Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, midstream energy partnership Williams Partners
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Williams and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Williams facts
| Headquarters (founded) | Tulsa, Okla. (2005) |
| Market Cap | $18.6 billion |
| Industry | Oil and gas storage and transportation |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $6.8 billion |
| Management | CEO Alan Armstrong (since 2011) CFO Donald Chappel (since 2005) |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 32% |
| Cash/Debt | $34.0 million / $7.6 billion |
| Dividend Yield | 6.1% |
| Competitors |
Enterprise Products Partners Kinder Morgan TransMontaigne |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 95% of the 273 members who have rated Williams believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just yesterday, one of those Fools, angman66, tapped the stock as a particularly attractive income opportunity: "[Williams] will benefit from increased demand for LNG. They will be very active in the building of infrastructure to deliver this cheap energy. Also, as [master limited partnership] they pay distributions equal to about [a 6% dividend yield]."
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