Take This Into Account Before Investing in WMB

By Ken Smith • Friday, November 17 09:43 • Permanent Link

Williams Companies logged a 0.5% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $34.94 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. WMB's trading volume is 526,304 compared to the stock's average volume of 6,013,406.

Williams Companies trades -8.9% away from its average analyst target price of $38.35 per share. The 20 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $34.0 to $42.0, and on average have given Williams Companies a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying WMB should be aware of the facts below:

Williams Companies's current price is 61.5% above its Graham number of $21.63, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Williams Companies has moved 8.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 15.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 2.28, Williams Companies has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 15.3 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
WMB has a forward P/E ratio of 18.9 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $1.85 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 2.4 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Williams Companies is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 3.6 compared to its sector average of 1.03
The Williams Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy infrastructure company primarily in the United States.
Based in Tulsa, the company has 5,043 full time employees and a market cap of $42.5 Billion. Williams Companies currently returns an annual dividend yield of 5.1%.

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