LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI Makes New $595,000 Investment in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB

LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI purchased a new stake in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 7,999 shares of the pipeline company’s stock, valued at approximately $595,000.

Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Gabelli Funds LLC boosted its position in shares of Williams Companies by 7.4% during the 4th quarter. Gabelli Funds LLC now owns 261,000 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $15,689,000 after acquiring an additional 17,900 shares during the last quarter. SIR Capital Management L.P. raised its stake in Williams Companies by 40.0% in the fourth quarter. SIR Capital Management L.P. now owns 525,232 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $31,572,000 after purchasing an additional 150,032 shares in the last quarter. Stephens Inc. AR raised its stake in Williams Companies by 8.9% in the fourth quarter. Stephens Inc. AR now owns 164,900 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $9,912,000 after purchasing an additional 13,438 shares in the last quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC grew its stake in Williams Companies by 56.3% in the 4th quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 57,550 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $3,459,000 after buying an additional 20,740 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mediolanum International Funds Ltd grew its stake in Williams Companies by 688.5% in the 1st quarter. Mediolanum International Funds Ltd now owns 479,126 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $34,722,000 after buying an additional 418,365 shares in the last quarter. 86.44% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have recently weighed in on WMB shares. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $82.00 price objective on shares of Williams Companies in a research report on Tuesday, July 14th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on Williams Companies from $78.00 to $83.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a research report on Wednesday, June 24th. TD Cowen lifted their price target on Williams Companies from $81.00 to $87.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce upped their price objective on Williams Companies from $83.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock an “outperformer” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $83.88.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Williams Companies news, SVP Glen G. Jasek sold 2,500 shares of Williams Companies stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $78.15, for a total value of $195,375.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 54,101 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,227,993.15. The trade was a 4.42% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $70.65, for a total value of $141,300.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 281,159 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $19,863,883.35. This trade represents a 0.71% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 18,500 shares of company stock valued at $1,402,755 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.47% of the company’s stock.

Williams Companies Stock Performance

Williams Companies stock opened at $71.70 on Tuesday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $73.13 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $72.69. The company has a quick ratio of 0.43, a current ratio of 0.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83. Williams Companies, Inc. has a twelve month low of $55.82 and a twelve month high of $80.07. The company has a market capitalization of $87.70 billion, a PE ratio of 28.57, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 0.59.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 3rd. The pipeline company reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50. The firm had revenue of $3.05 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.83 billion. Williams Companies had a return on equity of 18.49% and a net margin of 25.17%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.46 earnings per share. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.350-2.350 EPS. Research analysts expect that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.3 EPS for the current year.

Williams Companies Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 28th. Investors of record on Friday, September 11th will be given a dividend of $0.525 per share. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.9%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 11th. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) 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.