EagleClaw Capital Managment LLC Purchases 8,250 Shares of Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB

EagleClaw Capital Managment LLC increased its position in shares of Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMBFree Report) by 9.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 99,372 shares of the pipeline company’s stock after buying an additional 8,250 shares during the period. EagleClaw Capital Managment LLC’s holdings in Williams Companies were worth $5,973,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Williams Companies by 3.1% in the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,540,556 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $287,644,000 after purchasing an additional 134,777 shares during the period. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. lifted its stake in Williams Companies by 9.5% in the 3rd quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 184,123 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $11,664,000 after purchasing an additional 16,027 shares during the last quarter. Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH bought a new position in Williams Companies during the fourth quarter worth about $4,627,000. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp increased its position in Williams Companies by 3,344.8% during the third quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp now owns 17,465 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $1,106,000 after buying an additional 16,958 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Nordea Investment Management AB increased its position in Williams Companies by 21.0% during the fourth quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 2,105,570 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $125,839,000 after buying an additional 365,546 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.44% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, COO Larry C. Larsen sold 12,000 shares of Williams Companies stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $76.48, for a total transaction of $917,760.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer owned 98,219 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,511,789.12. This trade represents a 10.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Glen G. Jasek sold 2,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $78.15, for a total transaction of $195,375.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 54,101 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,227,993.15. The trade was a 4.42% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 80,762 shares of company stock worth $6,088,112. Corporate insiders own 0.47% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on WMB shares. UBS Group raised their price objective on Williams Companies from $89.00 to $91.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Wolfe Research raised Williams Companies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded Williams Companies from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $82.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 20th. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price target on Williams Companies from $81.00 to $83.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, April 10th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on shares of Williams Companies from $90.00 to $98.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $82.40.

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Williams Companies Trading Down 1.7%

Shares of WMB stock opened at $73.10 on Friday. Williams Companies, Inc. has a 12-month low of $55.82 and a 12-month high of $80.07. The company has a market capitalization of $89.30 billion, a PE ratio of 32.06, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.28 and a beta of 0.61. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $73.79 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $68.00. The company has a quick ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.99.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMBGet Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Monday, May 4th. The pipeline company reported $0.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.63 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $3.03 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.28 billion. Williams Companies had a return on equity of 18.34% and a net margin of 23.39%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was down .6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.60 earnings per share. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.200-2.380 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.46 earnings per share for the current year.

Williams Companies Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 29th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 12th will be given a dividend of $0.525 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 12th. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.9%. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 92.11%.

About Williams Companies

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Williams Companies, Inc (NYSE: WMB) is a U.S.-based energy infrastructure company focused on the midstream segment of the natural gas value chain. The company develops, owns and operates assets that gather, process, transport and store natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs). Its operations support the movement of gas from production areas to end users including utilities, power generators, industrial customers and export facilities.

Williams’s product and service offering includes interstate and intrastate pipeline transmission, gas-gathering systems, processing facilities that remove impurities and separate NGLs, storage services and fractionation and transportation of NGL products.

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