Williams Companies WMB
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As of: Oct 1, 2026 · 3:59 PM EDT

Williams Companies, Inc. (WMB) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2024)

Updated

Williams Companies (WMB) posted Return on Equity [ROE] of 20.24% for Q3 2024, up 0.40 percentage points from 19.84% a year earlier and up 0.43 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Williams Companies, Inc. (WMB) Return on Equity [ROE] (2009 - 2024) Analysis & Trends

For FY2023, Williams Companies' Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 22.83%, up 7.79 percentage points from FY2022.

  • Annual Return on Equity [ROE] has increased for three consecutive years, with a five-year change of +21.63 percentage points (FY2018 to FY2023).
  • In prior years, Williams Companies' Return on Equity [ROE] was 15.04% in FY2022 (+4.15 pp), 10.89% in FY2021 (+9.61 pp), 1.28% in FY2020 (-3.13 pp) and 4.41% in FY2019 (+3.21 pp).
  • Quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] has run from a low of -0.52% in Q2 2020 to a high of 22.60% in Q4 2023 over five years.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Return on Equity [ROE] has increased in each of the last 15 quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +4.32 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Return on Equity [ROE] in the past five years was Q4 2021, with a gain of 9.81 percentage points; the weakest was Q4 2020, with a drop of 2.95 percentage points.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Equity [ROE] for the three prior quarters was 19.81% (Q2 2024), 20.17% (Q1 2024) and 22.60% (Q4 2023).
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Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2024 20.24%
Jun 30, 2024 19.81%
Mar 31, 2024 20.17%
Dec 31, 2023 22.60%
Sep 30, 2023 19.84%
Jun 30, 2023 19.41%
Mar 31, 2023 18.91%
Dec 31, 2022 15.15%
Sep 30, 2022 14.79%
Jun 30, 2022 11.54%
Mar 31, 2022 10.82%
Dec 31, 2021 11.15%
Sep 30, 2021 7.52%
Jun 30, 2021 8.42%
Mar 31, 2021 8.28%
Dec 31, 2020 1.34%
Sep 30, 2020 0.01%
Jun 30, 2020 -0.52%
Mar 31, 2020 -0.44%
Dec 31, 2019 4.30%
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