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The Williams Companies, Inc.

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The Williams Companies, Inc.

WMB·NYSE·Energy & Transportation·CIK 0000107263

The Williams Companies, Inc. (Williams) is an energy company that provides infrastructure for natural gas products. Williams operates in 11 supply areas, offering natural gas gathering and processing (G&P), transmission and storage services, NGL fractionation, transportation, and storage services, and marketing services to approximately 800 customers. The company owns and operates over 32,000 miles of pipelines across 24 states and in the Gulf of America. Its infrastructure includes 35 natural gas processing facilities, 9 NGL fractionation facilities, approximately 23 million barrels of NGL storage capacity, and 423 Bcf of natural gas storage capacity. Williams delivers natural gas for power generation, heating, and industrial use. Williams was founded in 1908 and reincorporated in Delaware in 1987. Its common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "WMB." All of its operations are located in the United States, with headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and major offices in Houston, Texas; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Salt Lake City, Utah. Williams wholly owns Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco), which operates an approximately 9,600-mile natural gas pipeline system. This system extends from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Gulf of America through Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey to the New York City metropolitan area. Transco serves customers in Texas and 12 southeast and Atlantic seaboard states, including major metropolitan areas in Georgia, Washington D.C., Maryland, North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Transco's primary business is the interstate transportation of natural gas. Williams also wholly owns Northwest Pipeline LLC (NWP).

The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE:WMB) is a publicly traded company in the Energy & Transportation sector. Wiseek has independently scored 25 items for WMB at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-11-02, rated 7/10. Across its 20 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 14 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for WMB spans 10-Q, 8-K, DEFA14A, 10-K.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Williams 10-Q Backs Q3 Beat: $2.39B Nine-Month Net Income, $5.1B Momentum Deal Closed
  • Williams Posts 6% Adjusted EBITDA Growth, Reaffirms Upper-Half Guidance
  • DoE Taps Defense Production Act to Fund $42M for Shelved Constitution Pipeline
  • Court Overturns Key Permit for Williams' $1B NESE Pipeline
  • Williams Beats Revenue, Raises Guidance, and Unveils $5.5B Midstream Buy

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
$11.95B
Net Income
$2.62B
Diluted EPS
$2.14
Op. Cash Flow
$5.9B
Free Cash Flow
$1B
Operating Income
$4.2B
Cash & Equivalents
$63M
Total Debt
$700M
Debt / Equity
0.05×
Net Margin
21.9%
Shares Outstanding
1.22B sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2026-02-24 · accession 0000107263-26-000006

Short Interest & Short Volume

3.35 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 26,612,858 shares in WMB as of the October 15, 2026 settlement, a 2.1% decrease from the prior period — about 3.4 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On November 4, 2026, 29.6% of WMB volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)26,612,858 shares as of October 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▼ 2.1%
Days to cover3.35 at avg daily volume of 7,942,357
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)29.6% of 8,800,904 shares on November 4, 2026
5-day average short volume35.3%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

Dilution Risk

Low risk

Filing-implied dilution signals for WMB, detected from its recent SEC filings.

1 shelf registration

Universal Shelf Registration Filed · No Securities Sold

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$66.96 -1.33% today
52-week range · as of 2026-11-02 $56.19 – $80.08
Market cap
$84.84B
Volume
20.6M (2.5× avg)
3-mo avg 8.3M
Live data · 2026-11-05 10:38 UTC · Pre-market

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WMB
Nov 02, 2026, 4:07 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $71.19
Real-time Price: $66.96 info
Change: -$4.23 (-6%) info
Market Cap: $84.839B info
WMB
Nov 02, 2026, 4:05 PM EST
Source: BusinessWire
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $71.19
Real-time Price: $66.96 info
Change: -$4.23 (-6%) info
Market Cap: $84.839B info
WMB
Oct 19, 2026, 10:59 AM EDT
Source: Seeking Alpha
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $70.87
Real-time Price: $66.96 info
Change: -$3.91 (-6%) info
Market Cap: $84.839B info
WMB
Sep 09, 2026, 6:16 PM EDT
Source: Seeking Alpha
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $75.36
Real-time Price: $66.96 info
Change: -$8.40 (-11%) info
Market Cap: $84.839B info
WMB
Aug 03, 2026, 4:53 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $71.50
Real-time Price: $66.96 info
Change: -$4.54 (-6%) info
Market Cap: $84.839B info
WMB
Aug 03, 2026, 4:29 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
9
Price at Filing: $71.75
Real-time Price: $66.96 info
Change: -$4.79 (-7%) info
Market Cap: $84.839B info
WMB
Aug 03, 2026, 4:21 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $71.50
Real-time Price: $66.96 info
Change: -$4.54 (-6%) info
Market Cap: $84.839B info
WMB
Aug 03, 2026, 4:18 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $71.50
Real-time Price: $66.96 info
Change: -$4.54 (-6%) info
Market Cap: $84.839B info
WMB
Jul 13, 2026, 9:20 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $74.19
Real-time Price: $66.96 info
Change: -$7.23 (-10%) info
Market Cap: $84.839B info
WMB
Jul 13, 2026, 9:15 AM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $76.03
Real-time Price: $66.96 info
Change: -$9.07 (-12%) info
Market Cap: $84.839B info
WMB
Jul 01, 2026, 4:38 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $72.82
Real-time Price: $66.96 info
Change: -$5.86 (-8%) info
Market Cap: $84.839B info
WMB
Jun 22, 2026, 3:19 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $75.59
Real-time Price: $66.96 info
Change: -$8.63 (-11%) info
Market Cap: $84.839B info
WMB
May 21, 2026, 3:14 AM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $78.10
Real-time Price: $66.96 info
Change: -$11.14 (-14%) info
Market Cap: $84.839B info
WMB
May 20, 2026, 4:33 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $78.01
Real-time Price: $66.96 info
Change: -$11.05 (-14%) info
Market Cap: $84.839B info
WMB
May 04, 2026, 4:28 PM EDT
Source: Reuters
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $76.69
Real-time Price: $66.96 info
Change: -$9.73 (-13%) info
Market Cap: $84.839B info
WMB
May 04, 2026, 4:21 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $76.75
Real-time Price: $66.96 info
Change: -$9.79 (-13%) info
Market Cap: $84.839B info
WMB
May 04, 2026, 9:15 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $75.70
Real-time Price: $66.96 info
Change: -$8.74 (-12%) info
Market Cap: $84.839B info
WMB
Mar 26, 2026, 4:20 PM EDT
Filing Type: DEFA14A
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $74.06
Real-time Price: $66.96 info
Change: -$7.10 (-10%) info
Market Cap: $84.839B info
WMB
Mar 18, 2026, 8:35 AM EDT
Filing Type: DEFA14A
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $73.69
Real-time Price: $66.96 info
Change: -$6.73 (-9%) info
Market Cap: $84.839B info
WMB
Feb 24, 2026, 2:11 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-K
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $72.80
Real-time Price: $66.96 info
Change: -$5.84 (-8%) info
Market Cap: $84.839B info
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