Swiss National Bank Has $222.97 Million Position in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB

Swiss National Bank cut its holdings in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) by 4.7% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 3,519,700 shares of the pipeline company’s stock after selling 175,500 shares during the period. Swiss National Bank owned 0.29% of Williams Companies worth $222,973,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Russell Investments Group Ltd. increased its position in Williams Companies by 14.2% in the 3rd quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 1,338,690 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $84,848,000 after buying an additional 166,782 shares during the period. Schroder Investment Management Group boosted its position in shares of Williams Companies by 5.4% in the third quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 1,007,441 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $64,446,000 after acquiring an additional 51,485 shares during the period. Mosaic Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Williams Companies in the third quarter worth $2,217,000. PFG Advisors grew its stake in shares of Williams Companies by 12.1% in the third quarter. PFG Advisors now owns 4,881 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $309,000 after acquiring an additional 527 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC increased its position in Williams Companies by 1.0% during the third quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC now owns 38,982 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $2,301,000 after acquiring an additional 403 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 86.44% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have weighed in on the stock. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Williams Companies from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on shares of Williams Companies from $71.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on Williams Companies from $69.00 to $78.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on Williams Companies from $75.00 to $78.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have issued a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Williams Companies has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $75.86.

Williams Companies Stock Performance

NYSE WMB opened at $73.13 on Tuesday. Williams Companies, Inc. has a twelve month low of $51.58 and a twelve month high of $76.87. The company has a quick ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 0.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83. The stock has a market cap of $89.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.17, a PEG ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 0.63. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $67.21 and its 200 day simple moving average is $62.59.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The pipeline company reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.57 by ($0.02). The business 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 quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.47 EPS. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.200-2.380 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Williams Companies Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 30th. Investors of record on Friday, March 13th will be given a dividend of $0.525 per share. This is a boost from Williams Companies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.50. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.9%. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio is 93.46%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Williams Companies

In other Williams Companies news, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, March 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $75.24, for a total transaction of $150,480.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 291,159 shares in the company, valued at $21,906,803.16. This represents a 0.68% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CAO Mary A. Hausman sold 10,107 shares of Williams Companies stock in a transaction 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 transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 17,230 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,290,699.30. The trade was a 36.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 41,107 shares of company stock worth $3,009,215. 0.44% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.