Williams Companies Stock Options
| WMB Stock | USD 57.60 0.58 1.00% |
Williams Companies' latest option contracts expiring on May 16th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.45 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.62 over 38 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying more calls than puts on contracts expiring on May 16th 2025. The total put volume is at 60.0, with calls trading at the volume of 294. This yields a 0.2 put-to-call volume ratio.
Open Interest Against May 16th 2025 Option Contracts
2025-05-16
The chart above shows Williams Companies' distribution of open interest by maturity on contracts that have not yet been settled. The area between the two highest points is the projection of the price at expiration. Williams Companies' open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Williams Companies' option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.
Williams Companies Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-05-16 Option Contracts
Max pain usually refers to a trading concept that asserts that market manipulation can cause the market price of particular securities such as Williams Companies close to expiration to expire worthless. So, Max pain occurs when market makers reach a net positive position across all options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, Williams Companies' option sellers may reap the most after selling more options than buying, causing them to expire worthless.
In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Williams Companies
Analyzing Williams Companies' in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Williams Companies regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Williams Companies' options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Williams Companies' options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Williams Companies' stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Williams Companies' stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Williams Companies common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Williams stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Williams Companies' stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Williams Companies' Common Stock Total Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting. The current year's Other Stockholder Equity is expected to grow to about 24.6 B, whereas Common Stock Shares Outstanding is forecasted to decline to about 654.8 M. Williams Companies In The Money Call Balance
When Williams Companies' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Williams Companies stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Williams Companies' options that are 'In the Money' or 'Out of the Money', the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
While 'out-of-the-money' option contracts written on Williams Companies are typically viewed as the more aggressive, there are potential upsides to purchasing these types of options contracts. For one, the cost to buy an 'Out of the Money' option is lower than the cost to buy an 'In the Money' option. This cost-benefit is due to the fact that at the time of the purchase, 'Out of the Money' contracts have no intrinsic value. So, while the potential for a 100% loss is more significant, the cost and risk to enter the trade are lower.
Williams Current Options Market Mood
Williams Companies' open interest and total value indicators provide investors with the necessary information to digest the overall options buildup for its expiring contracts. In addition, it helps Williams Stock's traders understand whether a recent fall or rise in the market is unreasonable and if the time has come to take contrarian positions. These ratios are calculated based on options trading volumes and current open interest.
Put-to-Call Open Interest
Put-to-Call Volume
Unfortunately, most Williams Companies' options investors are not very successful. Williams Companies' option open interest and volume spread between outstanding puts and calls are regarded by many investors as reliable indicators of the overall future market direction.
Rule 16 of the current Williams contract
Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Williams Companies will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0281% per day over the life of the 2025-05-16 option contract. With Williams Companies trading at USD 57.6, that is roughly USD 0.0162. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Williams Companies' daily price movement you should consider buying Williams Companies options at the current volatility level of 0.45%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
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Purchasing Williams Companies options can give investors a meaningful hedge against losses and, therefore, could be used conservatively to decrease the volatility of your portfolio. However, many options could also amount to little more than gambling, significantly enhancing your overall portfolio risk. One simple example of these aggressive strategies is the sale of "uncovered" Williams calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Williams Companies stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.
