The historical rank and industry rank for Williams Partners LP's Pretax Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
ACMP'
s Pretax Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -18.51 Med: 17.27 Max: 43.05
Current: 9.69
ACMP's Pretax Margin % is not ranked
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 6.42
vs ACMP: 9.69
Williams Partners LP Pretax Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Williams Partners LP's Pretax Margin % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Williams Partners LP's Pretax Margin %
For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, Williams Partners LP's Pretax Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Pretax Margin % 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 Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry
For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Williams Partners LP's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Williams Partners LP's Pretax Margin % falls into.
Williams Partners LP Pretax Margin % Calculation
Pretax margin - also known as pretax profit margin is the ratio of Pretax Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.
Williams Partners LP's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Williams Partners LP (NYSE:ACMP) Pretax Margin % Explanation
The pretax margin, as know as pretax profit margin, is widely used to measure the operating efficiency of a company before deducting taxes.
The pretax margin is sometimes preferred over the net margin as tax expenditures can make profitability comparisons between companies misleading.
It is a useful tool to compare companies operating in the same sector and less effective when comparing companies from other sectors as each industry generally has different operating expenses and sales patterns.
The long term trend of the pretax margin is a good indicator of the competitiveness and health of the business.
Williams Partners LP Pretax Margin % Related Terms
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Williams Partners LP (Williams Partners LP) Business Description
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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