Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB Shares Purchased by Drucker Wealth 3.0 LLC

Drucker Wealth 3.0 LLC boosted its position in shares of Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) by 93.5% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 28,797 shares of the pipeline company’s stock after purchasing an additional 13,917 shares during the quarter. Drucker Wealth 3.0 LLC’s holdings in Williams Companies were worth $1,824,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in WMB. Hartford Funds Management Co LLC acquired a new stake in Williams Companies in the 2nd quarter valued at about $29,000. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp purchased a new stake in shares of Williams Companies in the second quarter valued at about $32,000. Legacy Investment Solutions LLC purchased a new position in shares of Williams Companies during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $35,000. Salomon & Ludwin LLC acquired a new position in shares of Williams Companies during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $35,000. Finally, Aspect Partners LLC raised its position in shares of Williams Companies by 81.3% during the 2nd quarter. Aspect Partners LLC now owns 582 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $37,000 after purchasing an additional 261 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.44% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have weighed in on the company. Citigroup raised their price target on Williams Companies from $70.00 to $81.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. TD Cowen increased their price objective on Williams Companies from $69.00 to $70.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 6th. UBS Group boosted their target price on shares of Williams Companies from $78.00 to $89.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of Williams Companies from $71.00 to $80.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets lowered their price target on shares of Williams Companies from $72.00 to $70.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have given a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Williams Companies has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $75.36.

Insider Activity

In related news, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $66.39, for a total value of $132,780.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 293,545 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $19,488,452.55. This trade represents a 0.68% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.44% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Williams Companies Stock Down 0.6%

Shares of NYSE:WMB opened at $71.87 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 0.53, a quick ratio of 0.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83. The firm has a market cap of $87.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.58, a PEG ratio of 1.30 and a beta of 0.65. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $63.10 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $60.99. Williams Companies, Inc. has a 12-month low of $51.58 and a 12-month high of $73.04.

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

Williams Companies Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be issued a $0.525 dividend. 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.9%. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 93.46%.

Key Stories Impacting Williams Companies

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

• Positive Sentiment: UBS raised its price target on WMB from $78 to $89 and reiterated a Buy rating, implying ~23.8% upside from the current price — a strong bullish signal that can attract buyers. Benzinga UBS Raise
• Positive Sentiment: Jefferies raised its price target from $78 to $81 and kept a Buy rating, implying ~12.7% upside — another analyst endorsement supporting further upside. Benzinga Jefferies Raise
• Positive Sentiment: Scotiabank upgraded WMB (coverage note) — additional brokerage upgrades increase the probability of fresh buying interest. AmericanBankingNews Upgrade
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst/Investor Day: WMB is guiding to a 10%+ CAGR in adjusted EBITDA through 2030 driven by power and transmission projects, and announced another behind‑the‑meter power project — a strategic growth thrust that supports higher longer‑term earnings power. ETF Trends Analyst Day
• Neutral Sentiment: Seeking Alpha published the investor-day slideshow — useful for investors wanting detail, but informational rather than market-moving by itself. Seeking Alpha Slideshow
• Neutral Sentiment: Media recap: InsiderMonkey noted WMB’s recent 8% weekly surge (Feb 6–13), highlighting recent momentum — reinforces that some of today’s move could be profit‑taking after that run. InsiderMonkey Recap
• Negative Sentiment: Intraday weakness and below-average volume: shares are retreating today after recent gains (volume ~6.8M vs. avg ~8.2M), suggesting short-term profit‑taking or absence of conviction despite the positive analyst headlines.

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.