary
Williams Companies beats Energy Transfer on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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