Visionary Wealth Advisors Makes New Investment in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB

Visionary Wealth Advisors purchased a new position in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 11,403 shares of the pipeline company’s stock, valued at approximately $848,000.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Whalen Wealth Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Williams Companies during the second quarter worth about $733,000. Dearborn Partners LLC bought a new position in Williams Companies in the second quarter worth about $1,173,000. D.B. Root & Company LLC acquired a new position in Williams Companies in the second quarter valued at approximately $1,335,000. Asset One Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Williams Companies in the second quarter valued at approximately $264,000. Finally, Infrastructure Capital Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Williams Companies during the second quarter valued at approximately $15,277,000. Institutional investors own 86.44% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Williams Companies

In other news, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 13,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $74.87, for a total transaction of $973,310.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 268,159 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,077,064.33. This trade 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 accessible through the SEC website. Insiders sold 17,000 shares of company stock worth $1,262,930 over the last quarter. 0.47% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

WMB has been the topic of a number of research reports. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a research report on Tuesday, July 14th. TD Cowen boosted their price objective on Williams Companies from $81.00 to $87.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on Williams Companies from $99.00 to $103.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 18th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on Williams Companies from $83.00 to $87.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, August 10th. Finally, Barclays raised their target price on Williams Companies from $73.00 to $75.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 8th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $85.60.

Williams Companies Stock Performance

WMB opened at $71.02 on Tuesday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $73.37 and its 200-day moving average is $73.20. The stock has a market cap of $86.87 billion, a PE ratio of 28.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 0.59. 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, Inc. has a twelve month low of $56.08 and a twelve month high of $80.07.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 3rd. The pipeline company reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.50. Williams Companies had a return on equity of 18.49% and a net margin of 25.17%.The business had revenue of $3.05 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.83 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.46 earnings per share. 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. On average, analysts predict that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.45 earnings per share for the current year.

Williams Companies Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 11th will be given a dividend of $0.525 per share. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.0%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 11th. Williams Companies’s payout ratio is 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.