WMB's elevated valuation suggests that the market may have already priced in much of the stock's potential growth.
Williams Companies boasts a robust asset portfolio with significant gas transmission, gathering, and storage capacities, supporting its strong financial performance and growth potential. The company has consistently improved its financial metrics, with an 8% YoY growth in adjusted EBITDA and available FFO per share, and reduced debt-to-adjusted EBITDA by 25% over 5 years. WMB is executing growth projects, including the $1.5 billion SSE pipeline, with a backlog of 11.5 billion cubic feet/day, ensuring mid-to-high single-digit growth.
WMB gains 27% YTD, with a solid performance and attractive dividends. However, the company faces high debt and regulatory issues.
WMB plans to add 12 projects, expanding 4.2 billion cubic feet per day gas capacity from 2024-2027, addressing growing energy demand.
The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE:WMB ) Barclays 38th Annual CEO Energy-Power Conference September 4, 2024 12:40 PM ET Company Participants Alan Armstrong - President and Chief Executive Officer Unidentified Company Representative Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome, and thank you for attending.
The Williams Companies (WMB) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock?
Midstream companies like WMB, ENB and KMI are aligning their infrastructure to capitalize on the growing natural gas demand from expanding data centers.
Energy Transfer (ET) stock and total returns have done well in the past few years as investors have chased its strong dividends and as its revenue and profitability-growth has remained steady. Its total return in the past five years stood at 95%, slightly lower than the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) fund that has returned 113%.
WMB, a major midstream player, benefits from strong growth and strategic expansions in the natural gas sector, positioning itself as a critical infrastructure provider. Despite a lower 4.3% yield, WMB's consistent dividend growth and solid balance sheet make it a reliable investment, supported by secular tailwinds and LNG export potential. However, recent stock price gains have elevated WMB's valuation, slightly impacting its risk/reward profile, though it's still a buy on market weakness.
Williams (WMB) expects its Adjusted EBITDA for 2024 to fall within the upper half of its guided range of $6.8 billion to $7.1 billion, with growth capex projected between $1.45 billion and $1.75 billion.
Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE:WMB ) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call August 6, 2024 9:30 AM ET Company Participants Danilo Juvane - VP, IR Alan Armstrong - President, CEO & Director John Porter - SVP & CFO Micheal Dunn - EVP & COO Chad Zamarin - EVP, Corporate Strategic Development Lane Wilson - General Counsel Conference Call Participants Praneeth Satish - Wells Fargo Jeremy Tonet - JPMorgan Spiro Dounis - Citibank Manav Gupta - UBS Neal Dingmann - Truist Securities Zack Van Everen - TPH & Company Robert Catellier - CIBC Capital Markets Tristan Richardson - Scotiabank Theresa Chen - Barclays John Mackay - Goldman Sachs Operator Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to The Williams Second Quarter Earnings 2024 Conference Call.
Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (WMB) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.43 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.39 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.42 per share a year ago.