F

Williams Companies, Inc. (The) — Earnings Quality Grade F

WMB · Energy

Major red flags

Revenue
$11.9B
2025
Net Income
$2.6B
2025
Gross Margin
62.0%
Free Cash Flow
$899M
01

Screening Summary

15
Passed
1
Watch
2
Failed
-2.68
M-Score
02

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

03

18-Point Screening

01

Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO 64 days, change -1 days YoY

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR growth 11.9% vs revenue growth 13.8%

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 13.8%, CFFO 18.6%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

Inventory 12.5% vs COGS 4.8%. Normal

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B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 86.7% is >2x revenue growth 13.8%

B3SG&A Ratio

SG&A/Gross Profit = 9.7%, excellent (<30%)

B4Gross Margin

Gross margin 62.0%, change +3.3pp. Stable

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 2.25. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.9B, FCF/NI = 0.34

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -5.6%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $0.1B covers only 0% of debt $29.4B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $6.8B = 53% of equity. Over 50%

D2Leverage

Debt/EBITDA = 4.0x. Healthy

D3Soft Asset Growth

Other assets 9.9% vs revenue 13.8%. Normal

D4Asset Impairment

Write-offs normal

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change -6% YoY. Normal

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

M-Score = -2.68 (< -2.22). Unlikely manipulator

04

Beneish M-Score

Manipulation Probability-2.68
-4.0 Clean-2.22 Grey-1.78 Danger0
0.983
DSRI
AR growing faster than revenue?
0.948
GMI
Gross margin declining?
0.942
AQI
Asset quality deteriorating?
1.138
SGI
Revenue growth rate
1.025
DEPI
Depreciation slowing?
0.895
SGAI
SG&A ratio changing?
-0.056
TATA
Accruals level
1.036
LVGI
Leverage increasing?
05

Altman Z-Score

-0.11
Distress Zone
0 Distress1.102.605.0+ Safe
-0.0489
Liquidity
-0.2089
Cumulative profit
0.0865
Operating efficiency
0.2939
Leverage

Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-10

Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (WMB) Earnings Quality Grade F — EarningsGrade