Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share from Continuing Operations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings (loss) per common share from continuing operations

Note 7 – Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share from Continuing Operations

	Three Months Ended   September 30,					Nine Months Ended   September 30,
	2015			2014		2015		2014
	(Dollars in millions, except per-share amounts; shares in thousands)
Income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to The Williams Companies, Inc. available to common stockholders for basic and diluted earnings (loss) per common share	$	(40	)	$	1,678	$	144	$	1,917
Basic weighted-average shares	749,824			747,412		749,059		709,809
Effect of dilutive securities:
Nonvested restricted stock units	—			2,424		1,900		2,205
Stock options	—			2,210		1,662		2,087
Convertible debentures	—			18		—		18
Diluted weighted-average shares (1)	749,824			752,064		752,621		714,119
Earnings (loss) per common share from continuing operations:
Basic	$	(.05	)	$	2.24	$	.19	$	2.70
Diluted	$	(.05	)	$	2.22	$	.19	$	2.68

(1) For the three months ended September 30, 2015, 1.7 million weighted-average nonvested restricted stock units and 1.5 million weighted-average stock options have been excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per common share as their inclusion would be antidilutive due to our loss from continuing operations attributable to The Williams Companies, Inc.