10,215 Shares in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB Bought by Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt

Posted by Brian Himes on Aug 30th, 2026

Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt purchased a new position in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB – Free Report) in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm purchased 10,215 shares of the pipeline company’s stock, valued at approximately $759,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of WMB. Main Street Group LTD acquired a new stake in shares of Williams Companies in the 1st quarter valued at about $26,000. Allied Private Wealth LLC acquired a new position in Williams Companies during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Bayforest Capital Ltd acquired a new position in Williams Companies during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $28,000. Frazier Financial Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Williams Companies by 59.4% in the first quarter. Frazier Financial Advisors LLC now owns 416 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 155 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Motiv8 Investments LLC bought a new position in Williams Companies in the fourth quarter worth approximately $27,000. 86.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Williams Companies

In related news, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 13,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $74.87, for a total transaction of $973,310.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 268,159 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $20,077,064.33. This trade represents a 4.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Insiders have sold 17,000 shares of company stock worth $1,262,930 over the last 90 days. 0.47% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Williams Companies Trading Down 0.6%

Shares of Williams Companies stock opened at $73.75 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $90.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.38, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 0.58. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $73.46 and a 200 day simple moving average of $73.33. Williams Companies, Inc. has a 12-month low of $56.08 and a 12-month high of $80.07. The company has a current ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 3rd. The pipeline company reported $0.50 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.50. The business had revenue of $3.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.83 billion. Williams Companies had a return on equity of 18.49% and a net margin of 25.17%.The business’s revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.46 EPS. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.350-2.350 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.45 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Williams Companies Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 11th will be issued a $0.525 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 11th. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.8%. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio is currently 83.67%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently commented on WMB. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price objective on Williams Companies from $87.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 1st. Barclays increased their target price on Williams Companies from $73.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 8th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a research report on Wednesday, June 24th. UBS Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a research note on Tuesday, July 14th. Finally, Scotiabank upped their price objective on shares of Williams Companies from $85.00 to $86.00 and gave the stock a “sector outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 12th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Williams Companies presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $85.60.

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Williams Companies Profile

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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.