ENERGY TRANSFER LP vs WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC., two Utilities stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ET and WMB diverge most: on fcf yield, ET reads 7.4% and WMB reads -0.7%; on p/s, ET reads 0.66 and WMB reads 5.77. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What ET's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (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 | ET | WMB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $20.45 | $72.66 |
| Market cap | $70.4B | $89.0B |
| Sector | Utilities | Utilities |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +8.6% |
| P/E | — | 28.9 |
| P/B | 1.39 | 5.79 |
| P/S | 0.66 | 5.77 |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.2 | 17.1 |
| Revenue growth | +34.0% | +10.1% |
| Operating margin | 10.4% | 35.0% |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 19.9% |
| Return on equity | 10.5% | 20.0% |
| Return on assets | 3.6% | 5.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 7.2% | 7.8% |
| FCF yield | 7.4% | -0.7% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.8% |
| Debt / equity | 1.35 | 2.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.16 | 0.48 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.83 | 5.98 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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