Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (EPD) vs Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (WMB)

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and Williams Companies, Inc. (The) are both Oil & Gas Midstream companies. Williams Companies, Inc. (The) is the larger, with a market value of $84.7B against $76.8B — 1.1× the size. Enterprise Products Partners L.P. trades at the lower P/E: 12.8× against 28.3×. Williams Companies, Inc. (The) grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 8.72% against 6.78%. Williams Companies, Inc. (The) has the higher net margin (25.2% vs 10.7%) and the lower return on invested capital (6.40% vs 7.68%). Both pay a dividend; Enterprise Products Partners L.P. yields more (6.00% vs 2.91%). Across the 22 metrics below, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. leads on 16 and Williams Companies, Inc. (The) on 6.

Valuation

Metric EPD WMB Oil & Gas Midstream median
P/E 12.77 28.28 12.77
P/S 1.36 7.15 2.36
P/B 2.56 5.69 2.09
Price to free cash flow 19.28 n/m 9.71
EV/EBITDA 10.58 16.58 8.30
EV/Sales 1.92 9.62 3.88
Earnings yield 7.83% 3.54% 7.15%
Free cash flow yield 5.19% (0.25%) 6.86%

Profitability

Metric EPD WMB Oil & Gas Midstream median
Gross margin 13.25% 82.83% 56.58%
Operating margin 13.43% 38.18% 34.18%
Net margin 10.68% 25.16% 22.50%
Free cash flow margin 7.06% (1.75%) 13.70%
Return on equity 20.48% 20.40% 14.65%
Return on assets 7.84% 5.26% 5.00%
Return on invested capital 7.68% 6.40% 6.13%

Growth

Metric EPD WMB Oil & Gas Midstream median
Revenue growth (TTM) 6.78% 8.72% 15.60%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (1.12%) 17.58% (7.86%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 14.10% 9.13% 9.59%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 8.80% 65.91% 0.00%

Health

Metric EPD WMB Oil & Gas Midstream median
Debt to equity 1.07 1.97 0.78
Current ratio 0.93 0.48 1.19
Net debt to EBITDA 3.35 4.31 3.42

Dividend

Metric EPD WMB Oil & Gas Midstream median
Dividend yield 6.00% 2.91% 4.54%
Payout ratio 0.77 0.83 0.76

Size

Metric EPD WMB Oil & Gas Midstream median
Market cap 76.81b 84.67b 3.73b

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