DUKE 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 DUK and WMB diverge most: on fcf yield, DUK reads -3.4% and WMB reads 0.3%; on implied growth (priced in), DUK reads +0.4% and WMB reads +12.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's DUK price has a different growth bar priced in than WMB (+0.4% implied for DUK vs +12.4% for WMB); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What DUK's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (segment-resolved basis). What WMB's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | DUK | WMB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $125.46 | $75.00 |
| Market cap | $97.7B | $92.0B |
| Sector | Utilities | Utilities |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +0.4% | +12.4% |
| P/E | 19.2 | 32.9 |
| P/B | 1.73 | 6.06 |
| P/S | 2.95 | 5.96 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.8 | 18.0 |
| Revenue growth | +7.1% | +14.8% |
| Operating margin | 29.7% | 28.0% |
| Net margin | 15.5% | 18.1% |
| Return on equity | 9.1% | 18.4% |
| Return on assets | 2.6% | 4.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.2% | 7.7% |
| FCF yield | -3.4% | 0.3% |
| Dividend yield | 3.4% | 2.7% |
| Debt / equity | 1.56 | 1.98 |
| Current ratio | 0.66 | 0.83 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.21 | 6.04 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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