Williams Companies (WMB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Williams Companies, Inc. is an energy infrastructure company focused primarily on gathering, processing, transporting and storing natural gas and natural gas liquids. The company provides the infrastructure and related services that connect natural gas supplies with utilities, power generators, industrial customers, liquefied natural gas facilities and other markets.

Williams operates a large network of interstate and regional natural gas pipelines, gathering systems, processing facilities and storage assets across the United States. Its key systems include the Transco pipeline, which serves major markets along the U.S. East Coast, as well as the Northwest Pipeline, MountainWest and other infrastructure serving the Western United States. The company also owns and operates natural gas processing and fractionation facilities and provides related energy marketing and transportation services.

Founded in 1908 and headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Williams has evolved from an oil and gas company into a major operator of natural gas infrastructure. Its assets primarily serve U.S. production basins and demand centers, with a significant presence in the Northeast, Gulf Coast, Rocky Mountain and Pacific Northwest regions.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $70.89 to $73.33
• 50-Day Range: $70.13 to $76.04
• 52-Week Range: $56.19 to $80.07
• Volume: 8.11 million shs
• Average Volume: 7.20 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $88.00 billion
• P/E Ratio: 28.66
• Dividend Yield: 2.92%
• Price Target: $85.67
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Williams Companies Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Williams Companies scored higher than 88% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 32nd out of 250 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Williams Companies has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.05, and is based on 3 strong buy ratings, 15 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Williams Companies has a consensus price target of $85.67, representing about 19.1% upside from its current price of $71.94.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Williams Companies has been the subject of 12 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.70%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Williams Companies are expected to grow by 10.70% in the coming year, from $2.43 to $2.69 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Williams Companies is 28.66, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.99.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Williams Companies is 28.66, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 21.57.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Williams Companies has a PEG Ratio of 1.53. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Williams Companies has a P/B Ratio of 5.87. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.15% of the float of Williams Companies has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Williams Companies has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.36, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Williams Companies has recently increased by 8.46%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Williams Companies pays a meaningful dividend of 2.88%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Williams Companies has been increasing its dividend for 9 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Williams Companies is 83.67%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Williams Companies will have a dividend payout ratio of 78.07% in the coming year. This indicates that Williams Companies may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.67

News Sentiment

Williams Companies has a news sentiment score of 0.67. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.81 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 26 news articles for Williams Companies this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 27 people have searched for WMB on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

26 people have added Williams Companies to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 160% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Williams Companies insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,414,050.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.47% of the stock of Williams Companies is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

86.44% of the stock of Williams Companies is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/29 Dividend: 6/12/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/29 Dividend: 6/12/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/29/2026
• Last Earnings: 8/03/2026
• Record date for 9/28 Dividend: 9/11/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/28 Dividend: 9/11/2026
• Today: 9/14/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/28/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/02/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation
• Current Symbol: NYSE:WMB
• CIK: 107263
• Web: www.williams.com
• Phone: (918) 573-2000
• Fax: 918-573-6714
• Employees: 5,987
• Year Founded: 1908

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Williams Companies: $85.67
• High Price Target: $103.00
• Low Price Target: $70.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +19.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.05
• Research Coverage: 20 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.51
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 28.66
• Forward P/E Ratio: 29.61
• P/E Growth: 1.53
• Net Income: $2.62 billion
• Net Margins: 25.17%
• Pretax Margin: 34.73%
• Return on Equity: 18.49%
• Return on Assets: 4.75%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.83
• Current Ratio: 0.48
• Quick Ratio: 0.43

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $12.20 billion
• Price / Sales: 7.21
• Cash Flow: $4.06 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 17.74
• Book Value: $12.25 per share
• Price / Book: 5.87

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,223,167,000
• Free Float: 1,217,418,000
• Market Cap: $88.00 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.59