Cibc World Market Inc. Has $28.51 Million Holdings in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB

Cibc World Market Inc. grew its holdings in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) by 4.5% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 450,075 shares of the pipeline company’s stock after acquiring an additional 19,530 shares during the quarter. Cibc World Market Inc.’s holdings in Williams Companies were worth $28,512,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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

Insider Activity

In other Williams Companies news, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 2,000 shares of Williams Companies stock in a transaction on Monday, February 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $66.39, for a total value of $132,780.00. Following the sale, 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 filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. 0.44% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Trending Headlines about Williams Companies

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

• Positive Sentiment: Company reported record 2025 results with strong revenue, operating profit and cash flow that underpin the growth narrative; management is hosting analyst day and highlighting long-term gas demand tailwinds. Williams Delivers Record Results (BusinessWire)
• Positive Sentiment: Management and analysts point to pipeline and offshore projects plus rising data-center and power demand as drivers of higher 2026 profits and longer-term volume growth. Williams Sees Higher 2026 Profit (Reuters)
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street is turning more bullish: Wells Fargo raised its target to $80 (overweight) and RBC raised its target to $78 (outperform), adding fresh analyst support and visible upside from current levels. Broker Notes (Benzinga) RBC Raise (TickerReport)
• Positive Sentiment: Market technicals and investor focus on near-term natural gas demand (industrial, AI/data centers, LNG exports) are supporting buyer interest and a breakout to new highs. MarketBeat Coverage
• Neutral Sentiment: FY‑2026 EPS guidance was set at $2.20–$2.38, roughly in line with consensus — reinforces guidance visibility but leaves limited surprise potential. Company Press Release / Guidance
• Neutral Sentiment: Unusually heavy put-option activity was recorded (large put purchases), which could reflect hedging or speculative positioning rather than outright bearish conviction. (No direct article link available)
• Negative Sentiment: Q4 adjusted EPS missed estimates ($0.55 vs. ~ $0.57–$0.58 consensus), which is a near-term drag on upside momentum despite the revenue beat. EPS Miss (Zacks) Earnings Context (MarketBeat)
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling activity has been reported (recent open-market sales), which some investors view as a modest governance/near-term signal to monitor. Insider / Institutional Activity (Quiver)

Williams Companies Stock Performance

Shares of Williams Companies stock opened at $71.16 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $62.35 and a two-hundred day moving average of $60.62. The stock has a market capitalization of $86.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.25, a PEG ratio of 1.61 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.73, a quick ratio of 0.36 and a current ratio of 0.42. Williams Companies, Inc. has a 52 week low of $51.58 and a 52 week high of $71.59.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The pipeline company reported $0.55 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.57 by ($0.02). Williams Companies had a return on equity of 17.37% and a net margin of 21.90%.The firm had revenue of $3.20 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.10 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.47 EPS. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.200-2.380 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.08 EPS for the current year.

Williams Companies Increases Dividend

The business 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 dividend of $0.525 per share. This is a positive change from Williams Companies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.50. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. Williams Companies’s payout ratio is currently 98.13%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

WMB has been the subject of several recent research reports. UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a report on Monday, January 12th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on Williams Companies from $71.00 to $80.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Mizuho upgraded shares of Williams Companies to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, October 27th. Finally, TD Cowen increased their price objective on shares of Williams Companies from $69.00 to $70.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 6th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $70.43.

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.