Williams Companies (WMB) – Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes

Williams Companies (NYSE: WMB) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:

• 7/18/2026 – Williams Companies was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “sell” to “hold”.
• 7/14/2026 – Williams Companies had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by UBS Group AG.
• 7/14/2026 – Williams Companies had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.. They now have a $82.00 price target on the stock.
• 7/14/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Morgan Stanley from $98.00 to $99.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 7/8/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Barclays PLC from $73.00 to $75.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 7/4/2026 – Williams Companies was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “sell”.
• 7/1/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $88.00 to $89.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 7/1/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target lowered by Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from $87.00 to $85.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 6/24/2026 – Williams Companies had its “buy (b)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 5/26/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce from $83.00 to $85.00. They now have an “outperformer” rating on the stock.

Williams Companies Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 29th. Investors of record on Friday, June 12th were issued a $0.525 dividend. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, June 12th. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio is currently 92.11%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Williams Companies

In other news, COO Larry C. Larsen sold 12,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $76.48, for a total value of $917,760.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer owned 98,219 shares in the company, valued at $7,511,789.12. This trade represents a 10.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO John Dean Porter sold 50,000 shares of Williams Companies stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $75.37, for a total value of $3,768,500.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 196,567 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,815,254.79. The trade was a 20.28% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 68,500 shares of company stock worth $5,182,655 in the last quarter. 0.47% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.