Don't Judge Williams on Technicals Alone - Check Its Fundamentals!

By Harris Dyer • Saturday, October 12 15:10 • Permanent Link

Williams logged a 2.0% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $50.48 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. WMB's trading volume is 7,885,256 compared to the stock's average volume of 5,833,887.

Williams trades 8.28% away from its average analyst target price of $46.62 per share. The 18 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $39.0 to $58.0, and on average have given Williams a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in WMB, you'll want to know the following:

Williams's current price is 107.2% above its Graham number of $24.36, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Williams has moved 41.3% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 33.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 2.32, Williams has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 21.8 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
WMB has a forward P/E ratio of 23.7 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $2.13 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 4.07 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Williams is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 5.02 compared to its sector average of 2.2
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 5,601 full time employees and a market cap of $61.53 Billion. Williams currently returns an annual dividend yield of 3.7%.

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