WMBWilliams Companies

$71.69+17% 1Y
Latest close: back above its 200-day averageOct 23, 2026what changed →

What is the market doing?

Mixed

No clear lean: rangebound and insiders net selling (often routine).

3 neutral
TrendRangeboundderived · Oct 23, 2026

Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Price is +0% vs its 200-day average.

Insider conviction−$1.4M (90 days to Oct 22, 2026)SEC EDGAR · Oct 22, 2026

Insiders were net sellers over the 90 days ending Oct 22, 2026; selling is often routine (taxes, diversification).

Short interest2.2% of sharesFINRA · Sep 30, 2026

Lightly shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover. Up 13% since the previous count, up from 2.0% of shares outstanding three months ago.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

1-year returnmiddle of the market
vs 200-day avgmiddle of the market

Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.

How WMB is trading

Williams Companies is +17% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 1.3 points ahead of the market.

+17%

1-year return · S&P 500 +16%

vs 200-day average
+0.32%

vs 200-day average · close to trend

RSI (14)
52

RSI (14) · neutral

Below its 52-week high
9.0%

Below its 52-week high

Oct 15, 2024$37.51 – $78.82 · dashed line: 200-day averageOct 23, 2026
Details›
Last close2026-10-23
$71.69
1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
+1.5%
1 yearS&P 500 +16%
+17%
5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
+210%
vs 50-day average$72.15
−0.65%
52-week high
$78.82
52-week low
$55.24
Annualised volatility
26%
Insider selling, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-22
$6.6M
Calendar-year price return
YearReturn
2026 (year to date)+21%
2025+15%
2024+62%
2023+12%
2022+33%
2021+38%
2020−8.2%
2019+14%
2018−24%
2017+2.0%
Average return by calendar month, 2016–2026
MonthYearsPositiveAverage
Jan106 of 10+3.8%
Feb105 of 10+0.31%
Mar107 of 10+0.75%
Apr107 of 10+5.1%
May106 of 10+1.2%
Jun108 of 10+2.8%
Jul117 of 11+1.3%
Aug115 of 11+2.1%
Sep116 of 11−0.14%
Oct115 of 11+0.55%
Nov109 of 10+4.8%
Dec103 of 10−1.7%

End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.

Where the price stands

Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.

What it has returned

With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.