Insider Selling: Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) SVP Sells $195,375.00 in Stock

Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) SVP Glen Jasek sold 2,500 shares of Williams Companies stock in a transaction on Friday, May 15th. The shares were 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 approximately $4,227,993.15. The trade was a 4.42% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

Williams Companies Stock Down 1.8%

WMB opened at $77.94 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $95.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.18, a PEG ratio of 1.32 and a beta of 0.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.99, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a current ratio of 0.83. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $73.49 and its 200-day simple moving average is $67.23. Williams Companies, Inc. has a twelve month low of $55.82 and a twelve month high of $80.07.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 4th. The pipeline company reported $0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $3.03 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.28 billion. Williams Companies had a net margin of 23.39% and a return on equity of 18.34%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down .6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.60 EPS. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.200-2.380 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.43 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Williams Companies Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 12th will be paid a $0.525 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 12th. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.7%. Williams Companies’s payout ratio is 92.11%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Williams Companies

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in WMB. Towne Trust Company N.A grew its holdings in Williams Companies by 60.2% during the 4th quarter. Towne Trust Company N.A now owns 431 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 162 shares during the last quarter. Main Street Group LTD bought a new stake in Williams Companies during the 1st quarter worth about $26,000. Motiv8 Investments LLC bought a new stake in Williams Companies during the 4th quarter worth about $27,000. Clearstead Trust LLC grew its holdings in Williams Companies by 62.2% during the 4th quarter. Clearstead Trust LLC now owns 485 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $29,000 after acquiring an additional 186 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kemnay Advisory Services Inc. bought a new stake in Williams Companies during the 4th quarter worth about $29,000. Institutional investors own 86.44% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Williams Companies

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

• Positive Sentiment: Morgan Stanley raised its price target on Williams Companies (WMB) from $90 to $98 and reiterated an overweight view, signaling stronger confidence in the stock’s upside potential. Morgan Stanley raises Williams Companies price target
• Positive Sentiment: The company expanded its credit facilities to boost liquidity, which can reassure investors about financial flexibility and funding capacity. Williams Co Expands Credit Facilities to Boost Liquidity
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple articles highlighted Williams as a beneficiary of surging natural gas-fired ????? demand, especially from AI-driven power needs, reinforcing the long-term growth story for its pipeline and gas infrastructure assets. Motley Fool article on WMB and natural gas demand
• Neutral Sentiment: Williams’ Q1 earnings call was described as signaling a “growth wave,” adding to the market’s generally constructive tone, though the article did not indicate a fresh catalyst on its own. Williams Companies’ Earnings Call Signals Growth Wave
• Neutral Sentiment: An insider sale by an SVP was disclosed, but the transaction was relatively small versus the executive’s remaining holdings and is not necessarily a major fundamental concern. Williams Companies SVP sells stock

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Truist Financial started coverage on Williams Companies in a report on Tuesday, March 24th. They set a “buy” rating and a $84.00 price target for the company. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on Williams Companies from $80.00 to $89.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, March 13th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a report on Friday, March 27th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on Williams Companies from $78.00 to $83.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Wolfe Research raised Williams Companies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $81.00.

Williams Companies Company 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.