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Williams Companies
Energy · Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation · US
$71.96
Data: 2025-12-31
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

MODERATE MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$88.0B
Total market value of the company
31.60
Premium valuation
27.70
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+9.0%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
0.0%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
19.7%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$81.94
+14% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 23 analysts covering this stock
About Williams Companies

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.

https://www.williams.com

Country: United States Employees: 5,987 Industry: Oil & Gas Midstream
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
50.2% FAIL
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
7.8% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
3.7% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.3% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$52.00
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
-38.4%
Trading above fair value — no margin of safety
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
26.7th
Ranks in the top 73% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
10.0
Valuation Score
44.5
Quality Score
49.0
Combined
32.2

Trading at $72, 38% above fair value of $52. Moderate competitive position. Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 13% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

MARKUP
Price trending up with increasing momentum
1.565
Excellent risk-adjusted returns
0.1177
Suggested allocation is meaningful — the edge justifies a position
3.432
Returns exceed worst-case losses — strong risk profile
Annual Return
42.4%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-12.4%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
BULL
Statistical model sees bullish momentum
Days in State
146
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.63
Less volatile than the market — more defensive
52W High
$78.24
8% below the year high
52W Low
$55.82
29% above the year low
Avg Volume
6,324,145
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
3.1
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
1.7%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
292.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$2.28
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

2.00
Heavy leverage — higher financial risk if revenues decline
0.83
Below 1 means short-term obligations exceed liquid assets — risk flag
Quick Ratio
0.62
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
63.5%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
33.6%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$-190,250,000
Negative — the business is spending more than it generates
Revenue (TTM)
$12.1B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$2.8B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
23
Target High
$91.00
Target Median
$81.94
Target Low
$65.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-05-19 BERGSTROM STEPHEN W Director 16,400
2026-05-15 JASEK GLEN G Officer 2,500 $195,383
2026-05-15 JASEK GLEN G Officer 2,500 $71,939
2026-05-14 LARSEN LARRY C Chief Operating Officer 12,000 $917,820
2026-05-06 PORTER JOHN DEAN Chief Financial Officer 50,000 $3,768,280
2026-05-01 WILSON TERRANCE LANE General Counsel 2,000 $152,700
2026-04-28 TYSON JESSE J. Director 3,415 $249,432
2026-04-28 LOCKHART CARRI A Director 3,250 $237,380
2026-04-28 SPENCE WILLIAM H Director 5,086 $371,481
2026-04-28 RAGAUSS PETER A Director 4,873 $355,924
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2025-12-31

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