Williams Companies (WMB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

12 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Williams Companies in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" WMB shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in WMB, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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12 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Williams Companies' stock. Their WMB share price targets range from $34.00 to $47.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $39.73 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.0%.
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Williams Companies' stock was trading at $34.83 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, WMB stock has increased by 15.2% and is now trading at $40.13.
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Williams Companies saw a decrease in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 21,330,000 shares, a decrease of 17.4% from the April 15th total of 25,810,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 7,150,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.0 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 7th 2024.
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The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE:WMB) posted its earnings results on Monday, May, 6th. The pipeline company reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.10. The pipeline company earned $2.77 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.69 billion. Williams Companies had a net margin of 27.29% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.27%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.56 EPS.
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Williams Companies declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.475 per share on Monday, June 24th. This represents a $1.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.73%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 7th.
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Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.58%. WMB has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 8 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 79.83%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, WMB will have a dividend payout ratio of 94.53% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) stock in their portfolio include Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF (MLPX), Tortoise North American Pipeline Fund (TPYP), Pacer American Energy Independence ETF (USAI), VanEck Energy Income ETF (EINC), Goldman Sachs ETF Trust Goldman (GPOW), Timothy Plan Market Neutral ETF (TPMN), Alerian Energy Infrastructure ETF (ENFR) and Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Energy ETF (RSPG).

Williams Companies updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.860-1.860 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 1.860. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

206 employees have rated Williams Companies Chief Executive Officer Alan S. Armstrong on Glassdoor.com. Alan S. Armstrong has an approval rating of 67% among the company's employees. 74.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Williams Companies to a friend.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Williams Companies investors own include AT&T (T), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Energy Transfer (ET), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), AbbVie (ABBV), Pfizer (PFE), Intel (INTC) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

Williams Companies' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.51%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.25%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.72%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.84%), Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP (0.70%) and Raymond James & Associates (0.69%). Insiders that own company stock include Alan S Armstrong, Debbie L Cowan, Debbie L Pickle, Scott A Hallam, Terrance Lane Wilson, Walter J Bennett and William H Spence.
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Shares of WMB stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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