KMI vs. WMB, TRGP, TRP, ET, EPD, WES, MPLX, CVE, LNG, and FANG
Should you be buying Kinder Morgan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kinder Morgan include Williams Companies (WMB), Targa Resources (TRGP), TC Energy (TRP), Energy Transfer (ET), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Mplx (MPLX), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Cheniere Energy (LNG), and Diamondback Energy (FANG). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) and Kinder Morgan (NYSE:KMI) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Williams Companies has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinder Morgan has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Williams Companies has a net margin of 29.22% compared to Williams Companies' net margin of 16.08%. Kinder Morgan's return on equity of 16.20% beat Williams Companies' return on equity.
Williams Companies has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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 received 141 more outperform votes than Williams Companies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.77% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 66.97% of users gave Kinder Morgan an outperform vote.
Williams Companies currently has a consensus price target of $39.22, indicating a potential downside of 0.10%. Kinder Morgan has a consensus price target of $20.20, indicating a potential upside of 8.14%. Given Williams Companies' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kinder Morgan is more favorable than Williams Companies.
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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Kinder Morgan pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Williams Companies pays out 72.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kinder Morgan pays out 102.7% 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 raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Kinder Morgan has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Kinder Morgan had 20 more articles in the media than Williams Companies. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Kinder Morgan and 8 mentions for Williams Companies. Kinder Morgan's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Williams Companies' score of 1.15 indicating that Williams Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Williams Companies beats Kinder Morgan on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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