WMBThe Williams Companies
Smart Score
How it is scored →The Smart Score (1–10) describes how this instrument compares with its peers on published, rules-based measures of value, quality, trend, stability and dividend safety. It is not a forecast and not personal advice.
Compared with: Energy companies in USA (n = 49)
Current rating first published: · last recomputed · rating log
Factor scores
Percentiles within the peer group (100 = the best of its peers); dividend safety in points.
Main drivers
- Volatility (1 y)supports the score · percentile 89
- Max drawdown (3 y)supports the score · percentile 99
- 12-month trend (ex last month)weighs on the score · percentile 21
Red flags and notes
- Serious warning:Financial distress Altman Z in the distress zone and negative free cash flow.
- Caution:Dividend cut risk Dividend Safety below 40 points.
- Caution:Payout above earnings Dividends exceed earnings or free cash flow.
- Caution:High leverage Net debt above 4× EBITDA or interest cover below 2×.
Our rules see a meaningful risk that this dividend is cut.
Price chart
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Key metrics
Valuation
- P/E
- 29,0
- P/B
- 6,8
- P/S
- 7,3
- EV/EBIT
- 26,1
- Free-cash-flow yield
- −0,1 %
- Market cap (EUR)
- 79,5 Mrd. €
Profitability and debt
- Return on equity
- 24,0 %
- Return on invested capital
- 8,5 %
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 4,37
Dividends
- Dividend yield
- 2,85 %
- Payout ratio
- 83 %
- 5-year dividend growth (per year)
- 4,9 %
- Years of dividend growth
- 9
Returns and risk
- 1 day
- −2,4 %
- 1 month
- +1,2 %
- 1 year
- +20,3 %
- Volatility, 1 yr
- 24,5 %
- Max drawdown, 1 yr
- −13,1 %
- Beta
- 0,56
Ratios from SEC filings and end-of-day prices; returns are price changes without dividends.
News and filings
- WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.: 8-K — Material agreement
FactSEC EDGAR · Filing · 10 Sept. 2026
- WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.: 8-K — Regulation FD disclosure; other events
FactSEC EDGAR · Filing · 10 Sept. 2026
- WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.: 8-K — Other events
FactSEC EDGAR · Filing · 3 Sept. 2026
- WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.: 8-K — Director or officer change
FactSEC EDGAR · Filing · 21 Aug. 2026
- WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.: 10-Q — Quarterly report for the period ending 2026-06-30
FactSEC EDGAR · Filing · 3 Aug. 2026
- WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.: 8-K — Results of operations
FactSEC EDGAR · Filing · 3 Aug. 2026
- FactA filing (SEC EDGAR) or an exchange notice (Moscow Exchange): the issuer's or the exchange's own statement.
- Media reportA headline from a named media outlet. We link to it and do not check it.
- RumourUnconfirmed: the headline itself hedges (“reportedly”, “sources say”, “in talks”), names no publisher, or comes from a news aggregator or an automated republisher.
Source: Filings: U.S. SEC EDGAR. The tone is scored automatically from the headline and can be wrong.
Score changes in the last 12 months
Every published rating and change, logged when it was published (EU Market Abuse Regulation).
| Date | Event | Balanced | Growth · Income | Warnings | Price at publication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First rating | 1/10 | 1 · 1 | Serious warning:Financial distressCaution:Dividend cut riskCaution:Payout above earningsCaution:High leverage | Available with Invest Pro |
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