The Williams Companies, Inc.

DB:WMB Stock Report

Market Cap: €46.5b

Williams Companies Valuation

Is WMB undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of WMB when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: WMB (€37.87) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€41.39)

Significantly Below Fair Value: WMB is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for WMB?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

WMB key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue7.8x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA13.2x
PEG Ratio5.4x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does WMB's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for WMB vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average20.2x
VH2 Friedrich Vorwerk Group
30.4x29.9%€333.6m
KMI Kinder Morgan
18x7.8%US$43.7b
MPLX MPLX
10.7x5.0%US$41.3b
OKE ONEOK
21.5x9.2%US$48.2b
WMB Williams Companies
17x3.1%€50.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: WMB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17x) compared to the peer average (20.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does WMB's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Oil and Gas Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a1.3%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: WMB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17x) compared to the European Oil and Gas industry average (8.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is WMB's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

WMB PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio17x
Fair PE Ratio22.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: WMB is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (17x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (22.8x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst WMB forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€37.87
€37.26
-1.6%
6.9%€43.24€33.12n/a20
May ’25€36.44
€36.95
+1.4%
8.1%€43.84€31.71n/a22
Apr ’25€35.43
€35.96
+1.5%
6.1%€39.67€32.29n/a20
Mar ’25€33.11
€35.67
+7.7%
6.3%€39.74€32.34n/a21
Feb ’25€31.95
€35.70
+11.7%
6.1%€39.80€32.39n/a22
Jan ’25€31.40
€34.69
+10.5%
6.3%€38.85€31.62n/a22
Dec ’24€33.54
€34.96
+4.2%
6.2%€38.38€31.07n/a22
Nov ’24€32.36
€35.49
+9.7%
8.0%€39.87€29.43n/a22
Oct ’24€32.38
€34.49
+6.5%
8.0%€38.82€28.66n/a21
Sep ’24€31.70
€34.49
+8.8%
8.0%€38.82€28.66n/a21
Aug ’24€31.22
€33.35
+6.8%
7.1%€37.38€28.27n/a21
Jul ’24€29.85
€33.28
+11.5%
7.4%€38.39€28.34n/a20
Jun ’24€26.71
€33.55
+25.6%
7.4%€38.70€28.56n/a20
May ’24€26.81
€33.04
+23.2%
7.2%€38.12€28.13€36.4420
Apr ’24€26.97
€33.80
+25.3%
8.6%€38.72€27.66€35.4320
Mar ’24€28.15
€34.88
+23.9%
8.4%€39.59€28.28€33.1121
Feb ’24€29.12
€34.48
+18.4%
8.6%€38.64€27.60€31.9521
Jan ’24€30.61
€34.96
+14.2%
8.5%€39.62€28.30€31.4021
Dec ’23€33.52
€37.85
+12.9%
9.0%€42.73€30.52€33.5420
Nov ’23€33.73
€37.39
+10.8%
9.0%€42.15€30.11€32.3620
Oct ’23€29.48
€37.82
+28.3%
9.0%€41.97€29.98€32.3820
Sep ’23€33.35
€37.42
+12.2%
7.7%€41.31€31.47€31.7020
Aug ’23€32.79
€37.13
+13.3%
6.8%€40.17€30.37€31.2219
Jul ’23€30.06
€36.20
+20.5%
7.0%€39.91€29.46€29.8520
Jun ’23€34.87
€35.54
+1.9%
7.4%€39.33€29.03€26.7120
May ’23€33.02
€35.08
+6.2%
7.6%€39.82€29.39€26.8116

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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