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The Williams Companies, Inc. (WMB)



$18.35
52 Week Low
$30.63
2017-04-28 14:46:49 MDT
$32.69
52 Week High

Basic Info

Basic Materials
Sector
Oil
Industry
NYSE
Stock Exchange
United States
Country

Market Cap: $24,770,000,000Large Cap (Between $10B and $100B)
Analyst Recommendation:2.2Analysts say: Buy. (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)
Beta: 1.79 Higher Volatility Stock (beta over 1). Stock will go up more when the market goes up, and go down more when the market goes down. Beta of 1 means stock would match the S&P 500 Index.

Fundamentals

ForwardPE: 30.28
5 Yr Est Growth: 10.00%
Yield: 3.97%
PEG-Y Ratio: 2.17
Borderline growth at a reasonable rate. A PEGY Ratio of less than 1 is ideal. A PEGY Ratio of 2 or less is acceptable.

Technicals

% Above 50 DayMA: 4.22%
% Above 200 DayMA: 3.51%
WMB Performance 52 Weeks: 57.45%
S&P 500 Performance 52 Weeks: 12.50%
Uptrend is still intact: WMB is above both 50 and 200 day Moving Averages. Currently beyond technical death cross because 50 Day MA is below 200 Day MA. Stock is closer to 52 Week High than 52 Week Low.
WMB outperforming S&P 500 by 44.95% the last 52 Weeks.

Profile


More Valuation

Price To Book: 4.85
Great Value. Low Price to Book means better value.
EV to EBITDA: 14.04
Decent Value. A low EV to EBITDA ratio is great. Ideally, under 10. Under 17 is okay.

More Info

Field Value Average Comments
% Held By Insiders0.15% 17.28%Held by fewer than average Insiders.
% Held By Institutions87.80% 62.07%Institutional percentage greater than average. Institutional buying and selling can really move stock price.
Short % Of Float1.74% 07.02% Shorted percentage less than average percent. Is stock loved? Do traders and investors believe in the stock?
Debt to Equity1.67 1.08 More Aggressive Financing. Each industry has different Debt/Equity standard. Higher than 1 means company is taking on more leverage.
Profit Margin %-5.65%-00.18% Profit Margin is less than average.
Operating Margin %22.18%-05.28% Operating Margin greater than average percent. Good.
Return on Equity %-2.31%-08.79% Return on Equity greater than average percent. Good.
Return on Assets %2.17%-01.29% Return on Assets greater than average percent. Good.
Revenue Per Employee $1,338,329.76 $883,096.70 More than average Revenue Per Employee. This stock (or industry) could be very efficient.
Price to Cash 145.86 5.52 Higher than average Price to Cash. Meaning that the company has a lower percentage of cash as a percent of price. Cash can be good to cushion company during hard times, and as a potential source for buyouts or investments. However, some activists want the cash to be used by a company to buy its own stock, or to increase their dividend, or to invest the money.
CPEGY Ratio 2.15 2.26 Less than than average CPEGY Ratio. Ideally, a CPEGY should be less than 1 or less than 1.5. CPEGY is the PEG Ratio but incorporating the yield and subtracting Cash Per Share.

Quick Thoughts

PROS:
  1. Analysts like this stock: 2.2 (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)

  2. Above Avg Yield: 3.97%

  3. Stock is Above Short Term 50DMA: 4.22%

  4. Stock is Above Long Term 200DMA: 3.51%

  5. Stock outperforming S&P 500 over last 52 weeks: 44.95%

  6. Price to Book is under 5: 4.85

  7. Better than average EV/EBITDA: 14.04

  8. Shorted less than average: 1.74%

  9. Operating Margin is positively good: 22.18%

  10. Return on Assets is positive: 2.17%

CONS:
  1. PEGY Ratio not ideal (greater than 2): 2.17

  2. High Forward PE: 30.28

  3. Less than Average 5 Yr Est Growth: 10.00%

  4. Price to Cash Ratio (145.86) is greater than average. Company has less cash as a percent of price than the average.

  5. Profit Margin is negative: -5.65%

  6. Return on Equity is negative: -2.31%


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This page updated Thu Feb 1 22:00:01 MST 2018.