Williams Cos Inc (WMB) is expecting -3.92% growth in the next quarter: What can investors do to maximize their returns?

A new trading day began on Friday, with Williams Cos Inc (NYSE: WMB) stock price down -0.42% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $54.61. WMB’s price has ranged from $35.74 to $61.46 over the past 52 weeks.

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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Energy sector was 6.84%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 9.68%. With a float of $1.21 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $1.22 billion.

Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 5829 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 54.64%, operating margin of 32.23%, and the pretax margin is 28.06%.

Williams Cos Inc (WMB) Insider Activity

As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Oil & Gas Midstream Industry. The insider ownership of Williams Cos Inc is 0.49%, while institutional ownership is 87.07%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 07 ’25, was worth 5,128,308. Before that another transaction happened on Mar 04 ’25, when Company’s VP Chief Accounting Officer sold 8,896 for $57.50, making the entire transaction worth $511,520. This insider now owns 22,339 shares in total.

Williams Cos Inc (WMB) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.47 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 9.68% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 10.86% during the next five years compared to 21.10% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Williams Cos Inc (NYSE: WMB) Trading Performance Indicators

Here are Williams Cos Inc’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.45. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 6.17. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 28.88.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 1.82, a number that is poised to hit 0.56 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.35 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Williams Cos Inc (WMB)

Compared to the last year’s volume of 7.92 million, its volume of 9.15 million showed improvement in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 22.23%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.86.

During the past 100 days, Williams Cos Inc’s (WMB) raw stochastic average was set at 41.78%, which indicates a significant increase from 25.00% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 25.09% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 28.70% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $56.50, while its 200-day Moving Average is $49.61. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $55.38 in the near term. At $56.37, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $57.67. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $53.09, it is likely to go to the next support level at $51.79. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $50.80.

Williams Cos Inc (NYSE: WMB) Key Stats

With a market capitalization of 66.31 billion, the company has a total of 1,219,369K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 10,503 M while annual income is 2,225 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 2,743 M while its latest quarter income was 485,000 K.