How to buy Williams Companies stock (WMB)

Williams Companies is an oil & gas midstream business based in the US. Williams Companies shares (WMB) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $52.57 – a decrease of 3.42% over the previous week. Williams Companies employs 5,601 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $10.4 billion.

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Williams Companies stock price (NYSE: WMB)

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Williams Companies shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$52.57
52-week range	$31.25 - $59.84
50-day moving average more info button	$54.49
200-day moving average more info button	$44.90
Wall St. target price	$55.58
PE ratio more info button	22.0381
Dividend yield more info button	$1.873 (3.65%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$2.36

Is it a good time to buy Williams Companies stock?

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Williams Companies price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $52.01 from 2024-12-18

1 week (2024-12-13)	-4.45%
1 month (2024-11-21)	-12.94%
3 months (2024-09-20)	14.61%
6 months (2024-06-21)	23.66%

1 year (2023-12-21)	48.73%
2 years (2022-12-21)	74.16%
3 years (2021-12-21)	135.26%
5 years (2019-12-20)	193.48%

Is Williams Companies stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Williams Companies stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Williams Companies's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Williams Companies's P/E ratio

Williams Companies's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 22x. In other words, Williams Companies shares trade at around 22x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Williams Companies's PEG ratio

Williams Companies's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 8.9186. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Williams Companies's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Williams Companies's EBITDA

Williams Companies's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $5.9 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Williams Companies's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Williams Companies financials

Revenue TTM	$10.4 billion
Operating margin TTM	32.82%
Gross profit TTM	$6.1 billion
Return on assets TTM	4.4%
Return on equity TTM	20.58%
Profit margin	27.75%
Book value	$10.17
Market Capitalization more info button	$63.4 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Williams Companies's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Williams Companies.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Williams Companies's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 28

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Williams Companies's overall score of 28 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 40th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Williams Companies is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Williams Companies's environmental score

Environmental score: 17.62/100

Williams Companies's environmental score of 17.62 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Williams Companies is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Williams Companies's social score

Social score: 11.06/100

Williams Companies's social score of 11.06 puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Williams Companies is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

Williams Companies's governance score

Governance score: 8.81/100

Williams Companies's governance score puts it squarely in the 6th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Williams Companies is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Williams Companies's controversy score

Controversy score: 2/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Williams Companies scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Williams Companies has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Williams Companies Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	28
Total ESG percentile	39.58
Environmental score	17.62
Environmental score percentile	6
Social score	11.06
Social score percentile	6
Governance score	8.81
Governance score percentile	6
Level of controversy	2

Williams Companies share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 100% of net profits

Recently Williams Companies has paid out, on average, around 100% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Williams Companies shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Williams Companies's case, that would currently equate to about $1.873 per share.

Williams Companies's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Williams Companies's most recent dividend payout was on 29 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 12 December 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Williams Companies's shares ever split?

Williams Companies's shares were split on a 10000:8152 basis on 2 January 2012 . So if you had owned 8152 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 10000 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Williams Companies shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 18.5% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Williams Companies shares which in turn could have impacted Williams Companies's share price.

Williams Companies share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Williams Companies's shares have ranged in value from as little as $31.2491 up to $59.8405. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Williams Companies's is 1.062. This would suggest that Williams Companies's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Williams Companies overview

The Williams Companies, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy infrastructure company primarily in the United States. It operates through Transmission & Gulf of Mexico, Northeast G&P, West, and Gas & NGL Marketing Services segments. The Transmission & Gulf of Mexico segment comprises natural gas pipelines; Transco, Northwest pipeline, MountainWest, and related natural gas storage facilities; and 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 facilities 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.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Williams Companies is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.403% of Williams Companies shares are held by insiders and 88.67% by institutions. How many people work for Williams Companies?
Latest data suggests 5,601 work at Williams Companies. When does the fiscal year end for Williams Companies?
Williams Companies's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Williams Companies based?
Williams Companies's address is: One Williams Center, Tulsa, OK, United States, 74172 What is Williams Companies's ISIN number?
Williams Companies's international securities identification number is: US9694571004 What is Williams Companies's CUSIP number?
Williams Companies's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 969457142