CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORPORATION vs WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC., two Utilities stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CEG and WMB diverge most: on dividend yield, CEG reads 0.1% and WMB reads 2.8%; on altman z (solvency), CEG reads 1.46 and WMB reads 6.04. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CEG price has a different growth bar priced in than WMB (+24.2% implied for CEG vs +10.6% for WMB); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What CEG's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What WMB's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CEG | WMB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $262.75 | $71.57 |
| Market cap | $94.9B | $87.7B |
| Sector | Utilities | Utilities |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +24.2% | +10.6% |
| P/E | 22.8 | 31.4 |
| P/B | 2.81 | 5.79 |
| P/S | 3.18 | 5.69 |
| EV/EBITDA | 21.5 | 17.4 |
| Revenue growth | +22.1% | +14.8% |
| Operating margin | 21.0% | 28.0% |
| Net margin | 12.7% | 18.1% |
| Return on equity | 11.2% | 18.4% |
| Return on assets | 3.9% | 4.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 7.0% | 7.7% |
| FCF yield | 1.2% | 0.3% |
| Dividend yield | 0.1% | 2.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.65 | 1.98 |
| Current ratio | 1.36 | 0.83 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.46 | 6.04 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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