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Williams Companies Inc

United States · Large Cap · listed since 1981 · Revenue 12 mo. $12.2B

Price as of 11/06/2026

StockScorer score
2.7
of 10 3 of 11 points Low Match To the score
Price
$64.08
1 Y +1.0%
Market cap
$81.9B
Phase
Mature
core business profitable, revenue barely moving
Revenue +2.9% a year (3 years)EBIT margin 36.8%Payout 44.9% of operating cash flow

The Williams Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy infrastructure company primarily in the United States.

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The Williams Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy infrastructure company primarily in the United States. It operates through Transmission, Power & Gulf, Northeast G&P, West, and Gas & NGL Marketing Services segments. The Transmission, Power & Gulf segment comprises Transco, NWP, and Mountain West interstate natural gas pipelines, and their related natural gas storage facilities, as well as natural gas gathering and processing; and crude oil production handling and transportation assets in the Gulf Coast region. The Northeast G&P segment engages in the midstream gathering, processing, and fractionation activities in the Marcellus Shale region primarily in Pennsylvania and New York, and the Utica Shale region of eastern Ohio. The West segment consists of gas gathering, processing, and treating operations in the Rocky Mountain region of Colorado and Wyoming, the Barnett Shale region of north-central Texas, the Eagle Ford Shale region of South Texas, the Haynesville Shale region of northwest Louisiana, the Mid-Continent region that includes the Anadarko and Permian basins, and the DJ Basin of Colorado; and operates natural gas liquid (NGL) fractionation and storage assets in central Kansas near Conway. The Gas & NGL Marketing Services segment provides wholesale marketing, trading, storage, and transportation of natural gas for natural gas utilities, municipalities, power generators, and producers; asset management services; and transports and markets NGLs. The company owns and operates approximately 32,000 miles of pipelines. The Williams Companies, Inc. was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Summary

Williams Companies Inc is around the middle of the Energy sector overall

46.2 of 100

Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.

Analysis

What the price requires

Capital spending of €4.4B is pushing down FCF: the price requires 27.9% FCF growth a year, 13.2% at a normal investment rate.

If free cash flow stays at €901.9M (2025), it supports €10B. The remaining €63.4B of the market value assume it grows 27.9% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.

Required FCF growth per year

27.9%

no growth afterwards

Market value breakdown€73.5B market value, price as of 11/06/2026

€10B without growth
€63.4B priced-in growth
  • 5 yrs achieved −3.4%
  • 10 yrs achieved 23.7%
  • priced in 27.9%

Valuation against its own history

Price to operating cash flow 13.1×, within its usual range.

Middle half of 20 quarters: 8.0× to 13.5×, median 9.3×.

Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.

No sign supports the expectation, 3 speak against it.

What supports it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

No indication in the stored figures.

What speaks against it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

  • High leverage debt to equity 2.30
  • Dividend above free cash flow payout 263.8% of FCF
  • Volatile earnings 5 drops or sign changes in up to 10 years

Since the last quarter

Q1 → Q2 2026

A mixed quarter: 2 figures better, 2 worse.

  • FCF, 12 mo.$722.0M → −$214.0Msign changedworse
  • Gross margin62.9% → 73.6%+10.7 ppbetter
  • EBIT margin38.8% → 40.3%+1.5 ppbetter
  • FCF margin6.1% → −1.8%−7.8 ppworse

4 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Net debt, Shares outstanding, Return on equity

Derivation

How the sector comparison is derived

Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.

Price as of 11/06/2026.

