Williams Companies WMB
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As of: Sep 30, 2026 · 10:25 AM EDT

Williams Companies, Inc. (WMB) Operating Margin (2009 - 2024)

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Williams Companies (WMB) posted Operating Margin of 31.59% for Q3 2024, down 7.26 percentage points from 38.84% a year earlier but up 1.79 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Williams Companies, Inc. (WMB) Operating Margin (2009 - 2024) Analysis & Trends

For the trailing twelve months through Sep 30, 2024, Operating Margin at Williams Companies was 34.46%, down 4.41 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2023, it came in at 39.53%, up 12.00 percentage points from FY2022.

  • Annual Operating Margin shows a five-year change of +30.68 percentage points (FY2018 to FY2023).
  • In prior years, Williams Companies' Operating Margin was 27.52% in FY2022 (+2.77 pp), 24.76% in FY2021 (-3.77 pp), 28.53% in FY2020 (+5.10 pp) and 23.42% in FY2019 (+14.58 pp).
  • Quarterly Operating Margin has run from a low of 11.11% in Q4 2019 to a high of 44.14% in Q1 2023 over five years.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Operating Margin has declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +4.52 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin in the past five years was Q4 2019, with a gain of 39.87 percentage points; the weakest was Q3 2021, with a drop of 18.82 percentage points.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin for the three prior quarters was 29.79% (Q2 2024), 36.52% (Q1 2024) and 39.04% (Q4 2023).
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DateValue
Sep 30, 2024 31.59%
Jun 30, 2024 29.79%
Mar 31, 2024 36.52%
Dec 31, 2023 39.04%
Sep 30, 2023 38.84%
Jun 30, 2023 35.04%
Mar 31, 2023 44.14%
Dec 31, 2022 36.59%
Sep 30, 2022 27.14%
Jun 30, 2022 18.96%
Mar 31, 2022 25.91%
Dec 31, 2021 28.77%
Sep 30, 2021 14.34%
Jun 30, 2021 26.28%
Mar 31, 2021 28.29%
Dec 31, 2020 24.76%
Sep 30, 2020 33.16%
Jun 30, 2020 34.36%
Mar 31, 2020 22.53%
Dec 31, 2019 11.11%
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