Q3 Earnings Forecast for WMB Issued By US Capital Advisors

Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) – Analysts at US Capital Advisors upped their Q3 2026 earnings estimates for Williams Companies in a research report issued on Thursday, August 20th. US Capital Advisors analyst J. Carreker now anticipates that the pipeline company will post earnings of $0.54 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.48. The consensus estimate for Williams Companies’ current full-year earnings is $2.45 per share. US Capital Advisors also issued estimates for Williams Companies’ FY2026 earnings at $2.34 EPS.

WMB has been the topic of several other research reports. Citigroup boosted their price target on Williams Companies from $81.00 to $83.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. UBS Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a report on Tuesday, July 14th. Jefferies Financial Group cut their target price on Williams Companies from $87.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, July 1st. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of Williams Companies from $99.00 to $103.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 18th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $85.60.

Williams Companies Stock Up 0.7%

Shares of Williams Companies stock opened at $71.02 on Monday. Williams Companies has a 1-year low of $56.08 and a 1-year high of $80.07. The company has a market capitalization of $86.87 billion, a PE ratio of 28.29, a P/E/G ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 0.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83, a current ratio of 0.48 and a quick ratio of 0.43. The business has a 50-day moving average of $73.37 and a 200-day moving average of $73.20.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 3rd. The pipeline company reported $0.50 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50. Williams Companies had a net margin of 25.17% and a return on equity of 18.49%. The business had revenue of $3.05 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.83 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.46 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.350-2.350 EPS.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Williams Companies

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Apella Capital LLC boosted its stake in Williams Companies by 2.3% in the second quarter. Apella Capital LLC now owns 5,988 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $450,000 after acquiring an additional 134 shares during the period. Mirador Capital Partners LP lifted its holdings in shares of Williams Companies by 0.9% in the 2nd quarter. Mirador Capital Partners LP now owns 16,153 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $1,201,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares during the last quarter. Aletheian Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Williams Companies by 3.8% in the 2nd quarter. Aletheian Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 3,830 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $285,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares during the last quarter. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in Williams Companies by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC now owns 6,000 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $361,000 after purchasing an additional 141 shares during the period. Finally, Eagle Bay Advisors LLC boosted its position in Williams Companies by 5.2% during the 2nd quarter. Eagle Bay Advisors LLC now owns 2,986 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $222,000 after purchasing an additional 148 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 86.44% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

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

Williams Companies Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 11th will be issued a $0.525 dividend. 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, September 11th. Williams Companies’s payout ratio is currently 83.67%.

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.