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WMB·The Williams Companies, Inc.

$64.83
+0.58 (+0.90%)
High
$65.63
Open
$64.59
Market Cap
84.55B
52W High
$80.08
Low
$64.00
P. Close
$64.83
P/E
27.05
52W Low
$57.80
Fwd P/E
24.56
DailyIQ Est.
$88.90
Inst. Own.
69.0%
Short Interest
2.05%
Days to Cover
3.4
Div. Yield
3.23%
Next Ex-Div
~Dec 11
Div. Growth
8+ yrs
NewEarnings release, scored · filed Nov 2, 2026tone -2.7 vs prior release · 82 lines scoredSee the breakdown
Technical Score (1D)
70
BULLISH
News Sentiment
72
BULLISH
On Nov 5, Murphy Oil Corporation reported its third‑quarter 2026 earnings, posting adjusted earnings per share of $1.08, a 163.4% increase from the same quarter a year earlier and exceeding consensus estimates by 18.68%. Revenue for the quarter rose 16.6% to $855 million, also beating expectations. The company attributed the earnings lift to higher realized oil prices of $89.35 per barrel and a 56.9% jump in Canadian revenues, while operating costs fell. These factors combined to support the sharp improvement in profitability. The report highlighted that the stronger prices and lower costs were the primary drivers behind the better-than‑expected financial results.
LOW TARGET
$69 +6.4%
2 analysts
MEAN TARGET
$85 +31.7%
12 analysts
HIGH TARGET
$103 +58.9%
17 analysts
PRICE RANGE
$69.00 - $103.00
SB / B / H / S / SS
8/18/3/1/1
DAILYIQ EST.
$88.90 (+37.1%)
Sector
Energy
Industry
Oil & Gas Midstream
Exchange
NYQ
Country
United States
Symbol
WMB
Description
Williams Companies, Inc. is a U.S.-focused energy infrastructure company, primarily involved in the transportation and processing of natural gas. Its core business centers around an extensive network of roughly 33,000 miles of pipelines, facilitating the movement of natural gas across the country. Williams operates through several segments, including natural gas transmission, gathering and processing, and natural gas liquids (NGL) marketing. The company's value proposition lies in its integrated approach, from gathering natural gas at the source to delivering it to end-users like utilities and power generators. Founded in 1908 and headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Williams Companies plays a critical role in the energy supply chain.
Bought (1Y)
0 shares
$0
Sold (1Y)
48,902 shares
$3.6M
Wilson Terrance LaneSVP & General Counsel
Sell2,000 shares2026-11-02
Wilson Terrance LaneSVP & General Counsel
Sell2,000 shares2026-10-01
Wilson Terrance LaneSVP & General Counsel
Sell2,000 shares2026-09-01
Wilson Terrance LaneSVP & General Counsel
Gift100 shares2026-08-14
Wilson Terrance LaneSVP & General Counsel
Gift1,900 shares2026-08-14
83/ 100
Bullish
Overall: Bullish
✓Revenue growing year over year
✓Positive net margin
✓Positive operating cash flow
Net Margin
17.6%
Revenue CAGR
2.1%
Current Ratio
0.53x
Debt / Equity
2.19x
Return on Equity
20.4%

EPS

EstBeatMiss
$0.42$0.51$0.59$0.68$0.77Q2'25Q3'25Q1'26Q2'26Q3'26Q4'26
QtrEstActual+/−
Q4'26$0.63 - -
Q3'26$0.55$0.54-2.1%
Q2'26$0.50$0.50+0.2%
Q1'26$0.63$0.73+16.0%
Q3'25$0.52$0.49-5.3%
Q2'25$0.49$0.46-6.0%

Revenue

EstBeatMiss
$2.7B$2.9B$3.0B$3.1B$3.3BQ2'25Q3'25Q1'26Q2'26Q3'26Q4'26
QtrEstActual+/−
Q4'26$3.2B - -
Q3'26$2.9B$3.2B+10.3%
Q2'26$2.8B$3.1B+8.2%
Q1'26$3.2B$3.0B-4.5%
Q3'25 - $2.9B -
Q2'25 - $2.8B -

Market Data

WMB Stock Snapshot

BULLISH70/100
$64.83+$0.58 (0.9%)
Market cap
84.55B
P/E ratio
27.1
Day range
$64.00 – $65.63
News sentiment
72/100 · Bullish
Analyst target
$85.38 (+31.7%)
Consensus
Buy · 31 analysts
52-week range+12.2% off low · -19.0% from high
$57.80$80.08
Price $64.83 DailyIQ Est. $88.90

Momentum is working in WMB's favour - it ranks in the upper part of DailyIQ's momentum universe. Institutional coverage is thorough here, so shifts in analyst expectations show up in price quickly.

Reverse DCF

What growth is priced into WMB?

