Williams Companies, Inc. (WMB) Operating Margin (2009 - 2024)
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.
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).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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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