Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) SVP Terrance Lane Wilson Sells 13,000 Shares of Stock

Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 13,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $74.87, for a total transaction of $973,310.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 268,159 shares in the company, valued at $20,077,064.33. This trade represents a 4.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website.

Terrance Lane Wilson also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, August 3rd, Terrance Lane Wilson sold 2,000 shares of Williams Companies stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $70.65, for a total transaction of $141,300.00.
• On Wednesday, July 1st, Terrance Lane Wilson sold 2,000 shares of Williams Companies stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $74.16, for a total value of $148,320.00.

Williams Companies Price Performance

NYSE:WMB opened at $73.55 on Tuesday. Williams Companies, Inc. has a 52-week low of $55.82 and a 52-week high of $80.07. The company has a market cap of $89.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.30, a P/E/G ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 0.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a current ratio of 0.48. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $73.31 and its 200 day simple moving average is $73.01.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 3rd. The pipeline company reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.50. The firm had revenue of $3.05 billion during 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 business’s quarterly revenue was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.46 earnings per share. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.350-2.350 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.43 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Williams Companies Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 11th will be issued a $0.525 dividend. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 11th. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio is presently 83.67%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on WMB shares. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their target price on shares of Williams Companies from $83.00 to $87.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, August 10th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on shares of Williams Companies from $78.00 to $83.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $82.00 price objective on shares of Williams Companies in a research report on Tuesday, July 14th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Williams Companies from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 8th. Finally, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce upped their target price on shares of Williams Companies from $83.00 to $85.00 and gave the company an “outperformer” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Three investment 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 stock has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $85.33.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in WMB. Main Street Group LTD acquired a new stake in Williams Companies during the 1st quarter valued at $26,000. Motiv8 Investments LLC acquired a new position in shares of Williams Companies in the fourth quarter valued at $27,000. Allied Private Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Williams Companies in the second quarter valued at about $28,000. Bayforest Capital Ltd bought a new position in shares of Williams Companies in the second quarter valued at about $28,000. Finally, Clearstead Trust LLC lifted its stake in shares of 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 buying an additional 186 shares during the last quarter. 86.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.