12,988 Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB Shares Sold by ProShare Advisors LLC

ProShare Advisors LLC cut its holdings in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) by 4.0% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 309,706 shares of the pipeline company’s stock after selling 12,988 shares during the period. ProShare Advisors LLC’s holdings in Williams Companies were worth $21,051,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in WMB. Vise Technologies Inc. grew its holdings in Williams Companies by 107.7% in the 3rd quarter. Vise Technologies Inc. now owns 127,595 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $8,673,000 after buying an additional 66,162 shares during the last quarter. MGO One Seven LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Williams Companies by 0.8% during the third quarter. MGO One Seven LLC now owns 62,476 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $4,246,000 after buying an additional 500 shares during the last quarter. Aprio Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Williams Companies by 2.1% during the third quarter. Aprio Wealth Management LLC now owns 7,459 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $507,000 after buying an additional 154 shares during the last quarter. Modera Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Williams Companies by 17.7% during the third quarter. Modera Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,462 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $235,000 after buying an additional 521 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Glenview Trust Co boosted its position in shares of Williams Companies by 54.2% in the third quarter. Glenview Trust Co now owns 13,680 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $930,000 after acquiring an additional 4,810 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.44% of the company’s stock.

Key Williams Companies News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Williams reported third-quarter revenue of $3.22 billion, up from the prior year and approximately 10% above the $2.99 billion analyst consensus cited in company coverage. Adjusted earnings also increased year over year, with EPS of $0.54 versus $0.49 a year earlier. Williams Companies Q3 Adjusted Earnings, Revenue Rise
• Positive Sentiment: Management characterized the quarter as strong and indicated it is targeting the upper end of its full-year adjusted EBITDA outlook, supporting the investment case for Williams’ fee-based natural-gas infrastructure business. Williams Companies Beats Q3 2026 Revenue by 10%, Eyes Upper EBITDA Range
• Neutral Sentiment: Reported EPS of $0.54 matched the broader analyst consensus and produced a 25.17% net margin and 18.49% return on equity. However, it was slightly below Zacks’ $0.55 estimate, resulting in a modest 1.82% earnings miss despite a 1.19% revenue beat. Williams Companies Lags Q3 Earnings Estimates
• Negative Sentiment: Williams filed a prospectus supplement covering the resale of common shares. Although the filing does not necessarily represent a new share issuance, the potential for additional shares to enter the market can create a supply overhang and pressure the stock. Williams Companies Files Prospectus for Resale of Common Shares

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on WMB shares. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price objective on shares of Williams Companies from $85.00 to $83.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 14th. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $82.00 target price on shares of Williams Companies in a research note on Tuesday, July 14th. Barclays initiated coverage on shares of Williams Companies in a report on Thursday, October 1st. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $82.00 price target for the company. Truist Financial raised their price target on shares of Williams Companies from $84.00 to $88.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 12th. Finally, UBS Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a report on Tuesday, July 14th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Williams Companies currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $86.06.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Williams Companies news, SVP Terrance Wilson sold 2,000 shares of Williams Companies stock in a transaction on Thursday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $67.85, for a total transaction of $135,700.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president owned 262,259 shares in the company, valued at $17,794,273.15. The trade was a 0.76% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Insiders have sold a total of 17,000 shares of company stock worth $1,260,130 in the last 90 days. 0.47% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Williams Companies Price Performance

Shares of WMB stock opened at $71.24 on Tuesday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $72.22 and a two-hundred day moving average of $72.33. 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 12 month low of $56.19 and a 12 month high of $80.07. The company has a market capitalization of $87.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.38, a P/E/G ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 0.64.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November 2nd. The pipeline company reported $0.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.54. The business had revenue of $3.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.99 billion. Williams Companies had a return on equity of 18.49% and a net margin of 25.17%. Williams Companies’s quarterly revenue was up 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.49 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts expect that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.42 EPS for the current year.

Williams Companies Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.5250 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 11th. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.9%. Williams Companies’s payout ratio is currently 83.67%.

Williams Companies Company Profile

The Williams Companies, Inc is an energy infrastructure company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Founded in 1908 as Williams Brothers, the company has evolved from an early pipeline contractor into a major operator of natural gas infrastructure in the United States.

Williams primarily gathers, processes, transports and stores natural gas and natural gas liquids. Its assets include interstate and regional pipelines, gas processing and fractionation facilities, storage operations, and gathering systems that connect producers with utilities, industrial customers, power generators and other energy markets.