Is Williams Companies Stock Outperforming the Dow?
Tulsa, Oklahoma-based The Williams Companies, Inc. (WMB) operates as an energy infrastructure company primarily in the United States. With a market cap of $73.3 billion, the company operates through Transmission & Gulf of America, Northeast G&P, West, and Gas & NGL Marketing Services segments.
Companies worth $10 billion or more are typically referred to as "large-cap stocks." WMB fits right into that category, with its market cap exceeding this threshold, reflecting its substantial size and influence in the oil and gas midstream industry. Williams benefits from being one of the largest domestic transporters of natural gas by volume.
The company touched its all-time high of $61.67 on Mar. 25 and has fallen 1.8% from that peak. In the past three months, WMB stock has grown 7.7%, outperforming the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s ($DOWI) 1.6% decline during the same time frame.
The stock’s performance looks even better over the longer term. WMB stock has surged 45.7% over the past 52 weeks and 11.9% on a YTD basis, outperforming Dow’s 9.1% gains over the past year and its marginal dip in 2025.
To confirm its uptrend, WMB has been trading above its 200-day and 50-day moving averages since last year, with some fluctuations.
Williams Companies’ stock prices dropped 2.4% in the trading session after the release of its mixed Q1 results on May 5. While the company’s topline growth remains impressive, growing at 10% year-over-year to $3.1 billion, it fell short of the Street’s expectations by nearly 3%. Meanwhile, its adjusted net income increased by a modest 1.5% year-over-year to $730 million, but its adjusted EPS of $0.60 surpassed the consensus estimates by 9.1%. On a more positive note, Williams’ cash flow from operations surged 16.1% year-over-year to $1.4 billion.
Its peer, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (EPD), has declined marginally in 2025 and has grown 9.6% over the past year, underperforming the stock.
Among the 19 analysts covering the WMB stock, the consensus rating is a “Moderate Buy.” Its mean price target of $62.11 suggests a modest 2.6% upside potential from current price levels.
On the date of publication, Aditya Sarawgi did not have (either directly or indirectly) positions in any of the securities mentioned in this article. All information and data in this article is solely for informational purposes. For more information please view the Barchart Disclosure Policy here.
