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Oneok vs Williams Companies

OKE and WMB side by side, both in gas production and distribution. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How OKE and WMB compare

Williams Companies is the larger company, worth 1.5 times as much as Oneok ($84.5B against $56.6B).

On earnings, Oneok is cheaper: it trades at 13.9× trailing earnings, against 27.5× for Williams Companies.

Oneok grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (36.8% versus 8.7% for Williams Companies).

Williams Companies keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 25.2% compared with 9.4% at Oneok.

Both pay dividends: Oneok yields 3.6% and Williams Companies 3.0%.

Oneok scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 8 for Williams Companies), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricOKEWMB
Size and price
Market cap$56.6B$84.5B
Share price$89.75$69.09
Change, 1 year30.3%14.3%
Change, 5 years46.2%152%
Beta (5Y)0.720.56
Employees6,3265,987
StockData Score
Total score15 (better)8
Valuation score4 (better)0
Growth score3 (better)1
Performance score35 (better)
Health score2 (better)0
Dividend score3 (better)2
Valuation
P/E13.9× (better)27.5×
P/S1.3× (better)6.9×
P/B2.4× (better)6.4×
EV/EBITDA12.3× (better)16.8×
P/FCF22.4×–
PEG1.14 (better)3.19
FCF yield4.5% (better)−0.13%
Fair value$101.74$48.72
Margin of safety11.8% (better)−41.8%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)36.8% (better)8.7%
Revenue growth, 5Y average31.5% (better)9.1%
Net income growth (TTM)21.8%26.5% (better)
EPS growth (TTM)18.4%26.1% (better)
EPS growth, 5Y average30.7%66.0% (better)
Profitability
Gross margin25.2%–
Operating margin14.2%38.2% (better)
Net margin9.4%25.2% (better)
FCF margin5.9% (better)−0.88%
Return on equity17.9%24.0% (better)
Return on invested capital9.7% (better)8.5%
Financial health
Debt / equity1.22 (better)2.33
Net debt / EBITDA3.69 (better)4.37
Interest coverage3.5× (better)3.1×
Current ratio0.84 (better)0.48
Altman Z-score1.71 (better)1.23
Piotroski F-score56 (better)
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield3.6% (better)3.0%
Payout ratio65.7%81.5%
Years of dividend growth38 (better)
Dividend growth, 5Y average2.0%4.6% (better)
Buyback yield–−0.01%
Shareholder yield3.6% (better)3.0%
Ownership
Held by institutions83.7%89.8%
Held by insiders0.19%0.49%
Insider net buying, 12 months$0 (better)−$11.0M
Short interest, % of float4.3%2.4%

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