Capital Investment Advisors LLC Has $15.54 Million Stock Position in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB

Capital Investment Advisors LLC grew its position in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) by 3.2% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 258,552 shares of the pipeline company’s stock after acquiring an additional 8,107 shares during the quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Williams Companies were worth $15,542,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of WMB. Salomon & Ludwin LLC bought a new position in Williams Companies during the third quarter worth about $35,000. Financial Life Planners bought a new stake in shares of Williams Companies in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $36,000. OLD Second National Bank of Aurora raised its holdings in shares of Williams Companies by 71.2% in the 3rd quarter. OLD Second National Bank of Aurora now owns 630 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $40,000 after buying an additional 262 shares in the last quarter. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Williams Companies in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $46,000. Finally, TruNorth Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Williams Companies during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $48,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.44% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Williams Companies

In other Williams Companies news, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 27,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $72.92, for a total transaction of $1,968,840.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 293,159 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $21,377,154.28. The trade was a 8.43% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CAO Mary A. Hausman sold 10,107 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $74.91, for a total transaction of $757,115.37. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 17,230 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,290,699.30. The trade was a 36.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders sold 51,369 shares of company stock worth $3,769,012. 0.44% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts recently commented on WMB shares. UBS Group boosted their price target on Williams Companies from $78.00 to $89.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 17th. Scotiabank raised Williams Companies from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $66.00 to $84.00 in a report on Friday, February 13th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of Williams Companies from $80.00 to $89.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, March 13th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on shares of Williams Companies from $83.00 to $90.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, March 2nd. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $77.00.

Williams Companies Price Performance

Shares of WMB stock opened at $73.57 on Friday. Williams Companies, Inc. has a 1 year low of $51.58 and a 1 year high of $76.87. 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’s 50 day moving average is $70.92 and its 200-day moving average is $64.10. The firm has a market capitalization of $89.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.38, a PEG ratio of 1.27 and a beta of 0.63.

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

Williams Companies Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be given a dividend of $0.525 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. This is an increase from Williams Companies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.50. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.9%. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio is presently 98.13%.

Williams Companies 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.