Profitability68.9above the middleEarns more than the sector: EBIT margin 36.83%, sector 14.02%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Return on equity20.44%11.63%Rank 81
Return on capital (Greenblatt)10.48%11.00%Rank 43
EBIT margin36.83%14.02%Rank 89
FCF margin8.41%7.36%Rank 54
Gross margin42.86%23.60%Rank 78
Growth84.2above the middleGrows faster than the sector: Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) 40.95%, sector 9.68%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Revenue growth, 1 year13.78%−1.93%Rank 81
Earnings growth, 3 years per year8.56%−10.72%Rank 78
Earnings growth, 5 years per year65.32%14.99%Rank 87
Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings)40.95%9.68%Rank 91
Valuation15.3below the middleValued higher than the sector: EV/sales 9.30, sector 2.31.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Earnings yield3.35%4.80%Rank 20
FCF yield1.23%5.05%Rank 18
EV/saleslower is better9.302.31Rank 7
EV/EBITlower is better25.2615.16Rank 16
Momentum28.9below the middleShare price doing worse than the sector: Share price, 3 months −3.85%, sector 2.95%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Share price, 1 year0.99%14.27%Rank 28
Share price, 6 months−10.47%−0.91%Rank 23
Share price, 3 months−3.85%2.95%Rank 20
Distance from 52-week high−19.29%−17.83%Rank 44
Quality51.4around the middleQuality about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Accruals (Sloan)lower is better3.84%0.88%Rank 21
Change in share countlower is better−0.16%−0.04%Rank 59
Dividend streak in years83Rank 83
Price reaction to results, market-adjusted−0.11%0.36%Rank 43
Balance sheet & risk28.5below the middleMore risk than the sector: Debt to equity 2.30, sector 0.69.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Equity ratio21.87%41.22%Rank 14
Net debt/EBITDAlower is better3.961.33Rank 14
Debt to equitylower is better2.300.69Rank 7
Volatility, 1 yearlower is better25.32%31.61%Rank 78

Ten years in figures

Revenue from $7.5B (2016) to $12.0B (2025), 5.3% a year.

Fiscal years, amounts in USD
YearRevenue, $BEBIT marginFCFSharesNet debt, $B
20167.59.2%$1.6B751M23.3
20178.011.5%$116.0M829M20.0
20188.78.8%$30.0M974M22.2
20198.223.4%$1.5B1.21B22.0
20207.728.5%$2.2B1.22B22.2
202110.624.8%$2.7B1.22B22.0
202211.027.5%$2.6B1.22B22.8
202310.939.5%$3.4B1.22B24.3
202410.531.8%$2.4B1.22B27.0
202512.036.8%$1.0B1.22B29.3
2.7 / 10Low MatchStockScorer score3 of 11 points

2 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built

Williams Companies Inc mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.

This stock · Profitability: 67%This stock · Growth: 0%This stock · Valuation: 0%This stock · Momentum: 0%Median of all stocks · Profitability: 33%Median of all stocks · Growth: 0%Median of all stocks · Valuation: 0%Median of all stocks · Momentum: 0%50%100%ProfitabilityGrowthValuationMomentumThis stockMedian of all stocks

How Williams Companies Inc's score is built

Williams Companies Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.

2 of 7 rules met

3 of 11 points

  1. Free cash flow yield above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  2. Return on capital (Greenblatt ROC) above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  3. Return on equity above the sector medianmet1 of 1 point
  4. Free cash flow margin above the sector medianmet2 of 2 points
  5. Revenue growth above 15%not met0 of 2 points
  6. 3-year earnings growth above 12% p.a.not met0 of 1 point
  7. 12-month share price more than 20 percentage points ahead of the marketnot met0 of 1 point
  8. Exclusion: financial and real estate stocksdoes not apply

Detail data

How does Williams Companies Inc stock perform across 18 strategies?

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  • Moat Quality
  • Dividend Quality: 4 Factors
  • Dividend Aristocrats & Continuity
  • Acquirer's Multiple: EV/EBIT Deep Value
  • Altman Z-Score: Stress Test
  • High-Growth / Rule of 40
  • Levermann Strategy (13 Criteria)
  • Magic Formula: Value + Quality
  • Trending Value: Value + Momentum
  • Undervalued Stocks: Multi-Factor Check

Williams Companies Inc key metrics: P/E, P/B and equity ratio

Selected fundamental metrics for Williams Companies Inc.

MetricStockSector
P/E ratio29.920.0
P/B ratio6.12.3
Return on equity (ROE)20.4%11.6%
Equity ratio21.9%41.2%
Debt-to-equity (D/E)2.300.69
Dividend yield3.2%3.5%

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Frequently asked questions about Williams Companies Inc stock

How does Williams Companies Inc stock (WMB) score in the StockScorer model?
Williams Companies Inc stock reaches a StockScorer score of 2.7 out of 10, which is a low match with the rule-based strategies. 2 out of 7 flagship profile rules are met.
What is Williams Companies Inc's P/E ratio?
Williams Companies Inc's P/E ratio is 29.9. The Energy sector median is 20.0.
What sector is Williams Companies Inc in?
Williams Companies Inc is assigned to the Energy sector. Its rank within the sector is 46.2 out of 100: 100 means the stock leads its peer group of large and mid-cap sector stocks in every measured area.

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