Commerce Bank Takes Position in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB

Commerce Bank acquired a new position in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 165,815 shares of the pipeline company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,327,000.

Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Main Street Group LTD bought a new position in Williams Companies in the 1st quarter worth $26,000. Allied Private Wealth LLC bought a new stake in Williams Companies during the second quarter valued at about $28,000. Bayforest Capital Ltd bought a new stake in Williams Companies during the second quarter valued at about $28,000. Frazier Financial Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Williams Companies by 59.4% in the first quarter. Frazier Financial Advisors LLC now owns 416 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 155 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Motiv8 Investments LLC bought a new position in shares of Williams Companies in the fourth quarter worth about $27,000. 86.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on WMB shares. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on Williams Companies from $83.00 to $87.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, August 10th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on Williams Companies from $78.00 to $83.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Barclays lifted their price target on Williams Companies from $73.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 8th. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on Williams Companies from $89.00 to $90.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a $82.00 price objective on shares of Williams Companies in a research note on Tuesday, July 14th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Williams Companies presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $85.60.

Williams Companies Stock Up 0.3%

NYSE WMB opened at $70.71 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a current ratio of 0.48. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $73.38 and a 200 day simple moving average of $73.18. Williams Companies, Inc. has a twelve month low of $56.08 and a twelve month high of $80.07. The stock has a market cap of $86.49 billion, a PE ratio of 28.17, a PEG ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 0.59.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last released its earnings results on Monday, August 3rd. The pipeline company reported $0.50 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50. Williams Companies had a return on equity of 18.49% and a net margin of 25.17%.The business had revenue of $3.05 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.83 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.46 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.350-2.350 EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.45 EPS for the current year.

Williams Companies Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 11th will be issued a dividend of $0.525 per share. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 11th. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 83.67%.

Williams Companies News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: Morgan Stanley raised its price target for Williams Companies to $103, signaling substantial potential upside from recent trading levels and providing a constructive counterpoint to the earnings estimate cuts. Morgan Stanley Increases Williams Companies Price Target to $103
• Neutral Sentiment: The company’s latest reported quarter was solid: Williams earned $0.50 per share, matching consensus, while revenue of $3.05 billion exceeded expectations and increased 9.8% year over year. Its fee-based pipeline operations provide relatively stable cash flows.
• Negative Sentiment: US Capital Advisors lowered its EPS forecasts across several periods, including fourth-quarter 2026 EPS to $0.57 from $0.60, first-quarter 2027 EPS to $0.55 from $0.59, second-quarter 2027 EPS to $0.40 from $0.48, and third-quarter 2027 EPS to $0.50 from $0.55.
• Negative Sentiment: The firm also reduced its full-year 2027 EPS estimate to $2.07 from $2.28 and its 2028 forecast to $2.67 from $2.86. These revisions suggest analysts see weaker near- to medium-term earnings growth than previously expected and are likely the main reason the stock has decreased.

Insider Buying and Selling at Williams Companies

In other news, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 13,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $74.87, for a total transaction of $973,310.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 268,159 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,077,064.33. The trade was a 4.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 17,000 shares of company stock worth $1,262,930. 0.47% of the stock is currently owned by company 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.