Williams Partners LP (WPZ): Today's Featured Chemicals Laggard
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Williams Partners L.P., an energy infrastructure company, focuses on connecting North America's hydrocarbon resource plays to growing markets for natural gas and natural gas liquids. It operates in two segments, Gas Pipeline and Midstream Gas & Liquids. Williams Partners has a market cap of $18.51 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.4, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 11.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are nine analysts that rate Williams Partners a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Williams Partners as a
. Among the primary strengths of the company is its expanding profit margins over time. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.
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On the positive front,
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