Recent Analysts’ Ratings Updates for Williams Companies (WMB)

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of Williams Companies (NYSE: WMB) in the last few weeks:

• 5/12/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by UBS Group AG from $89.00 to $91.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/12/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Scotiabank from $85.00 to $86.00. They now have a “sector outperform” rating on the stock.
• 5/8/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Citigroup Inc. from $81.00 to $83.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/7/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Royal Bank Of Canada from $82.00 to $83.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 5/7/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by TD Cowen from $81.00 to $87.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/6/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Stifel Nicolaus from $78.00 to $83.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/21/2026 – Williams Companies was upgraded by Wolfe Research from “hold” to “strong-buy”.
• 4/20/2026 – Williams Companies was upgraded by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from “neutral” to “buy”. They now have a $82.00 price target on the stock.
• 4/10/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from $81.00 to $83.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/6/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Royal Bank Of Canada from $78.00 to $82.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 4/5/2026 – Williams Companies was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “sell” to “hold”.
• 4/1/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Scotiabank from $84.00 to $85.00. They now have a “sector outperform” rating on the stock.
• 3/28/2026 – Williams Companies was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “sell”.
• 3/27/2026 – Williams Companies had its “buy (b)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 3/24/2026 – Williams Companies is now covered by Truist Financial Corporation. They set a “buy” rating and a $84.00 price target on the stock.
• 3/23/2026 – Williams Companies was upgraded by Truist Financial Corporation to “strong-buy”.

Williams Companies Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 12th will be issued a dividend of $0.525 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 12th. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.8%. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 92.11%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Williams Companies news, CAO Mary A. Hausman sold 10,107 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $74.91, for a total value of $757,115.37. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer 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 position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CFO John Dean Porter sold 50,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $75.37, for a total transaction of $3,768,500.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 196,567 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $14,815,254.79. The trade was a 20.28% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 103,369 shares of company stock worth $7,700,932 in the last three months. 0.47% of the stock is currently owned by company 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.