What is US Capital Advisors’ Forecast for WMB Q2 Earnings?

Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) – US Capital Advisors lowered their Q2 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Williams Companies in a research note issued on Monday, March 23rd. US Capital Advisors analyst J. Carreker now expects that the pipeline company will post earnings per share of $0.48 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.49. The consensus estimate for Williams Companies’ current full-year earnings is $2.08 per share. US Capital Advisors also issued estimates for Williams Companies’ Q3 2026 earnings at $0.49 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $2.18 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.62 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $0.69 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $2.95 EPS.

Other analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of Williams Companies from $83.00 to $90.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on shares of Williams Companies from $80.00 to $89.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, March 13th. UBS Group raised their price objective on shares of Williams Companies from $78.00 to $89.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 17th. Finally, Tudor Pickering upgraded Williams Companies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, December 1st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned 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 $76.50.

Williams Companies Stock Performance

Shares of WMB opened at $73.56 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83, a current ratio of 0.53 and a quick ratio of 0.48. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $69.86 and a 200-day moving average of $63.72. The company has a market cap of $89.86 billion, a PE ratio of 34.38, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.24 and a beta of 0.63. Williams Companies has a one year low of $51.58 and a one year high of $76.87.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The pipeline company reported $0.55 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.57 by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $3.20 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.10 billion. Williams Companies had a return on equity of 17.32% and a net margin of 21.90%.During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.47 EPS. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.200-2.380 EPS.

Williams Companies Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 30th. Investors of record on Friday, March 13th will be paid a $0.525 dividend. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.9%. This is a positive change from Williams Companies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.50. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. Williams Companies’s payout ratio is 98.13%.

Insider Activity

In other Williams Companies news, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 27,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $72.92, for a total transaction of $1,968,840.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 293,159 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $21,377,154.28. The trade was a 8.43% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, SVP Payvand Fazel sold 2,898 shares of Williams Companies stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $73.15, for a total transaction of $211,988.70. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 31,766 shares in the company, valued at $2,323,682.90. This trade represents a 8.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 51,369 shares of company stock valued at $3,769,012 in the last three months. Company insiders own 0.44% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Williams Companies

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of WMB. J. Derek Lewis & Associates Inc. bought a new position in Williams Companies in the fourth quarter valued at about $385,000. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. grew its holdings in Williams Companies by 15.3% during the 4th quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 1,093,848 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $65,751,000 after acquiring an additional 145,441 shares during the last quarter. Fund Advisors of America Inc FL acquired a new position in Williams Companies in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $1,232,000. World Investment Advisors raised its stake in shares of Williams Companies by 29.0% during the fourth quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 55,577 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $3,341,000 after acquiring an additional 12,508 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Meadowbrook Advisors Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Williams Companies during the fourth quarter worth $302,000. Institutional investors own 86.44% of the company’s stock.

Williams Companies Company Profile

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.