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Williams Partners LP (Williams Partners LP) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is Williams Partners LP Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

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Williams Partners LP Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

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Williams Partners LP Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Williams Partners LP's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, Williams Partners LP's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Williams Partners LP's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Williams Partners LP's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Williams Partners LP's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



Williams Partners LP Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Williams Partners LP's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2018 is calculated as:

For example, Williams Partners LP's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Jun. 2018 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Jun. 2018 (Change)*Current CPI (Jun. 2018)
=22.055/106.3168*106.3168
=22.055

Current CPI (Jun. 2018) = 106.3168.

Williams Partners LP Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
200712 0.000 88.616 0.000
200812 0.000 88.697 0.000
200903 0.000 89.744 0.000
200906 0.000 91.003 0.000
200909 0.000 91.120 0.000
200912 0.000 91.111 0.000
201003 24.596 91.821 28.479
201006 23.041 91.962 26.638
201009 14.562 92.162 16.799
201012 14.964 92.474 17.204
201103 14.897 94.283 16.798
201106 14.842 95.235 16.569
201109 14.825 95.727 16.465
201112 15.747 95.213 17.583
201203 15.707 96.783 17.254
201206 15.645 96.819 17.180
201209 15.564 97.633 16.948
201212 18.322 96.871 20.109
201303 18.187 98.209 19.688
201306 19.055 98.518 20.563
201309 18.952 98.790 20.396
201312 19.170 98.326 20.728
201403 18.879 99.695 20.133
201406 18.731 100.560 19.803
201409 18.263 100.428 19.334
201412 89.710 99.070 96.272
201503 43.923 99.621 46.875
201506 43.229 100.684 45.648
201509 41.603 100.392 44.058
201512 37.925 99.792 40.405
201603 37.256 100.470 39.424
201606 35.903 101.688 37.537
201609 35.122 101.861 36.658
201612 34.393 101.863 35.897
201703 24.125 102.862 24.935
201706 23.874 103.349 24.560
201709 23.541 104.136 24.034
201712 22.599 104.011 23.100
201803 22.232 105.290 22.449
201806 22.055 106.317 22.055

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Williams Partners LP  (NYSE:WPZ) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Williams Partners LP (Williams Partners LP) Business Description

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Williams Partners is a large pipeline company that owns and operates the large Transco and Northwest pipeline systems and associated natural gas gathering and processing and storage assets. It also owns a 60% stake in Discovery, which owns offshore natural gas assets in the Gulf of Mexico. Williams Companies, a publicly traded C-Corporation, owns a 74% interest in Williams Partners. The partnership owns the underlying assets while the corporation holds the stake in the limited partnership.

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