ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P. vs WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC., two Utilities stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where EPD and WMB diverge most: on revenue growth, EPD reads -9.5% and WMB reads +14.8%; on fcf yield, EPD reads 2.6% and WMB reads 0.3%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. 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 | EPD | WMB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $38.05 | $71.57 |
| Market cap | $83.2B | $87.7B |
| Sector | Utilities | Utilities |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +10.6% |
| P/E | — | 31.4 |
| P/B | — | 5.79 |
| P/S | 1.61 | 5.69 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.3 | 17.4 |
| Revenue growth | -9.5% | +14.8% |
| Operating margin | 13.2% | 28.0% |
| Net margin | 11.4% | 18.1% |
| Return on equity | — | 18.4% |
| Return on assets | 7.3% | 4.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 21.5% | 7.7% |
| FCF yield | 2.6% | 0.3% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.8% |
| Debt / equity | — | 1.98 |
| Current ratio | 0.91 | 0.83 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.69 | 6.04 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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