Energy Transfer (ET) Competitors

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) and Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Is WMB or ET more profitable?

Williams Companies has a net margin of 27.29% compared to Williams Companies' net margin of 4.85%. Energy Transfer's return on equity of 16.27% beat Williams Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Williams Companies	27.29%	16.27%	4.62%
Energy Transfer	4.85%	12.22%	4.01%

Which has more risk & volatility, WMB or ET?

Williams Companies has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Transfer has a beta of 1.63, meaning that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WMB or ET?

86.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.2% of Energy Transfer shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Williams Companies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Energy Transfer shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend WMB or ET?

Williams Companies presently has a consensus target price of $39.73, indicating a potential downside of 2.82%. Energy Transfer has a consensus target price of $18.43, indicating a potential upside of 16.20%. Given Williams Companies' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Energy Transfer is more favorable than Williams Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Williams Companies	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Energy Transfer	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Which has better valuation and earnings, WMB or ET?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Williams Companies	$10.60B	4.70	$3.18B	$2.38	17.16
Energy Transfer	$78.59B	0.68	$3.47B	$1.09	14.51

Is WMB or ET a better dividend stock?

Williams Companies pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Energy Transfer pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.0%. 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. 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 has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Energy Transfer has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WMB or ET?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Williams Companies	Outperform Votes 677 72.56%	Underperform Votes 256 27.44%
Energy Transfer	Outperform Votes 392 71.53%	Underperform Votes 156 28.47%

Does the media refer more to WMB or ET?

In the previous week, Williams Companies and Williams Companies both had 27 articles in the media. Energy Transfer's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Williams Companies' score of 0.72 indicating that Williams Companies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Williams Companies	14 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Energy Transfer	14 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Williams Companies beats Energy Transfer on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.