Deeper Dive: Understanding Williams Cos Inc (WMB) Through its Various Ratios

Kevin Freeman

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The price of Williams Cos Inc (NYSE: WMB) closed at $61.15 in the last session, up 1.26% from day before closing price of $60.39. In other words, the price has increased by $1.26 from its previous closing price. On the day, 7.19 million shares were traded. WMB stock price reached its highest trading level at $61.51 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $60.265.

Ratios:

We take a closer look at WMB’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 1066.82 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 43.19. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.36 and its Current Ratio is at 0.42. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.24 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.04.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In the most recent recommendation for this company, TD Cowen on November 06, 2025, Reiterated its Buy rating but revised its target price to $70 from $69 previously.

On October 09, 2025, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $72.

On September 19, 2025, BMO Capital Markets started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $66.BMO Capital Markets initiated its Outperform rating on September 19, 2025, with a $66 target price.

Insider Transactions:

An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jan 02 ’26 when Wilson Terrance Lane bought 2,000 shares for $60.11 per share.

Wilson Terrance Lane sold 2,000 shares of WMB for $123,800 on Dec 09 ’25. The SVP & General Counsel now owns 297,545 shares after completing the transaction at $61.90 per share. On Dec 09 ’25, another insider, Wilson Terrance Lane, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 2,000 shares for $61.90 each.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, WMB now has a Market Capitalization of 74677534720 and an Enterprise Value of 104969535488. As of this moment, Williams’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 31.64, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 26.46. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.17. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 6.46 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.99. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 9.063 whereas that against EBITDA is 16.675.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for WMB is 0.67, which has changed by 0.0877161 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1877265 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, WMB has reached a high of $65.55, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $51.58. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 2.32%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 2.88%.

Shares Statistics:

According to the various share statistics, WMB traded on average about 7.05M shares per day over the past 3-months and 5346200 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 1.22B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 1.22B. Insiders hold about 0.49% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 87.93% stake in the company. Shares short for WMB as of 1765756800 were 15816823 with a Short Ratio of 2.24, compared to 1763078400 on 15386962. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 15816823 and a Short% of Float of 1.45000005.

Dividends & Splits

The forward annual dividend rate for WMB is 2.00, which was 1.975 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.032704093. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.89. . The current Payout Ratio is 104.57% for WMB, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-12-12 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-12-12. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2012-01-03 when the company split stock in a 10000:8152 ratio.

Earnings Estimates

. The current assessment of Williams Cos Inc (WMB) involves the perspectives of 7.0 analysts closely monitoring its market dynamics.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.59, with high estimates of $0.64 and low estimates of $0.55.

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $2.17 and $2.09 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $2.12. EPS for the following year is $2.3, with 12.0 analysts recommending between $2.45 and $2.13.

Revenue Estimates

According to 5 analysts, . The current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $2.98B. It ranges from a high estimate of $3.47B to a low estimate of $2.4B. As of . The current estimate, Williams Cos Inc’s year-ago sales were $2.74BFor the next quarter, 5 analysts are estimating revenue of $3.03B. There is a high estimate of $3.43B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $2.5B.

A total of 9 analysts have provided revenue estimates for WMB’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $12.22B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $9.99B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $11.57B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $10.5BBased on 8 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $12.81B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $14.01B and the low estimate is $11.56B.

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