Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) vs Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (WMB)

Kinder Morgan, Inc. and Williams Companies, Inc. (The) are both Oil & Gas Midstream companies. Williams Companies, Inc. (The) is the larger, with a market value of $80.3B against $67.3B — 1.2× the size. Kinder Morgan, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 18.7× against 24.7×. Kinder Morgan, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 11.7% against 8.78%. Williams Companies, Inc. (The) has the higher net margin (25.0% vs 19.6%) and the higher return on invested capital (5.46% vs 5.11%). Both pay a dividend; Kinder Morgan, Inc. yields more (3.91% vs 3.21%). Across the 22 metrics below, Kinder Morgan, Inc. leads on 12 and Williams Companies, Inc. (The) on 10.

Valuation

Metric KMI WMB Oil & Gas Midstream median
P/E 18.72 24.74 11.68
P/S 3.68 6.39 2.39
P/B 2.06 3.73 1.68
Price to free cash flow 25.51 n/m 8.52
EV/EBITDA 12.75 15.65 9.03
EV/Sales 5.43 8.97 3.43
Earnings yield 5.34% 4.04% 7.78%
Free cash flow yield 3.92% (1.60%) 7.11%

Profitability

Metric KMI WMB Oil & Gas Midstream median
Gross margin 66.38% 82.06% 54.87%
Operating margin 28.97% 37.48% 34.73%
Net margin 19.64% 24.98% 20.12%
Free cash flow margin 14.43% (10.23%) 14.43%
Return on equity 11.11% 17.21% 11.73%
Return on assets 4.88% 4.94% 4.43%
Return on invested capital 5.11% 5.46% 6.10%

Growth

Metric KMI WMB Oil & Gas Midstream median
Revenue growth (TTM) 11.74% 8.78% 14.88%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 17.09% 17.58% (7.78%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.68% 9.13% 10.05%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 91.39% 65.91% 0.00%

Health

Metric KMI WMB Oil & Gas Midstream median
Debt to equity 1.01 1.58 0.77
Current ratio 0.67 0.75 1.19
Net debt to EBITDA 4.44 4.31 3.46

Dividend

Metric KMI WMB Oil & Gas Midstream median
Dividend yield 3.91% 3.21% 4.94%
Payout ratio 0.73 0.80 0.73

Size

Metric KMI WMB Oil & Gas Midstream median
Market cap 67.25b 80.33b 3.56b

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