Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB Shares Sold by Freemont Management S.A.

Freemont Management S.A. reduced its stake in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) by 88.2% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 14,000 shares of the pipeline company’s stock after selling 105,100 shares during the period. Freemont Management S.A.’s holdings in Williams Companies were worth $887,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in Williams Companies by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 133,075,340 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $8,358,462,000 after buying an additional 1,912,156 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Williams Companies by 27.3% during the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 14,417,821 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $905,583,000 after acquiring an additional 3,089,390 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Williams Companies during the second quarter worth about $765,164,000. BROOKFIELD Corp ON increased its holdings in shares of Williams Companies by 190.3% in the 2nd quarter. BROOKFIELD Corp ON now owns 12,028,186 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $755,490,000 after acquiring an additional 7,884,730 shares during the period. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc lifted its position in Williams Companies by 9.9% in the 2nd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 10,056,234 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $631,632,000 after purchasing an additional 903,457 shares during the last quarter. 86.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Williams Companies

In related news, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $66.39, for a total value of $132,780.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 293,545 shares in the company, valued at $19,488,452.55. The trade was a 0.68% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 0.44% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Key Stories Impacting 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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have commented on the stock. Tudor Pickering upgraded shares of Williams Companies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, December 1st. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on Williams Companies from $71.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday. BMO Capital Markets cut their target price on Williams Companies from $72.00 to $70.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 5th. Citigroup boosted their price target on Williams Companies from $70.00 to $81.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, TD Cowen raised their price target on Williams Companies from $69.00 to $70.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 6th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $71.21.

Williams Companies Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of WMB stock opened at $71.17 on Friday. Williams Companies, Inc. has a 1 year low of $51.58 and a 1 year high of $72.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83, a quick ratio of 0.36 and a current ratio of 0.53. The business’s fifty day moving average is $62.50 and its 200-day moving average is $60.70. The stock has a market cap of $86.92 billion, a PE ratio of 33.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.66 and a beta of 0.65.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last announced its 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 firm had revenue of $3.20 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.10 billion. Williams Companies had a net margin of 21.90% and a return on equity of 17.32%. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.47 EPS. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.200-2.380 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Williams Companies Increases Dividend

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

Williams Companies 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.