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The Williams Companies, Inc.

NYSE-WMB

Company 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 Transco and Northwest natural gas pipelines; and natural gas gathering and processing, and crude oil production handling and transportation assets in the Gulf Coast region, as well as various petrochemical and feedstock pipelines. 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 comprises 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, and the Mid-Continent region, which includes the Anadarko, Arkoma, and Permian basins; 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; risk and asset management; and NGL marketing services. The company owns and operates 30,000 miles of pipelines, 29 processing facilities, 7 fractionation facilities, and approximately 23 million barrels of NGL storage capacity. The Williams Companies, Inc. was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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    The Williams Companies, Inc.

  • CEO

    Chad J. Zamarin

  • Website

    www.williams.com

  • Sector

    Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels

  • Year Founded

    1908

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Bulls Say

  • The Transco pipeline is irreplaceable and will attract substantial growth capital as natural gas demand grows in its path.

  • Power supply agreements are extremely lucrative and throw off substantial cash for reinvestment or distribution.

  • Although natural gas is volatile, natural gas transmission is cost of service, offering a more stable way to engage with increased demand.

Bears Say

  • Natural gas pipelines are being built at a record pace, risking overcapacity should demand turn over.

  • Williams is focused on natural gas with little diversification. This is currently to its benefit but leaves it vulnerable should growth stall.

  • Substantial gathering and processing operations demand constant capital without meaningfully improving their competitive position.

Source: Morningstar Analysis - Nov 05, 2025

What's happening

Nov 13, 2025 - Dec 13, 2025

Williams Companies Inc Faces Sector Challenges Despite Strategic Moves

  • WMB experienced a decline of 1.1% over the past month, underperforming the S&P 500's return of -0.2%.
  • Insider selling by Vice President Wilson raised investor concerns and contributed to a slight drop in stock price.
  • Positive developments such as strategic acquisitions did not offset negative sentiment affecting WMB’s valuation.

Over the past month, Williams Companies Inc (WMB) saw a decline of 1.1%, which indicates it lagged behind broader market trends and faced challenges within its sector. The energy sector has recently encountered headwinds, leading to bearish sentiment that impacted stock prices across various companies.

On December 3rd, WMB recorded a positive movement of 2.9% amid discussions about weaknesses in peer companies like TRGP; however, this momentum was short-lived. On December 9th, news surfaced regarding Vice President Wilson's filing to sell 2,000 shares of WMB, raising concerns among investors and contributing to a slight decrease of 0.2% on that day.

Earlier in November presented mixed signals for WMB’s prospects amidst social media discussions highlighting both strengths and weaknesses associated with its operations. On November 17th, despite some favorable sentiment due to strategic acquisitions like Woodside Energy enhancing its LNG portfolio and strong earnings per share growth noted by analysts, the stock still fell by 1.7%. This suggests that even positive developments could not counteract negative investor sentiment or external pressures affecting stock valuation.

Pre-market activities on November 21st indicated ongoing interest from traders through sales of January $54 low delta puts at competitive prices between $0.55 and $0.50; this reflects caution regarding future price movements amid uncertain market conditions.

Overall during this period marked by volatility for WMB against broader economic indicators showing weakness in energy stocks generally—Williams Companies Inc outperformed the Energy (XLE) sector by an impressive margin of approximately 48.4%. In comparison with the S&P 500's return over the same one-month period at -0.2%, Williams Companies Inc exhibited an underperformance relative to the index amounting to -0.9%.

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