Weekly Investment Analysts’ Ratings Updates for Williams Companies (WMB)

A number of firms have modified their ratings and price targets on shares of Williams Companies (NYSE: WMB) recently:

• 10/1/2026 – Williams Companies is now covered by Barclays PLC. They set an “overweight” rating and a $82.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/1/2026 – Williams Companies had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Barclays PLC. They now have a $82.00 price target on the stock.
• 9/22/2026 – Williams Companies is now covered by Capital One Financial Corporation. They set an “overweight” rating and a $92.00 price target on the stock.
• 9/22/2026 – Williams Companies is now covered by Melius Research. They set a “buy” rating and a $84.00 price target on the stock.
• 9/21/2026 – Williams Companies had its “buy (b)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 9/10/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target lowered by Scotiabank from $86.00 to $85.00. They now have a “sector outperform” rating on the stock.
• 9/10/2026 – Williams Companies is now covered by Stifel Nicolaus. They set a “buy” rating and a $85.00 price target on the stock.
• 8/18/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Morgan Stanley from $99.00 to $103.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 8/12/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Truist Financial Corporation from $84.00 to $88.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 8/10/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Royal Bank Of Canada from $83.00 to $87.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.

Williams Companies Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 11th were given a dividend of $0.5250 per share. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, September 11th. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 83.67%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Williams Companies

In related news, SVP Terrance Wilson sold 13,000 shares of the firm’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 of the company’s stock, valued at $20,077,064.33. This trade represents a 4.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 19,000 shares of company stock worth $1,401,430. Company insiders own 0.47% of the company’s stock.

Williams Companies, Inc is an energy infrastructure company focused primarily on the gathering, processing, storage and transportation of natural gas and natural gas liquids. Through its extensive network of pipelines and related facilities, the company connects major U.S. producing regions with utilities, industrial customers, power generators and other energy markets.

Williams’ principal assets include the Transco interstate natural gas pipeline, which serves markets along the U.S. East Coast, as well as gathering and processing operations in regions such as the Appalachian Basin, the Rocky Mountains and the Western United States.