Heritage Family Offices LLP Acquires Shares of 15,190 Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB

Heritage Family Offices LLP bought a new position in shares of Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 15,190 shares of the pipeline company’s stock, valued at approximately $913,000.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Wellington Management Group LLP raised its stake in Williams Companies by 15.9% in the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 48,586,299 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $3,077,942,000 after purchasing an additional 6,668,950 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in Williams Companies by 1.1% during the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 14,575,898 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $923,383,000 after buying an additional 158,077 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Williams Companies during the second quarter worth about $765,164,000. BROOKFIELD Corp ON increased its holdings in Williams Companies by 190.3% in the 2nd quarter. BROOKFIELD Corp ON now owns 12,028,186 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $755,490,000 after buying an additional 7,884,730 shares during the period. Finally, Amundi raised its position in shares of Williams Companies by 5.3% in the 3rd quarter. Amundi now owns 9,600,016 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $610,369,000 after buying an additional 481,082 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 86.44% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on WMB. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price target on shares of Williams Companies from $78.00 to $81.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 17th. Tudor Pickering raised Williams Companies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, December 1st. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on Williams Companies from $69.00 to $78.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on Williams Companies from $80.00 to $89.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, March 13th. Finally, Truist Financial assumed coverage on Williams Companies in a research report on Tuesday. They set a “buy” rating and a $84.00 price objective for the company. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Williams Companies presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $77.00.

Williams Companies Stock Performance

Shares of Williams Companies stock opened at $74.39 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $90.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.76, a P/E/G ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 0.63. Williams Companies, Inc. has a twelve month low of $51.58 and a twelve month high of $76.87. The company’s fifty day moving average is $70.13 and its 200 day moving average is $63.84. The company has a quick ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 0.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The pipeline company reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.57 by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $3.20 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.10 billion. Williams Companies had a return on equity of 17.32% and a net margin of 21.90%.During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.47 earnings per share. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.200-2.380 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.08 EPS for the current year.

Williams Companies Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be given a dividend of $0.525 per share. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.8%. This is a positive change from Williams Companies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.50. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio is 98.13%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, SVP Todd J. Rinke sold 7,364 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $74.39, for a total value of $547,807.96. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 26,055 shares in the company, valued at $1,938,231.45. This represents a 22.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CAO Mary A. Hausman sold 10,107 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $74.91, for a total value of $757,115.37. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 17,230 shares in the company, valued at $1,290,699.30. The trade was a 36.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 51,369 shares of company stock valued at $3,769,012 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.44% of the company’s stock.

Williams Companies News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Truist upgraded/initiated coverage on WMB with bullish recommendations and an $84 price target (~12.9% upside from the quoted level), providing near‑term catalyst and institutional endorsement. Benzinga Coverage Zacks Note
• Positive Sentiment: CEO Chad Zamarin highlighted demand for power to serve data centers on CNBC, reinforcing Williams’ exposure to secular data‑center growth and supporting medium‑term revenue diversification. CEO Interview
• Neutral Sentiment: Alan Armstrong, an energy executive, was appointed U.S. Senator for Oklahoma — a politically relevant development for the energy sector but with unclear direct impact on Williams’ fundamentals. Yahoo Article
• Negative Sentiment: US Capital Advisors issued a series of downward revisions to near‑term quarterly and FY2026/2027 EPS forecasts (examples: Q1 2026 to $0.59 from $0.61; FY2026 to $2.18 from $2.22; FY2027 to $2.37 from $2.49), which may pressure sentiment around near‑term earnings visibility even as they project stronger FY2028 EPS. These cuts are likely the main near‑term headwind cited by investors focused on guidance and consensus beats/misses. MarketBeat Summary

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.