Williams Companies Inc (WMB) is a leading oil & gas midstream business with stocks listed in the US. It opened the day at US$36.07 after a previous close of US$36.26. During the day the price has varied from a low of USD35.82 to a high of USD36.4275. The latest price was USD35.9 (25 minute delay). Williams Companies is listed on the NYSE. All prices are listed in US Dollars.
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Williams Companies's shares were split on a 10000:8152 basis on 3 January 2012. So if you had owned 8152 shares the day before the split, the next day you would own 10000 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Williams Companies shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 18.5% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Williams Companies shares which in turn could have impacted Williams Companies's share price.
| Open | US$36.07 |
|---|---|
| High | US$36.4275 |
| Low | US$35.82 |
| Close | US$35.9 |
| Previous close | US$36.26 |
| Change | US$-0.36 |
| Change % | -0.9928% |
| Volume | 4,665,812 |
| 52-week range | US$27.0488 - US$37.45 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | US$34.9416 |
| 200-day moving average | US$32.3919 |
| Target price | US$38.45 |
| PE ratio | 16.2237 |
| Dividend yield | US$1.768 (4.84%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | US$2.28 |
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Historical closes compared with the last close of $35.9
| 1 week (2023-11-29) | -1.48% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2023-11-06) | 0.42% |
| 3 months (2023-09-06) | 6.09% |
| 6 months (2023-06-06) | 18.29% |
| 1 year (2022-12-06) | 7.26% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2021-12-06) | 31.41% |
| 3 years (2020-12-04) | 59.63% |
| 5 years (2018-12-06) | 46.35% |
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Valuing Williams Companies stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Williams Companies's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Williams Companies's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 16x. In other words, Williams Companies shares trade at around 16x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Williams Companies's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.8992. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Williams Companies's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Williams Companies's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is US$6.2 billion (£5 billion).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Williams Companies's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure stock profitability.
Over the last 12 months, Williams Companies's shares have ranged in value from as little as US$27.0488 up to US$37.45. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta measures a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Williams Companies's is 1.155. This would suggest that Williams Companies's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
| Revenue TTM | US$10.3 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 34.08% |
| Gross profit TTM | US$6.1 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 5.27% |
| Return on equity TTM | 20.67% |
| Profit margin | 26.3% |
| Book value | 9.704 |
| Market capitalisation | US$45 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 79.91% of net profits
Recently Williams Companies has paid out, on average, around 79.91% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 4.84% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Williams Companies shareholders could enjoy a 4.84% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Williams Companies's case, that would currently equate to about $1.768 per share.
Williams Companies's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.
Williams Companies's most recent dividend payout was on 26 December 2023. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 7 December 2023 (the "ex-dividend date").
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Williams Companies.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 28
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Williams Companies's overall score of 28 (as at 01/01/2019) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 40th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Williams Companies is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 17.62/100
Williams Companies's environmental score of 17.62 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Williams Companies is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 11.06/100
Williams Companies's social score of 11.06 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Williams Companies is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 8.81/100
Williams Companies's governance score puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Williams Companies is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Williams Companies scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Williams Companies has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Williams Companies Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 28 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 39.58 |
| Environmental score | 17.62 |
| Environmental score percentile | 6 |
| Social score | 11.06 |
| Social score percentile | 6 |
| Governance score | 8.81 |
| Governance score percentile | 6 |
| Level of controversy | 2 |
The Williams Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy infrastructure company primarily in the United States. It operates through Transmission & Gulf of Mexico, Northeast G&P, West, and Gas & NGL Marketing Services segments. The Transmission & Gulf of Mexico segment comprises Transco and Northwest natural gas pipelines; and natural gas gathering and processing, and crude oil production handling and transportation assets in the Gulf Coast region, as well as various petrochemical and feedstock pipelines. The Northeast G&P segment engages in the midstream gathering, processing, and fractionation activities in the Marcellus Shale region primarily in Pennsylvania and New York, and the Utica Shale region of eastern Ohio. The West segment comprises gas gathering, processing, and treating operations in the Rocky Mountain region of Colorado and Wyoming, the Barnett Shale region of north-central Texas, the Eagle Ford Shale region of South Texas, the Haynesville Shale region of northwest Louisiana, and the Mid-Continent region, which includes the Anadarko, Arkoma, and Permian basins; and operates natural gas liquid (NGL) fractionation and storage facilities in central Kansas near Conway. The Gas & NGL Marketing Services segment provides wholesale marketing, trading, storage, and transportation of natural gas for natural gas utilities, municipalities, power generators, and producers; risk and asset management; and NGL marketing services. The company owns and operates 33,000 miles of pipelines, 29 processing facilities, 7 fractionation facilities, and approximately 24 million barrels of NGL storage capacity. The Williams Companies, Inc. was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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