Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) reported quarterly earnings of $0.50 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $0.51 by 1.96 percent. This is a 8.7 percent increase over earnings of $0.46 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $3.053 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.795 billion by 9.24 percent. This is a 9.78 percent increase over sales of $2.781 billion the same period last year.