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MetricTRGPTarga Resources Corp.WMBWILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.EPDENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.KMIKINDER MORGAN, INC.Median of the restexcluding TRGP
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$295.60▲ 2.95 (1.01%)
$72.80▲ 2.47 (3.51%)
$36.59▼ 0.39 (1.05%)
$33.57▲ 0.18 (0.54%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.8.0/107.3/106.0/107.0/107.0/10
Market value$63.45B$88.77B$79.24B$74.69B
Revenue$17.03B$14.90B$52.60B$15.20B
Profit$1.92B$2.62B$5.81B$3.06B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.20.5%17.9%-6.4%12.7%12.7%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.38.3%—26.7%63.6%45.2%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.19.6%28.2%13.8%31.1%28.2%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.11.3%17.6%11.0%20.1%17.6%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.3.4%6.7%5.6%19.0%6.7%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.62.7%20.4%—9.8%15.1%
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.12.7%7.4%—5.7%6.6%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.33.00x33.91x13.64x24.44x24.44x
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.16.66x17.84x12.05x14.86x14.86x
Price to book20.68x6.93x—2.40x4.66x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.7.22x3.57x—1.29x2.43x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.7/97/86/97/97.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.distressdistressnot reporteddistress

How TRGP compares with the others

  • TRGP's operating margin of 19.6% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (28.2%).
  • Its revenue grew faster than the median of the other companies selected: 20.5% against 12.7%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 33.0x against 24.4x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 7.2x against 2.4x.

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