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 +30.91% over the past year and +23.03% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 31, 1981, WMB is up +14,521.93% in real purchasing-power return, or +11.82%/yr, and is currently −4.60% below its real total-return high on May 19, 2026.

Data ending Fri Aug. 14, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Thu 1981-12-31💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
WMB × 		+14,521.93%
+11.82%/yr 		+12.77%/yr
R2=0.914
Williams Companies Inc NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Thu 1981-12-31💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Start
Value 		End
Value
WMB × 		$10,000.00
1981-12-31 		$1,462,193.02
2026-08-14

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-14

  YTD YoY
WMB × 		+23.03% +30.91%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
WMB × 		−4.60%
on 2026-08-14
from 2026-05-19 peak 		−98.19%
on 2002-07-25
from 1999-06-08 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-08-14 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
WMB × 		+30.91% +74.55%
+32.12%/yr 		+121.34%
+30.32%/yr 		+211.28%
+25.50%/yr 		+243.55%
+13.14%/yr

Annual Returns

Year WMB
2026 (YTD) +23.03%
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%