Twin Tree Management LP Buys Shares of 14,915 Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB

Twin Tree Management LP purchased a new position in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 14,915 shares of the pipeline company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,109,000.

Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Apella Capital LLC raised its stake in shares of Williams Companies by 2.3% in the 2nd 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 in the last quarter. Mirador Capital Partners LP boosted its position in Williams Companies by 0.9% during the second 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 period. Aletheian Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in Williams Companies by 3.8% during the second 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 period. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Williams Companies by 2.4% during the fourth 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 last quarter. Finally, Eagle Bay Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Williams Companies by 5.2% during the second 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 last quarter. Institutional investors own 86.44% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 13,000 shares of Williams Companies stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 14th. The stock was 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 $20,077,064.33. This trade represents a 4.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Insiders 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.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on WMB shares. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of Williams Companies from $73.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 8th. Truist Financial lifted their target price on shares of Williams Companies from $84.00 to $88.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 12th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a report on Wednesday, June 24th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on Williams Companies from $78.00 to $83.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price objective on Williams Companies from $83.00 to $87.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, August 10th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Williams Companies presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $85.60.

Key Williams Companies News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Morgan Stanley raised its price target for Williams Companies to $103, signaling substantial potential upside from recent trading levels and providing a constructive counterpoint to the earnings estimate cuts. Morgan Stanley Increases Williams Companies Price Target to $103
• Neutral Sentiment: The company’s latest reported quarter was solid: Williams earned $0.50 per share, matching consensus, while revenue of $3.05 billion exceeded expectations and increased 9.8% year over year. Its fee-based pipeline operations provide relatively stable cash flows.
• Negative Sentiment: US Capital Advisors lowered its EPS forecasts across several periods, including fourth-quarter 2026 EPS to $0.57 from $0.60, first-quarter 2027 EPS to $0.55 from $0.59, second-quarter 2027 EPS to $0.40 from $0.48, and third-quarter 2027 EPS to $0.50 from $0.55.
• Negative Sentiment: The firm also reduced its full-year 2027 EPS estimate to $2.07 from $2.28 and its 2028 forecast to $2.67 from $2.86. These revisions suggest analysts see weaker near- to medium-term earnings growth than previously expected and are likely the main reason the stock has decreased.

Williams Companies Trading Down 1.4%

Shares of WMB stock opened at $70.71 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $86.49 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 0.58. Williams Companies, Inc. has a 1 year low of $56.08 and a 1 year high of $80.07. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $73.38 and its 200 day simple moving average is $73.13. 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) last issued 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. The firm had revenue of $3.05 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.83 billion. Williams Companies had a net margin of 25.17% and a return on equity of 18.49%. The business’s revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.46 EPS. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.350-2.350 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.45 EPS for the current year.

Williams Companies Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 28th. Investors of record on Friday, September 11th will be paid a $0.525 dividend. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.0%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 11th. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 83.67%.

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.