All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

WMB: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

WMB real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, WMB returned +7.59% over the past year and +13.02% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 31, 1981, WMB is up +13,337.19% in real purchasing-power return, or +11.56%/yr, and is currently −12.36% below its real total-return high on May 19, 2026.

Data ending Thu Oct. 15, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Thu 1981-12-31💬 to Thu 2026-10-15 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
WMB × 		+13,337.19%
+11.56%/yr 		+12.77%/yr
R2=0.915
Williams Companies Inc NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Thu 1981-12-31💬 to Thu 2026-10-15 Start
Value 		End
Value
WMB × 		$10,000.00
1981-12-31 		$1,343,719.33
2026-10-15

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-15

  YTD YoY
WMB × 		+13.02% +7.59%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
WMB × 		−12.36%
on 2026-10-15
from 2026-05-19 peak 		−98.19%
on 2002-07-25
from 1999-06-08 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-10-15 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
WMB × 		+7.59% +35.60%
+16.45%/yr 		+100.69%
+26.14%/yr 		+138.17%
+18.95%/yr 		+183.00%
+10.96%/yr

Annual Returns

Year WMB
2026 (YTD) +13.02%
2025 +11.92%
2024 +57.80%
2023 +8.24%
2022 +24.76%
2021 +29.26%
2020 −9.43%
2019 +11.63%
2018 −25.30%
2017 −0.09%
2016 +28.52%
2015 −39.58%
2014 +20.44%
2013 +20.96%
2012 +24.30%
2011 +33.22%
2010 +18.30%
2009 +45.84%
2008 −58.86%
2007 +33.28%
2006 +11.60%
2005 +44.08%
2004 +98.85%
2003 +437.84%
2002 −76.38%
2001 −30.00%
2000 +28.16%
1999 −3.08%
1998 +9.84%
1997 +52.94%
1996 +27.51%
1995 +75.76%
1994 +3.49%
1993 +24.59%
1992 +3.94%
1991 +49.99%
1990 −31.68%
1989 +25.93%
1988 +31.05%
1987 +0.96%
1986 −17.88%
1985 +1.12%
1984 +8.56%
1983 +64.22%
1982 −35.97%