M&T Bank Corp Has $11.70 Million Holdings in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB

Key Points

• M&T Bank Corp increased its stake in Williams Companies by 183.3% in Q4, buying 125,973 shares to own 194,692 shares valued at about $11.70 million.
• Several large institutions also added sizable positions (e.g., Brookfield 12.03M shares, Wellington 48.59M shares), leaving institutional investors with 86.44% ownership of WMB.
• Company insiders sold 53,369 shares (~$3.91M) last quarter including SVP Terrance Wilson and CAO Mary Hausman, while Williams raised its quarterly dividend to $0.525 ($2.10 annualized) and set FY2026 EPS guidance at 2.20–2.38.

M&T Bank Corp grew its stake in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB - Free Report) by 183.3% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 194,692 shares of the pipeline company's stock after buying an additional 125,973 shares during the period. M&T Bank Corp's holdings in Williams Companies were worth $11,703,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in WMB. BROOKFIELD Corp ON lifted its position 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 last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its position in shares of Williams Companies by 15.9% during the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 48,586,299 shares of the pipeline company's stock worth $3,077,942,000 after purchasing an additional 6,668,950 shares during the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its position in shares of Williams Companies by 4,992.2% during the 4th quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 3,704,739 shares of the pipeline company's stock worth $222,692,000 after purchasing an additional 3,631,986 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in shares of Williams Companies by 30.4% during the 3rd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 9,073,602 shares of the pipeline company's stock worth $574,856,000 after purchasing an additional 2,116,526 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its position in shares of Williams Companies by 27.4% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 7,753,924 shares of the pipeline company's stock worth $491,225,000 after purchasing an additional 1,668,706 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.44% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 27,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $72.92, for a total value of $1,968,840.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 293,159 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $21,377,154.28. This represents a 8.43% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CAO Mary A. Hausman sold 10,107 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $74.91, for a total value of $757,115.37. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 17,230 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,290,699.30. The trade was a 36.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders sold 53,369 shares of company stock valued at $3,912,512. 0.47% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Williams Companies Trading Up 0.7%

Williams Companies stock opened at $72.15 on Friday. Williams Companies, Inc. has a 12 month low of $55.82 and a 12 month high of $76.87. The stock has a market cap of $88.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 0.63. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $73.03 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $65.58. The company has a quick ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 0.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The pipeline company reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.57 by ($0.02). Williams Companies had a return on equity of 17.32% and a net margin of 21.90%.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 previous year, the company posted $0.47 earnings per share. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.200-2.380 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.41 EPS for the current year.

Williams Companies Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th were issued a $0.525 dividend. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 13th. This is a boost from Williams Companies's previous quarterly dividend of $0.50. Williams Companies's payout ratio is currently 98.13%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

WMB has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Zacks Research raised Williams Companies from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Scotiabank boosted their price objective on Williams Companies from $84.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock a "sector outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 1st. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on Williams Companies from $83.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Monday, March 2nd. The Goldman Sachs Group raised Williams Companies from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $82.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Monday, April 20th. Finally, UBS Group boosted their price objective on Williams Companies from $78.00 to $89.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 17th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Williams Companies currently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $78.60.

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.

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