OKE vs. WMB, HES, SU, MPLX, GEV, KMI, ET, VLO, E, and CVE
Should you be buying ONEOK stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ONEOK include Williams Companies (WMB), Hess (HES), Suncor Energy (SU), Mplx (MPLX), GE Vernova (GEV), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Energy Transfer (ET), Valero Energy (VLO), ENI (E), and Cenovus Energy (CVE). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
ONEOK (NYSE:OKE) and Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability and risk.
In the previous week, ONEOK had 27 more articles in the media than Williams Companies. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for ONEOK and 19 mentions for Williams Companies. ONEOK's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat Williams Companies' score of 0.33 indicating that ONEOK is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ONEOK has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Williams Companies has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Williams Companies received 146 more outperform votes than ONEOK when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.69% of users gave Williams Companies an outperform vote while only 57.67% of users gave ONEOK an outperform vote.
Williams Companies has a net margin of 29.22% compared to ONEOK's net margin of 12.54%. Williams Companies' return on equity of 16.20% beat ONEOK's return on equity.
Williams Companies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ONEOK. Williams Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ONEOK, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
69.1% of ONEOK shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of ONEOK shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
ONEOK pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. ONEOK pays out 92.1% 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 72.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
ONEOK currently has a consensus target price of $83.58, indicating a potential upside of 8.23%. Williams Companies has a consensus target price of $39.22, indicating a potential upside of 1.43%. Given ONEOK's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe ONEOK is more favorable than Williams Companies.
Summary
ONEOK beats Williams Companies on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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