OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp Has $3.79 Million Stock Holdings in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB

OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp lifted its position in shares of Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) by 18.8% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 52,086 shares of the pipeline company’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,259 shares during the quarter. OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp’s holdings in Williams Companies were worth $3,791,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Williams Companies by 2.4% during the fourth quarter. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC now owns 6,000 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $361,000 after acquiring an additional 141 shares in the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. increased its holdings in shares of Williams Companies by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 15,309 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $920,000 after acquiring an additional 148 shares in the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Williams Companies by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 12,646 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $760,000 after acquiring an additional 149 shares in the last quarter. Great Diamond Partners LLC raised its position in shares of Williams Companies by 0.4% during the fourth quarter. Great Diamond Partners LLC now owns 34,870 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $2,096,000 after purchasing an additional 150 shares during the period. Finally, First Horizon Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Williams Companies by 3.7% during the 1st quarter. First Horizon Corp now owns 4,220 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $307,000 after purchasing an additional 150 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 86.44% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Williams Companies news, COO Larry C. Larsen sold 12,000 shares of the business’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 transaction of $917,760.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer owned 98,219 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,511,789.12. The trade was a 10.89% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, SVP Glen G. Jasek sold 2,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $78.15, for a total value of $195,375.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 54,101 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,227,993.15. The trade was a 4.42% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 68,500 shares of company stock valued at $5,182,655 in the last ninety days. 0.47% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms recently issued reports on WMB. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $82.00 target price on shares of Williams Companies in a research note on Tuesday, July 14th. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on shares of Williams Companies from $98.00 to $99.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 14th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Williams Companies from $88.00 to $89.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 1st. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Williams Companies from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, July 18th. Finally, Scotiabank upped their target price on shares of Williams Companies from $85.00 to $86.00 and gave the stock a “sector outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Williams Companies presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $83.56.

Williams Companies Trading Down 4.5%

Shares of NYSE:WMB opened at $70.70 on Tuesday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $74.05 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $71.96. Williams Companies, Inc. has a one year low of $55.82 and a one year high of $80.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.99, a current ratio of 0.83 and a quick ratio of 0.76. The stock has a market capitalization of $86.36 billion, a PE ratio of 31.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.73 and a beta of 0.57.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May 4th. The pipeline company reported $0.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.10. Williams Companies had a return on equity of 18.34% and a net margin of 23.39%.The company had revenue of $3.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.28 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.60 EPS. Williams Companies’s revenue for the quarter was down .6% compared to the same quarter last year. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.200-2.380 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.45 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Williams Companies

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.