Longbow Finance SA Invests $11.06 Million in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB

Longbow Finance SA bought a new position in shares of Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm bought 174,565 shares of the pipeline company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,059,000. Williams Companies accounts for approximately 1.1% of Longbow Finance SA’s portfolio, making the stock its 27th largest holding.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Private Wealth Management Group LLC grew its stake in shares of Williams Companies by 104.8% during the 2nd quarter. Private Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 469 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 240 shares during the period. Hartford Funds Management Co LLC purchased a new stake in Williams Companies during the second quarter worth $29,000. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp acquired a new stake in Williams Companies during the second quarter valued at $32,000. Legacy Investment Solutions LLC purchased a new position in shares of Williams Companies during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Finally, Salomon & Ludwin LLC acquired a new position in Williams Companies during the third quarter worth about $35,000. 86.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Trending Headlines about Williams Companies

Here are the key news stories impacting Williams Companies this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Multiple broker upgrades and higher price targets — Citi raised its target to $81 with a “buy” rating, Wells Fargo lifted its target to $80 (“overweight”), and RBC moved to $78 (“outperform”), signaling analyst conviction and upside vs. the current price. Analyst Price Target Rises
• Positive Sentiment: Company raised FY2026 guidance and sees higher 2026 profit driven by pipeline and offshore projects; management highlighted projects that should drive earnings growth and cash flow. Williams Sees Higher 2026 Profit
• Positive Sentiment: Q4 / FY25 results were mixed but supportive: adjusted EPS missed by $0.02 while revenue beat estimates and the company reported record results; management’s tone and the revenue beat appear to have calmed investor concerns. Earnings and Revenue Beat Context
• Positive Sentiment: Local/regional coverage highlights demand tailwinds from data-center growth in Tulsa and additional industrial/power demand that underpin midstream volume growth. Tulsa Data-Center Demand
• Neutral Sentiment: Longer-term performance pieces note WMB’s strong multi-year returns, useful for investor context but less likely to move the stock near-term. 10-Year Return Analysis
• Neutral Sentiment: Sector commentary and S&P 500 energy insights provide broader market context for WMB but are informational rather than company-specific catalysts. Energy Sector Insights
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and technical caution: analysts and MarketBeat note the stock is trading near/above consensus targets and technical indicators (RSI) look stretched, which raises the risk that the share price needs time to digest gains; the tiny EPS miss also tempers the beat. Technical / Valuation Caution

Insider Transactions at Williams Companies

In other Williams Companies news, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $66.39, for a total value of $132,780.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 293,545 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $19,488,452.55. This trade represents a 0.68% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Insiders own 0.44% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

WMB has been the subject of several analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price objective on Williams Companies from $71.00 to $76.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Citigroup increased their target price on shares of Williams Companies from $70.00 to $81.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a research report on Monday, December 29th. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price objective on shares of Williams Companies from $72.00 to $70.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on Williams Companies from $75.00 to $78.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Williams Companies currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $71.21.

Williams Companies Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of NYSE:WMB opened at $71.17 on Friday. Williams Companies, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $51.58 and a fifty-two week high of $72.28. The company has a quick ratio of 0.36, a current ratio of 0.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $62.50 and its 200-day simple moving average is $60.70. The company has a market cap of $86.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.26, a PEG ratio of 1.66 and a beta of 0.65.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The pipeline company reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.57 by ($0.02). Williams Companies had a net margin of 21.90% and a return on equity of 17.32%. The firm had revenue of $3.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.10 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.47 EPS. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.200-2.380 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.08 earnings per share for the current year.

Williams Companies Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 30th. Investors of record on Friday, March 13th will be issued a dividend of $0.525 per share. This is a boost from Williams Companies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.50. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio is currently 93.46%.

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.