Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB – Get Free Report) has been assigned an average rating of “Buy” from the twenty-one analysts that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, fifteen have issued a buy recommendation and four have given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $82.9375.
WMB has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price target on Williams Companies from $87.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. Scotiabank increased their price objective on shares of Williams Companies from $85.00 to $86.00 and gave the company a “sector outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 12th. Truist Financial assumed coverage on shares of Williams Companies in a research note on Tuesday, March 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $84.00 price objective for the company. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Williams Companies from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday. Finally, UBS Group upped their target price on shares of Williams Companies from $89.00 to $91.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th.
Insiders Place Their Bets
Hedge Funds Weigh In On Williams Companies
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Williams Companies by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 133,963,343 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $8,052,537,000 after acquiring an additional 883,245 shares during the period. State Street Corp raised its holdings in shares of Williams Companies by 1.9% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 67,981,106 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $4,086,344,000 after purchasing an additional 1,296,991 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its position in Williams Companies by 15.9% during the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 48,586,299 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $3,077,942,000 after purchasing an additional 6,668,950 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in Williams Companies by 4.8% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 46,053,873 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $2,768,298,000 after purchasing an additional 2,100,164 shares during the period. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted its holdings in Williams Companies by 11.0% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 33,572,067 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $2,018,017,000 after purchasing an additional 3,314,851 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 86.44% of the company’s stock.
Williams Companies Stock Performance
Williams Companies stock opened at $73.09 on Monday. Williams Companies has a twelve month low of $55.82 and a twelve month high of $80.07. The company has a quick ratio of 0.76, a current ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.99. The company has a market capitalization of $89.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.06, a PEG ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 0.57. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $74.10 and its 200 day moving average is $70.23.
Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May 4th. The pipeline company reported $0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.63 by $0.10. Williams Companies had a return on equity of 18.34% and a net margin of 23.39%.The business had revenue of $3.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.28 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.60 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down .6% compared to the same quarter last year. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.200-2.380 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that Williams Companies will post 2.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Williams Companies Announces Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 29th. Investors of record on Friday, June 12th were given a $0.525 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 12th. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.9%. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio is 92.11%.
About Williams Companies
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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