Williams Companies Option Chain
When Williams Companies' strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Williams Companies stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying options that are ITM or OTM, the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
Williams Companies' option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Williams. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Williams. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Williams Companies against a given expiration period. The table below combines all the option information in the form of a chain but before you use it, remember that it entails significant risk and it is not for everyone. | Open Int | Strike Price | Current Spread | Last Price | |||
Call | WMB250516C00038000 | 60 | 38.0 | 20.1 - 20.5 | 17.45 | In |
Call | WMB250516C00040000 | 48 | 40.0 | 16.0 - 19.2 | 14.45 | In |
Call | WMB250516C00041000 | 46 | 41.0 | 15.2 - 17.7 | 14.27 | In |
Call | WMB250516C00042000 | 10 | 42.0 | 14.0 - 16.6 | 15.35 | In |
Call | WMB250516C00043000 | 22 | 43.0 | 14.0 - 15.8 | 13.2 | In |
Call | WMB250516C00044000 | 12 | 44.0 | 12.7 - 15.6 | 13.34 | In |
Call | WMB250516C00045000 | 152 | 45.0 | 13.2 - 13.7 | 12.65 | In |
Call | WMB250516C00046000 | 3 | 46.0 | 10.5 - 13.7 | 10.7 | In |
Call | WMB250516C00047000 | 52 | 47.0 | 11.2 - 12.2 | 9.72 | In |
Call | WMB250516C00048000 | 26 | 48.0 | 8.9 - 10.9 | 7.6 | In |
Call | WMB250516C00049000 | 984 | 49.0 | 9.7 - 10.0 | 7.0 | In |
Call | WMB250516C00050000 | 247 | 50.0 | 7.4 - 9.2 | 7.9 | In |
Call | WMB250516C00055000 | 2586 | 55.0 | 5.1 - 5.3 | 4.3 | In |
Call | WMB250516C00060000 | 14383 | 60.0 | 2.4 - 2.55 | 2.35 | Out |
Call | WMB250516C00065000 | 2279 | 65.0 | 0.05 - 2.0 | 0.94 | Out |
Call | WMB250516C00070000 | 2470 | 70.0 | 0.25 - 0.45 | 0.36 | Out |
Call | WMB250516C00075000 | 760 | 75.0 | 0.0 - 0.7 | 0.1 | Out |
Call | WMB250516C00080000 | 0 | 80.0 | 0.0 - 0.75 | 0.75 | |
Call | WMB250516C00085000 | 0 | 85.0 | 0.0 - 1.35 | 1.35 | |
Put | WMB250516P00025000 | 1 | 25.0 | 0.0 - 0.25 | 0.25 | Out |
Put | WMB250516P00040000 | 1 | 40.0 | 0.0 - 0.7 | 0.6 | Out |
Put | WMB250516P00041000 | 9 | 41.0 | 0.0 - 0.3 | 0.35 | Out |
Put | WMB250516P00042000 | 92 | 42.0 | 0.0 - 0.3 | 0.19 | Out |
Put | WMB250516P00043000 | 13 | 43.0 | 0.1 - 0.3 | 0.1 | Out |
Put | WMB250516P00044000 | 12 | 44.0 | 0.0 - 0.35 | 0.27 | Out |
Put | WMB250516P00045000 | 78 | 45.0 | 0.2 - 0.35 | 0.34 | Out |
Put | WMB250516P00046000 | 237 | 46.0 | 0.25 - 0.4 | 0.35 | Out |
Put | WMB250516P00047000 | 241 | 47.0 | 0.35 - 0.5 | 0.5 | Out |
Put | WMB250516P00048000 | 209 | 48.0 | 0.4 - 0.55 | 0.6 | Out |
Put | WMB250516P00049000 | 1584 | 49.0 | 0.55 - 0.7 | 0.75 | Out |
Put | WMB250516P00050000 | 9502 | 50.0 | 0.65 - 0.85 | 0.95 | Out |
Put | WMB250516P00055000 | 2092 | 55.0 | 1.85 - 2.1 | 2.35 | Out |
Put | WMB250516P00060000 | 959 | 60.0 | 4.1 - 4.8 | 4.9 | In |
Put | WMB250516P00065000 | 32 | 65.0 | 7.6 - 10.3 | 7.4 | In |
Put | WMB250516P00070000 | 0 | 70.0 | 11.4 - 13.9 | 11.4 | In |
Put | WMB250516P00075000 | 0 | 75.0 | 16.9 - 19.0 | 16.9 | In |
Put | WMB250516P00080000 | 0 | 80.0 | 20.3 - 24.2 | 20.3 | In |
Put | WMB250516P00085000 | 0 | 85.0 | 24.9 - 29.2 | 24.9 | In |
Williams Total Stockholder Equity
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Williams Companies Corporate Directors
| Stephen Chazen | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Charles Cogut | Independent Director | Profile | |
| Vicki Fuller | Independent Director | Profile | |
| William Spence | Independent Director | Profile |
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Is Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Williams Companies. If investors know Williams will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Williams Companies listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth (0.57) | Dividend Share 1.9 | Earnings Share 1.82 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.156 |
The market value of Williams Companies is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Williams that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Williams Companies' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Williams Companies' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Williams Companies' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Williams Companies' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Williams Companies' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Williams Companies is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Williams Companies' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.