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Williams Companies Inc.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Strong business, valuation above the sector
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2 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Stable quality
1 signal unavailable
Profitability
4/4
Debt & liquidity
2/3
Efficiency
1/2
Operating margin at 35.1% — +245% above the sector median — marks Williams Companies Inc. as one of the more efficient pipelines in the Energy sector, and ROE of 20.7% runs +68% ahead of the median as well. The F-Score of 7/9 fits that picture: profitability signals are clean across the board. Where the reading gets complicated is price and cash flow. The EV/EBITDA of 17.8× sits +197% above the sector median 6.0×, and FCF yield of -0.1% trails the median 8.0% by -102%, while FCF fell -104.5% year over year. On the forward axis, consensus aligns with the realized three-year EPS CAGR of {{value:eps_cagr_3y}}, and the beat rate over the last eight quarters has been strong — so the market's growth assumptions appear grounded in the actual track record rather than running ahead of it.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COP | ConocoPhillips | 5/9 | 12% |
Priced close to current earnings; analyst sentiment is steady; has mostly beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
When WMB reports on 2026-11-02, track whether revenue growth holds above the sector median and whether FCF yield — currently 102% below the median at 8.00% — shows any recovery. A sustained gap there would pressure the 7/9 F-Score's efficiency signals further.
On SEC EDGAR, open WMB's most recent 10-K and focus on the sections covering debt covenants and capital allocation — the Leverage and Liquidity sub-score of 2/3 flags at least one concern worth understanding in the company's own words. Cross-reference management's commentary on FCF trajectory against the -21.5% YoY decline reported.
Pick two or three companies from the same-sector table in section 06 and line up one metric — operating margin or FCF yield works well given WMB's 3.4× margin advantage and its FCF shortfall. No company in the table is ranked; the goal is to place WMB's scattered signals in a sector-relative context of your own choosing.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: -3%+30%-30%-58%
Over 4 years: 4.363.664.454.17
Over 4 years: +3%-1%-4%+14%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 4 of 8 recent quarters — a mixed record.
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| +8% |
| — |
| CVX | Chevron | 6/9 | 7% | -7% | — |
| DVN | Devon Energy | 6/9 | 18% | +8% | — |
| EOG | EOG Resources | 4/9 | 17% | -4% | 28% |
| FANG | Diamondback Energy | 4/9 | 4% | +36% | 8% |
| HAL | Halliburton | 4/9 | 12% | -3% | 10% |
| KMI | Kinder Morgan | 7/9 | 10% | +12% | 28% |
| MPC | Marathon Petroleum | 7/9 | 23% | -4% | 6% |
| OXY | Occidental Petroleum | 4/9 | 7% | -2% | — |
| PSX | Phillips 66 | 7/9 | 16% | -8% | — |
| SLB | Schlumberger | 4/9 | 14% | -2% | — |
| VLO | Valero Energy | 6/9 | 10% | -6% | 3% |
| WMB | Williams Companies Inc. | 7/9 | 21% | +14% | 35% |
A sample of 13 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.