With 6.69 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 7.91 million shares. The 52-week range on WMB shows that it touched its highest point at $61.67 and its lowest point at $39.57 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $62.15. With its current market cap of 70.90 billion, WMB has annualized dividend of $1.93 while the current yield stands at 3.31%. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.66.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of WMB was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -1.07%, but this was up by 2.98% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 5.12% while six-month performance rose 4.74%. The stock gained 46.72% in the past year, while it has gained 7.30% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for WMB yields 1.86 with Next year EPS estimates of 2.42. For the next quarter, that number is 0.49. This implies an EPS growth rate of 12.28% for this year and 12.41% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 12.39% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 21.10%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 1.22 billion WMB shares are outstanding with a float of 1.21 billion shares on hand for trading.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for WMB since 8 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 4 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 4 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $1.95003 being high and $1.8173 being low. For WMB, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $1.90919.