RICH

At today's price, The Williams Companies, Inc. needs to grow free cash flow about 14.4% a year for 3 years, slowing to a long-run rate by year 10, to justify its valuation at a 6.71% cost of capital. Over the last five years its revenue has trended at -0.3% a year, so the market is asking for 14.7 percentage points above its own delivered rate. On that basis WMB looks priced above what its own growth record supports.

Implied FCF growth
14.4%
Growth trend
-0.3%
Growth gap
+14.7 pts
Verdict
RICH
Discount rate (WACC)
6.71%
Beta
0.65

Behaviour On Record

What WMB's own history says about today's numbers

Realized volatility (21d)
39.8% 84th pct
Below its peak
-16.0%
vs 200-day average
-7.8%
Up days (1y)
50%

The Williams Companies, Inc. is currently running 39.8% annualised volatility over the last 21 sessions. Measured against WMB's own 13 years of daily returns rather than a market-wide average, that is the 84th percentile — elevated for this stock, against a typical reading of 24.4%.

WMB is trading -16.0% below its running peak. Across 13 full years on file, its median worst-drawdown-in-a-year was -25.2%, and the deepest was -64.2% in 2015. The current pullback is therefore shallower than what this stock gives back in a typical year, which is context worth having before treating it as a dislocation.

Price sits -7.8% from its 200-day moving average. Against every other day in its history, that gap ranks at the 19th percentile — a narrower gap than it typically runs. Over the past year WMB closed higher on 50% of sessions, and it is currently 2 sessions into a falling streak.

On November specifically: over 13 years of records, WMB finished the month higher 8 of 13 times, with a median return of +0.9% and an average of +2.0%. Its strongest month historically has been April at +6.5% on average, its weakest December at -4.6%.

Overnight risk is measurable too: WMB has opened more than 2% away from the prior close in 168 of 3,268 sessions (5.1% of the time), with the largest gaps running +9.6% and -10.9%.

Across the last 3 dated reports on file, WMB moved an average of 1.2% in the session after earnings, closing higher 3 of those 3 times, with a median move of +1.4% and a largest of +1.8%.

All figures computed from 3,269 daily closes between 2013-11-06 and 2026-11-05, split-adjusted, recomputed daily. Percentiles are against WMB's own 13-year history, not a peer group or index.

Sector Rotation

Is money rotating into or out of WMB's sector?

The Williams Companies, Inc. sits in the Energy sector, currently ranked 9th of 12 GICS sectors by relative-strength rotation score (lagging).

Sector rank
#9 of 12
Sector state
Lagging
Sector rotation score
9

Options Market

What is the options market pricing for WMB?

CallsPuts

For The Williams Companies, Inc.'s nearest expiry (2026-11-06, 0 days out), open interest is call-heavy, a bullish tilt (put/call ratio of 0.15), with at-the-money implied volatility around 27.9%.

Put/call ratio (2026-11-06)
0.15
ATM implied volatility
27.9%
Total open interest
84,167

Analyst Consensus Estimates

What do analysts expect WMB to earn?

Analysts expect The Williams Companies, Inc. to earn $2.42 per share in the fiscal year ending Dec 2026 and $3.19 in the fiscal year ending Dec 2028, from 7 estimates. These are analyst forecasts, not company guidance, and later years rest on fewer analysts.

Quarter endingEPS estimateEPS rangeEPS analystsRevenue estimateRevenue analysts
Sep 2026$0.54$0.50 to $0.6412$2.93B6
Dec 2026$0.62$0.52 to $0.7811$3.32B6
Mar 2027$0.70$0.59 to $0.806~$3.67B-
Jun 2027$0.58$0.46 to $0.666~$3.04B-
Sep 2027$0.66$0.53 to $0.776~$3.46B-
Fiscal year endingEPS estimateEPS rangeEPS analystsRevenue estimateRevenue analysts
Dec 2026$2.42$2.30 to $2.6514$12.30B9
Dec 2027$2.62$2.25 to $3.5616$14.11B9
Dec 2028$3.19$2.81 to $3.807~$16.73B-

Revenue marked ~ is our calculation from the EPS estimate, not analyst consensus.

Analyst Rating Changes

Are analysts turning bullish or bearish on WMB?

CIBC most recently reiterated its rating on The Williams Companies, Inc. to Outperformer on Oct 22, 2026 with a price target of $82 (from $85). Over the last 90 days, coverage has run 0 upgrades against 0 downgrades, a net mixed lean.

