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Williams Should Benefit From Higher Electricity Demand
Williams has one of the largest and most valuable portfolios of natural gas midstream assets, making it a key beneficiary of growing natural gas demand for power generation in particular.
Williams Companies Inc WMB
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls
A large, well-positioned pipeline network allows Williams to invest in high-return growth projects with minimal regulatory hurdles.
Bears
Williams is focused almost exclusively on natural gas, meaning any upside in other energy prices will have little impact on earnings or valuation.
News
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Williams CEO to Present at 2024 Barclays CEO Energy-Power Conference
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Williams Prices $1.5 Billion of Senior Notes
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Williams Delivers Strong Second-Quarter Results
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Williams Reports Progress on Environmental Performance Metrics
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Williams Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend
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Williams to Report Second-Quarter 2024 Financial Results on Aug. 5; Earnings Conference Call and Webcast Scheduled for Aug. 6
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Infrastructure Projects Face Pain Points to On-Time Delivery, Executives Say — OPIS
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Williams to pay $2 billion to buy natural gas storage assets from Hartree Partners
Trading Information
- Previous Close Price
- $45.16
- Day Range
- $44.78–45.75
- 52-Week Range
- $32.50–46.48
- Bid/Ask
- $45.10 / $46.10
- Market Cap
- $55.64 Bil
- Volume/Avg
- 6.3 Mil / 5.5 Mil
Key Statistics
- Price/Earnings (Normalized)
- 23.08
- Price/Sales
- 5.28
- Dividend Yield (Trailing)
- 4.15%
- Dividend Yield (Forward)
- 4.21%
- Total Yield
- 4.15%
Company Profile
Williams Companies is a midstream energy company that owns and operates the large Transco and Northwest pipeline systems and associated natural gas gathering, processing, and storage assets. In August 2018, the firm acquired the remaining 26% ownership of its limited partner, Williams Partners.
- Sector
- Energy
- Industry
- Oil & Gas Midstream
- Stock Style Box
- Mid Core
- Total Number of Employees
- 5,601
- Website
- https://www.williams.com
Competitors
Valuation
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Metric
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KMI
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Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 23.08 | 19.28 | 13.18 |
Price/Book Value | 4.49 | 1.59 | 1.78 |
Price/Sales | 5.28 | 3.15 | 0.64 |
Price/Cash Flow | 9.19 | 8.78 | 5.00 |
Price/Earnings
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Financial Strength
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Metric
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WMB
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KMI
|
ET
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|---|---|---|---|
Quick Ratio | 0.31 | 0.23 | 0.88 |
Current Ratio | 0.45 | 0.37 | 1.14 |
Interest Coverage | 3.82 | 2.78 | 3.40 |
Quick Ratio
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Profitability
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Metric
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WMB
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KMI
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ET
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|---|---|---|---|
Return on Assets (Normalized) | 4.84% | 3.57% | 5.82% |
Return on Equity (Normalized) | 20.60% | 8.24% | 22.54% |
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized) | 8.52% | 6.22% | 9.54% |
Return on Assets
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