Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB Shares Bought by Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp

Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp grew its holdings in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) by 3,344.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 17,465 shares of the pipeline company’s stock after acquiring an additional 16,958 shares during the period. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp’s holdings in Williams Companies were worth $1,106,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of WMB. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Williams Companies in the 2nd quarter worth about $765,164,000. BROOKFIELD Corp ON grew its holdings in shares of Williams Companies by 190.3% during the second quarter. BROOKFIELD Corp ON now owns 12,028,186 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $755,490,000 after buying an additional 7,884,730 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its position in Williams Companies by 27.3% during the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 14,417,821 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $905,583,000 after acquiring an additional 3,089,390 shares during the last quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership lifted its stake in Williams Companies by 39.0% in the 2nd quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership now owns 6,954,733 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $436,827,000 after purchasing an additional 1,950,485 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Williams Companies by 1.5% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 133,075,340 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $8,358,462,000 after buying an additional 1,912,156 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.44% of the company’s stock.

Key Williams Companies News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Jefferies raised its price target to $76 and maintained a Buy rating — a clear upside catalyst that supports investor interest. Jefferies Boosts PT to $76
• Positive Sentiment: Williams recently increased its quarterly dividend to $0.525 (annualized $2.10; ~3.1% yield), which is supportive of income‑oriented holders and can buoy the share price. MarketBeat: WMB Profile & Dividend
• Positive Sentiment: Late‑January cold weather sparked a natural gas price rally, a macro tailwind for midstream operators like Williams that can lift throughput and fee revenue. Cold Weather Boosts Natural Gas Prices
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts expect Q4 results to show ~21% profit growth and ~14% revenue growth, setting up the Feb. 10 print as the immediate catalyst — a potential beat could reverse the pullback, while a miss would likely deepen it. Zacks Q4 Preview
• Neutral Sentiment: The Street’s average price target (~$68.29) and mixed analyst coverage imply limited consensus upside from current levels — a neutral backdrop that can mute strong moves absent a clear earnings surprise. Average Price Target $68.29
• Negative Sentiment: US Capital Advisors trimmed several 2026 EPS forecasts (Q2/Q3/Q4 and FY), shaving near‑term earnings expectations — modest but a downward revision that can pressure the stock ahead of results. MarketBeat: Analyst Estimate Changes
• Negative Sentiment: Senior VP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 2,000 shares (~$132,780), a small insider disposition that some investors view negatively even though his remaining stake remains large. SEC filing: SEC Form 4

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have weighed in on the stock. TD Cowen boosted their target price on shares of Williams Companies from $69.00 to $70.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 6th. BMO Capital Markets cut their target price on Williams Companies from $72.00 to $70.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, November 5th. Citigroup boosted their price target on shares of Williams Companies from $65.00 to $70.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a research report on Monday, January 12th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $68.64.

Williams Companies Stock Down 3.1%

Shares of NYSE WMB opened at $66.38 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.36, a current ratio of 0.42 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.73. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $61.59 and a 200 day moving average price of $60.25. Williams Companies, Inc. has a 52 week low of $51.58 and a 52 week high of $68.95. The stock has a market capitalization of $81.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 0.65.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November 3rd. The pipeline company reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.51 by ($0.02). Williams Companies had a return on equity of 16.74% and a net margin of 20.61%.The firm had revenue of $2.92 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.87 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.43 EPS. Williams Companies’s revenue was up 10.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts anticipate that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Williams Companies Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be given a $0.525 dividend. This is a boost 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 3.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 103.09%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Williams Companies news, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 2,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $66.39, for a total value of $132,780.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 293,545 shares in the company, valued at approximately $19,488,452.55. The trade was a 0.68% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 8,000 shares of company stock valued at $498,700. 0.44% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.