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NASDAQ · WMB
The Williams Companies, Inc.
Energy · Oil & Gas Midstream
$72.05
Up+$0.24 (+0.33%)
Updated Sep 20, 2026, 11:20 PM
SID Score
6.3/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 74.38B
- P/E ratio
- 31.4
- Dividend yield
- 3.44%
- 52-week range
- $58.09 – $80.08
- Volume
- 19.57M
- Avg. volume
- 7.3M
Price performance
WMB price history
1M range · 19 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
WMB closed at $72.05 after 19 trading sessions, up 1.52% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $72.05
- Period change
- +1.52%
- Period low
- $70.90
- Period high
- $75.83
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | $71.35 | $73.29 | $71.25 | $72.05 | 19.57M |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $71.15 | $72.20 | $71.01 | $71.81 | 5.92M |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $71.64 | $71.98 | $69.85 | $70.90 | 9.24M |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $72.39 | $72.63 | $71.085 | $71.63 | 7.55M |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $72.51 | $73.33 | $70.89 | $71.95 | 8.85M |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $72.70 | $73.66 | $72.42 | $72.85 | 8.33M |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $74.93 | $75.27 | $72.57 | $72.82 | 6.32M |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $76.55 | $76.86 | $74.445 | $75.15 | 6.62M |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $74.74 | $75.97 | $73.12 | $75.83 | 7.02M |
| Sep 4, 2026 | $73.87 | $74.43 | $73.365 | $74.15 | 7.51M |
| Sep 3, 2026 | $75.23 | $75.52 | $73.995 | $74.05 | 6.43M |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $75.12 | $75.30 | $73.63 | $75.16 | 8.81M |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $75.56 | $76.32 | $74.35 | $75.23 | 7.32M |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $74.19 | $75.50 | $73.67 | $75.05 | 20.16M |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $74.47 | $74.81 | $73.46 | $73.73 | 4.69M |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $74.35 | $74.76 | $72.715 | $74.19 | 7.56M |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $71.16 | $75.53 | $71.11 | $74.41 | 8.29M |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $70.90 | $72.025 | $70.81 | $71.08 | 7.01M |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $70.38 | $71.49 | $69.60 | $70.97 | 5.51M |
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Company profile
Williams operates the Transco pipeline, which connects the Gulf Coast to the Northeast United States. It has additional natural gas transmission pipelines connecting the Rockies to the Pacific Northwest and midcontinent. At the field level, it operates substantial gathering and processing assets in Appalachia and other basins. The company has also struck several power supply agreements.
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- Consensus
- Buy
- Average target
- $72.71
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 15
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 2026 | Scotiabank | Sector Outperform | — |
| Sep 10, 2026 | Stifel | Buy | — |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | — |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Truist Securities | Buy | — |
| Aug 10, 2026 | RBC Capital | Outperform | — |
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Yahoo · Sep 18, 2026
Oil Prices Rise and Fall. These 4 High-Yield Pipeline Stocks Keep Paying
Four pipeline giants kept paying investors through the 2020 energy crash without skipping a beat, and they are doing something structurally different from most high-yield stocks that explains why the income holds when oil prices collapse.
Yahoo · Sep 18, 2026
Natural Gas Dominates U.S. Power Generation: 2 Midstream Stocks to Watch
Natural gas is set to supply 40% of U.S. electricity through 2027, positioning Kinder Morgan and Williams to benefit from rising power and LNG demand.
Benzinga · Sep 18, 2026
Recent Report Shows That Sen. Alan Armstrong Bought Up to $65K Worth of Williams Companies Stock
On September 17, 2026, it was reported that Senator Alan Armstrong executed a purchase of Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) stock, valued between $16,002 and $65,000. The transaction, recorded in the September filing, was
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