WMB Stock Analysis: Williams Companies | NYSE
Oil & Gas Midstream | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 94.819m USD | 12M Return: 27.9% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 520M
EPS Trend: 58.2%
Qual. Beats: 1
Rev. Trend: 47.3%
Qual. Beats: -1
Warnings
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No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 10.5 years of data
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Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE: WMB) is a U.S.-based energy infrastructure company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and founded in 1908. It operates as a large-cap stock in the GICS Energy sector, specifically within the Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation sub-industry.
The company conducts business through four segments: Transmission, Power & Gulf; Northeast G&P; West; and Gas & NGL Marketing Services. Its midstream operations span gathering, processing, fractionation, storage, transportation, and wholesale marketing of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), and crude oil.
Williams owns and operates approximately 32,000 miles of pipelines, including major interstate systems such as Transco, Northwest Pipeline (NWP), and Mountain West. Its pipeline footprint also includes gathering, processing, and storage assets serving key U.S. shale basins, including the Marcellus, Utica, Barnett, Eagle Ford, Haynesville, and the Anadarko, Permian, and DJ basins.
Midstream energy companies like Williams generate revenue primarily through fee-based contracts for transporting, processing, and storing hydrocarbons, which generally provides more stable cash flows than upstream exploration and production businesses that are directly exposed to commodity price volatility.
- Transco expansion projects drive fee-based revenue growth
- LNG export and power demand boost gas transmission volumes
- Gathering and processing margins track Marcellus producer activity
| Net Income: 2.84b TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.01 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -2.48 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -5.75% < 20% (prev -34.61%; Δ 28.86% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.10 > 3% & CFO 6.07b > Net Income 2.84b |
| Net Debt (29.4b) to EBITDA (7.09b): 4.14 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.83 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (1.22b) vs 12m ago 0.19% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 62.85% > 18% (prev 58.39%; Δ 4.46% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 20.82% > 50% (prev 19.63%; Δ 1.20% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 3.37 > 6 (EBIT TTM 4.95b / Interest Expense TTM 1.47b) |
| A: -0.01 (Total Current Assets 3.32b - Total Current Liabilities 4.01b) / Total Assets 59.6b |
| B: -0.20 (Retained Earnings -12.0b / Total Assets 59.6b) |
| C: 0.09 (EBIT TTM 4.95b / Avg Total Assets 57.2b) |
| D: 0.29 (Book Value of Equity 13.0b / Total Liabilities 44.4b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 0.16 = B |
| DSRI: 0.85 (Receivables 1.68b/1.78b, Revenue 11.9b/10.8b) |
| GMI: 0.93 (GM 58.39% / 62.85%) |
| AQI: 0.91 (AQ_t 0.22 / AQ_t-1 0.24) |
| SGI: 1.11 (Revenue 11.9b / 10.8b) |
| TATA: -0.05 (NI 2.84b - CFO 6.07b) / TA 59.6b) |
| Beneish M = -3.19 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of July 02, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 72.77 with a total of 6,886,345 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -4.09%, over one month by +4.66%, over three months by +2.06% and over the past year by +27.86%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 68.50 (which is 5.9% or 2.2 ATR below the current price).
Williams Companies has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.73. Therefore, it is recommended to hold WMB.
- StrongBuy: 8
- Buy: 4
- Hold: 8
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 2
| Analysts Target Price | 83.6 | 14.9% |
P/E Trailing = 34.0044
P/E Forward = 32.8947
P/S = 7.8305
P/B = 7.318
P/EG = 2.4032
Revenue TTM = 11.9b USD
EBIT TTM = 4.95b USD
EBITDA TTM = 7.09b USD
Long Term Debt = 30.1b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 248.0m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 30.3b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 32.0m
Net Debt = 29.4b USD (calculated: Debt 30.3b - CCE 950.0m)
Enterprise Value = 124b USD (94.8b + Debt 30.3b - CCE 950.0m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 3.37 (Ebit TTM 4.95b / Interest Expense TTM 1.47b)
EV/FCF = 172.0x (Enterprise Value 124b / FCF TTM 722.0m)
FCF Yield = 0.58% (FCF TTM 722.0m / Enterprise Value 124b)
FCF Margin = 6.06% (FCF TTM 722.0m / Revenue TTM 11.9b)
Net Margin = 23.82% (Net Income TTM 2.84b / Revenue TTM 11.9b)
Gross Margin = 62.85% ((Revenue TTM 11.9b - Cost of Revenue TTM 4.43b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 82.08% (prev 46.84%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 2.09 (Enterprise Value 124b / Total Assets 59.6b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 4.84% (Interest Expense 1.47b / Debt 30.3b)
Taxrate = 23.53% (908.0m / 3.86b)
NOPAT = 3.79b (EBIT 4.95b * (1 - 23.53%))
Current Ratio = 0.83 (Total Current Assets 3.32b / Total Current Liabilities 4.01b)
Debt / Equity = 2.33 (Debt 30.3b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 13.0b)
Debt / EBITDA = 4.14 (Net Debt 29.4b / EBITDA 7.09b)
Debt / FCF = 40.70 (Net Debt 29.4b / FCF TTM 722.0m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 12.7b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 4.96% (Net Income 2.84b / Total Assets 59.6b)
RoE = 22.37% (Net Income TTM 2.84b / Total Stockholder Equity 12.7b)
RoCE = 11.59% (EBIT 4.95b / Capital Employed (Equity 12.7b + L.T.Debt 30.1b))
RoIC = 6.86% (NOPAT 3.79b / Invested Capital 55.2b)
WACC = 6.01% (E(94.8b)/V(125b) * Re(6.75%) + D(30.3b)/V(125b) * Rd(4.84%) * (1-Tc(0.24)))
Discount Rate = 6.75% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 0.0 | Cagr: 0.01%
[DCF] Terminal Value 73.10% ; FCFF base≈1.24b ; Y1≈1.09b ; Y5≈881.4m
[DCF] Fair Price = N/A (negative equity: EV 14.1b - Net Debt 29.4b = -15.2b; debt exceeds intrinsic value)
EPS Correlation: 58.18 | EPS CAGR: 2.95% | SUE: 2.39 | # QB: 1
Revenue Correlation: 47.30 | Revenue CAGR: 2.56% | SUE: -3.12 | # QB: -1
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.55 | Chg30d=-3.39% | Revisions=+0% | Analysts=9
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=2.38 | Chg30d=-0.67% | Revisions=+23% | GrowthEPS=+13.4% | GrowthRev=+1.6%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=2.57 | Chg30d=-0.12% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+7.8% | GrowthRev=+10.2%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +23%