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MetricEPDENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.WMBWILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.KMIKINDER MORGAN, INC.TRGPTarga Resources Corp.Median of the restexcluding EPD
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$36.59▼ 0.39 (1.05%)
$72.80▲ 2.47 (3.51%)
$33.57▲ 0.18 (0.54%)
$295.60▲ 2.95 (1.01%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/107.3/107.0/108.0/107.3/10
Market value$79.24B$88.77B$74.69B$63.45B
Revenue$52.60B$14.90B$15.20B$17.03B
Profit$5.81B$2.62B$3.06B$1.92B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-6.4%17.9%12.7%20.5%17.9%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.26.7%—63.6%38.3%51.0%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.13.8%28.2%31.1%19.6%28.2%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.11.0%17.6%20.1%11.3%17.6%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.5.6%6.7%19.0%3.4%6.7%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.—20.4%9.8%62.7%20.4%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.—7.4%5.7%12.7%7.4%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.13.64x33.91x24.44x33.00x33.00x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.12.05x17.84x14.86x16.66x16.66x
Price to book—6.93x2.40x20.68x6.93x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.—3.57x1.29x7.22x3.57x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/97/87/97/97.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.not reporteddistressdistressdistress

How EPD compares with the others

  • EPD's operating margin of 13.8% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (28.2%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: -6.4% against 17.9%.
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 13.6x against 33.0x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.