All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
WMB real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, WMB returned +27.02% over the past year and +22.05% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 31, 1981, WMB is up +14,404.74% in real purchasing-power return, or +11.83%/yr, and is currently −5.36% below its real total-return high on May 19, 2026.
Data ending Tue Jul. 7, 2026
| Thu 1981-12-31💬 to Tue 2026-07-07 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WMB × |
+22.05%
2026-07-07 |
+27.02%
2026-07-07 |
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| Thu 1981-12-31💬 to Tue 2026-07-07 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WMB × |
+14,404.74%
+11.83%/yr |
+12.77%/yr
(R2=0.914) |
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| Thu 1981-12-31💬 to Tue 2026-07-07 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WMB × |
$10,000.00
1981-12-31 |
$1,450,474.29
2026-07-07 |
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| Year | WMB |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +22.05% |
| 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 | +437.79% |
| 2002 | −76.38% |
| 2001 | −30.00% |
| 2000 | +28.16% |
| 1999 | −3.09% |
| 1998 | +9.84% |
| 1997 | +52.94% |
| 1996 | +27.53% |
| 1995 | +75.74% |
| 1994 | +3.49% |
| 1993 | +24.61% |
| 1992 | +3.92% |
| 1991 | +50.00% |
| 1990 | −31.68% |
| 1989 | +25.91% |
| 1988 | +31.08% |
| 1987 | +0.99% |
| 1986 | −17.91% |
| 1985 | +1.14% |
| 1984 | +8.53% |
| 1983 | +64.23% |
| 1982 | −35.99% |
| Thu 1981-12-31💬 to Tue 2026-07-07 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WMB × |
−5.36%
from 2026-05-19 peak |
−98.19%
2002-07-25 from 1999-06-08 peak |
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| Period ending Tue 2026-07-07 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WMB × | +27.02% |
+76.63% +32.90%/yr |
+134.19% +32.80%/yr |
+190.42% +23.77%/yr |
+339.32% +15.95%/yr |
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