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WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. WMB
WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. (WMB) earns a Piotroski F-score of 6/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the distress zone. It pays a dividend yielding 2.79% (safety: at-risk). FY2025 revenue was $14.9B at a 17.6% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-12 | Truist Securities | Buy (main) |
| 2026-08-10 | RBC Capital | Outperform (main) |
| 2026-08-05 | Wells Fargo | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-07-14 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-07-08 | Barclays | Equal-Weight (main) |
| 2026-07-01 | JP Morgan | Overweight (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Forward estimates · earnings calendar →
Consensus analyst estimates and scheduled dates — forward-looking, may change.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Transportation & Utilities · percentile among 348 companies
Percentile vs other Transportation & Utilities companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 6/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · distress zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | -0.049 |
| Retained earnings / assets | -0.209 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.072 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.344 |
Sector peers · similar-size Transportation & Utilities companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WMB | WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. | 6/9 | -0.16 | 33.4 | +17.9% |
| TRP | TC ENERGY CORP | 5/9 | 0.56 | — | +10.7% |
| TCPA | TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LTD | 6/9 | 0.28 | — | +7.2% |
| KMI | KINDER MORGAN, INC. | 6/9 | 0.68 | 24.2 | +12.2% |
| TRGP | Targa Resources Corp. | 5/9 | 1.03 | 30.4 | +3.9% |
| NGL | NGL Energy Partners LP | 3/9 | — | — | -9% |
| AROC | Archrock, Inc. | 8/9 | — | 22.8 | +28.7% |
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About WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.
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.
FAQ
Is WMB financially healthy?
WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.'s Piotroski F-score is 6/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the distress zone.
Does WMB pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. pays a dividend yielding about 2.79% with a 93.3% payout ratio, rated “at-risk” for safety.
How profitable is WMB?
In FY2025, WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. had a net margin of 17.6% and a return on equity of 17.5%.
Is WMB overvalued or undervalued?
WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. trades at about 34.4× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 12.0×–124.9×, median 29.6×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for WMB?
The average Wall-Street price target for WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. is $84.70, about 14.9% above the recent price, from 20 analysts (consensus: strong buy).
Is WMB a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.: a Piotroski F-score of 6/9, an Altman Z″ in the distress zone, a P/E of about 33.4×, a dividend yield of 2.79%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.