Latest action
CIBC: Outperformer
90-day upgrades
0
90-day downgrades
0
Net rating momentum
0
DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
Oct 22, 2026CIBCMaintainedOutperformer$85 → $82
Oct 14, 2026JefferiesMaintainedBuy$85 → $83
Sep 10, 2026ScotiabankMaintainedSector Outperform$86 → $85
Aug 18, 2026Morgan StanleyMaintainedOverweight$99 → $103
Aug 12, 2026Truist SecuritiesMaintainedBuy$84 → $88
Aug 10, 2026RBC CapitalMaintainedOutperform$83 → $87
Aug 5, 2026Wells FargoMaintainedOverweight$89 → $90
Jul 14, 2026Morgan StanleyMaintainedOverweight$98 → $99
Jul 8, 2026BarclaysMaintainedEqual-Weight$73 → $75
Jul 1, 2026JP MorganMaintainedOverweight$88 → $89
Jul 1, 2026JefferiesMaintainedBuy$87 → $85
May 26, 2026CIBCMaintainedOutperformer$83 → $85

Earnings Release, Scored

What did The Williams Companies, Inc.'s latest earnings release say?

Filed Nov 2, 2026 · SEC Form 8-K, Exhibit 99

Tone72.2/ 100-2.7 vs prior release
Hedging words0.07per 100 words-0.22 vs prior release
Tone, last 3 releasesScale 50–80

Most important lines

  1. 1

    Williams Delivers Strong Third-Quarter 2026 Results

    New this quarter
  2. 2

    Our performance to date, combined with a growing slate of projects set to come online, gives us strong confidence in our ability to achieve our long-term 11% plus Adjusted EBITDA compound annual growth rate through 2030.”

    New this quarter
  3. 3

    Expanded pipeline capacity by 413 MMcf/d across four projects

    New this quarter

Peers & ETF holders

WMB peers & ETF holders

News & sentiment

What is the news saying about WMB?

WMB fell 10.5% over the month to Nov 6. News tone held between 27 and 70 from Oct 6 to Oct 20, then jumped to 100 on Oct 21.

Daily close and news tone, Oct 6 to Nov 6
$65$70$75Oct 6: tone 66Oct 7Oct 8Oct 9Oct 12: tone 70Oct 13: tone 39Oct 14: tone 27Oct 15Oct 16: tone 69Oct 19Oct 20: tone 42Oct 21: tone 100Oct 22: tone 63Oct 23: tone 70Oct 26: tone 49Oct 27: tone 56Oct 28: tone 51Oct 29: tone 59Oct 30: tone 72Nov 2: tone 47Nov 3: tone 66Nov 4: tone 74Nov 5: tone 71Nov 6: tone 50Oct 6News toneNov 6123
  1. Oct 15 -5.0%
  2. Nov 4 -6.4%same day: What Williams Companies (WMB) Said on Its Q3 Earnings Call
  3. Nov 5 -5.3%same day: Williams Companies Inc (WMB) (Q3 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: Record EBITDA, Momentum ...

Technical analysis

How strong is WMB's momentum right now?

On the daily chart WMB ranks at the 70th percentile for momentum against 1,060 stocks and ETFs, a bullish reading.

Momentum rank by timeframe0 = weakest, 100 = strongest
See what drives the rankThe inputs behind each timeframe's momentum rank, plus RSI, stochastics, Bollinger Bands and moving averages. Free with an account.

Institutional ownership

Are big funds buying or selling WMB?

112 of the 215 tracked managers added to WMB in their latest 13F and 99 trimmed. Together they own 69.0% of the company, worth $66.3B. BlackRock and Vanguard Capital Management alone hold 15.0%.

112adding99trimming4unchanged
Largest holders by stake, latest 13FBar = share of WMB
  1. $8.6B positionAdded 3.2% last quarter
  2. $5.9B positionAdded 0.6% last quarter
  3. $5.4B positionTrimmed 1.3% last quarter
  4. $3.3B positionAdded 0.5% last quarter
  5. $3.2B positionAdded 0.6% last quarter
  6. $2.5B positionAdded 43.4% last quarter
  7. $2.4B positionTrimmed 5.7% last quarter
  8. $2.2B positionAdded 1.1% last quarter
  9. $1.8B positionAdded 4.2% last quarter
  10. $1.6B positionTrimmed 3.1% last quarter
Full holdings history

Congressional trading

Is Congress trading WMB?

8 members of Congress disclosed 17 WMB trades between Mar 16, 2017 and Sep 8, 2026: 8 buys and 9 sells, about $15.95M in estimated value.

BuysSells20182020202220242026
BuySell$1K–$15K$15K–$50K$50K–$100K$100K–$250K$250K–$500K$5M–$25M

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How has WMB done against its peers?

Over the six months to Nov 6, WMB returned −13.5%. Of the 15 related stocks and ETFs, 13 did better, led by MPC at +51.7%.

Change since May 6, through Nov 6
−50%0%+50%+100%May 6JunJulAugSepOctNov 6MPC +51.7%WMB −13.5%OIH −17.2%