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 $84.7B against $73.1B — 1.2× the size. Kinder Morgan, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 21.9× against 28.3×. Kinder Morgan, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 12.5% against 8.72%. Williams Companies, Inc. (The) has the higher net margin (25.2% vs 19.3%) and the higher return on invested capital (6.40% vs 5.02%). Both pay a dividend; Kinder Morgan, Inc. yields more (3.45% vs 2.91%). 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 21.92 28.28 12.77
P/S 4.24 7.15 2.36
P/B 2.31 5.69 2.09
Price to free cash flow 28.66 n/m 9.71
EV/EBITDA 14.06 16.58 8.30
EV/Sales 6.03 9.62 3.88
Earnings yield 4.56% 3.54% 7.15%
Free cash flow yield 3.49% (0.25%) 6.86%

Profitability

Metric KMI WMB Oil & Gas Midstream median
Gross margin 66.61% 82.83% 56.58%
Operating margin 29.05% 38.18% 34.18%
Net margin 19.31% 25.16% 22.50%
Free cash flow margin 14.78% (1.75%) 13.70%
Return on equity 10.67% 20.40% 14.65%
Return on assets 4.74% 5.26% 5.00%
Return on invested capital 5.02% 6.40% 6.13%

Growth

Metric KMI WMB Oil & Gas Midstream median
Revenue growth (TTM) 12.46% 8.72% 15.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 17.09% 17.58% (7.86%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.68% 9.13% 9.59%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 91.39% 65.91% 0.00%

Health

Metric KMI WMB Oil & Gas Midstream median
Debt to equity 0.98 1.97 0.78
Current ratio 0.46 0.48 1.19
Net debt to EBITDA 4.44 4.31 3.42

Dividend

Metric KMI WMB Oil & Gas Midstream median
Dividend yield 3.45% 2.91% 4.54%
Payout ratio 0.76 0.83 0.76

Size

Metric KMI WMB Oil & Gas Midstream median
Market cap 73.08b 84.67b 3.73b

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