How The Williams Companies, Inc. stacks up

WMB · against 196 other Energy companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

70/ 100

Above the middle of the pack.

Ranked #63 of 197 · scores higher than 67% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

21 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including WMB · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 70?

Weighted metrics compared with all Energy companies.

Mainly thanks to its operating margin, which is stronger than most Energy peers.

Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 8.4% vs peer median 9.3%
Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 5.1% vs peer median 4.4%
a wider operating margin: stronger than 89% of peers. Operating margin: 38.2% vs peer median 11.7%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = WMB, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	WMB	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 190 reported	8.4%	9.2%	45%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 193 reported	38.2%	13.4%	86%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 194 reported	5.1%	4.4%	56%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 190 reported	21.5%	11.8%	72%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 197 reported	63.6%	41.2%	75%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around WMB

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Texas Pacific Land CorporationTPL · US-listed	22.9B USD	100	72
2	Natural Resource Partners L.P.NRP · US-listed	1.6B USD	99	61
2	Permian Basin Royalty TrustPBT · US-listed	1.3B USD	99	59
2	Sabine Royalty TrustSBR · US-listed	1.0B USD	99	72
5	Black Stone Minerals, L.P.BSM · US-listed	3.2B USD	98	66
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61	ConocoPhillipsCOP · US-listed	173.5B USD	71	65
61	Targa Resources Corp.TRGP · US-listed	64.0B USD	71	37
63	TORM plcTRMD · US-listed	4.1B USD	70	48
63	Woodside Energy Group LtdWDS · US-listed	42.5B USD	70	56
63	The Williams Companies, Inc.WMB · US-listed	88.6B USD	70	40
66	PBF Energy Inc.PBF · US-listed	9.2B USD	69	77
66	Valaris LimitedVAL · US-listed	6.2B USD	69	53
68	Archrock, Inc.AROC · US-listed	5.5B USD	68	51
68	Tenaris S.A.TS · US-listed	29.1B USD	68	58

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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