Rational Advisors Inc. Has $234,000 Holdings in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB

Rational Advisors Inc. lessened its holdings in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) by 90.3% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 3,141 shares of the pipeline company’s stock after selling 29,400 shares during the quarter. Rational Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Williams Companies were worth $234,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of WMB. Main Street Group LTD bought a new position in Williams Companies in the first quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Allied Private Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in Williams Companies during the 2nd quarter worth $28,000. Bayforest Capital Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Williams Companies during the 2nd quarter valued at $28,000. Frazier Financial Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Williams Companies by 59.4% during the 1st quarter. Frazier Financial Advisors LLC now owns 416 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 155 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Motiv8 Investments LLC acquired a new position in shares of Williams Companies in the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. 86.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 13,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $74.87, for a total value of $973,310.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 268,159 shares in the company, valued at $20,077,064.33. This 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 the SEC website. Insiders have sold a total of 17,000 shares of company stock valued at $1,262,930 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.47% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price target on Williams Companies from $83.00 to $87.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, August 10th. Scotiabank increased their target price on Williams Companies from $85.00 to $86.00 and gave the company a “sector outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on Williams Companies from $88.00 to $89.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 1st. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their target price on Williams Companies from $87.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, July 1st. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on Williams Companies from $78.00 to $83.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. 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 company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $85.60.

Williams Companies Price Performance

Shares of WMB stock opened at $73.75 on Friday. Williams Companies, Inc. has a 12-month low of $56.08 and a 12-month high of $80.07. The firm has a market capitalization of $90.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.38, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 0.58. The company has a quick ratio of 0.43, a current ratio of 0.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $73.46 and a 200-day moving average of $73.33.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 3rd. The pipeline company reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50. The business had revenue of $3.05 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.83 billion. Williams Companies had a net margin of 25.17% and a return on equity of 18.49%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.46 EPS. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.350-2.350 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.45 earnings per share for the current year.

Williams Companies Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 11th will be paid a $0.525 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 11th. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.8%. Williams Companies’s payout ratio is presently 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.