Vontobel Holding Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB - Free Report) by 2,999.4% during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 2,110,664 shares of the pipeline company's stock after acquiring an additional 2,042,565 shares during the quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. owned about 0.17% of Williams Companies worth $156,907,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in WMB. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Williams Companies in the fourth quarter worth approximately $747,749,000. BROOKFIELD Corp ON increased 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 valued at $755,490,000 after purchasing an additional 7,884,730 shares during the period. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA acquired a new position in shares of Williams Companies during the 2nd quarter valued at $354,184,000. Clearbridge Investments LLC raised its stake in shares of Williams Companies by 21.3% in the 4th quarter. Clearbridge Investments LLC now owns 21,325,482 shares of the pipeline company's stock worth $1,281,875,000 after buying an additional 3,748,126 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Williams Companies by 295.7% in the 4th quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 4,446,915 shares of the pipeline company's stock worth $268,723,000 after buying an additional 3,323,012 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 86.44% of the company's stock.
Williams Companies Stock Performance
Williams Companies stock opened at $75.04 on Friday. Williams Companies, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $55.82 and a fifty-two week high of $80.07. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $73.27 and its 200-day simple moving average is $72.90. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83, a current ratio of 0.48 and a quick ratio of 0.43. The company has a market cap of $91.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 0.58.
Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 3rd. The pipeline company reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.50. Williams Companies had a net margin of 25.17% and a return on equity of 18.49%. The business had revenue of $3.05 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.83 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.46 EPS. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 9.8% on a year-over-year basis. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.350-2.350 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.43 EPS for the current year.
Williams Companies Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 11th will be given a $0.525 dividend. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 11th. Williams Companies's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 83.67%.
Insider Buying and Selling at Williams Companies
In other news, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 2,000 shares of Williams Companies stock in a transaction on Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $70.65, for a total transaction of $141,300.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 281,159 shares in the company, valued at approximately $19,863,883.35. The trade was a 0.71% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 0.47% of the company's stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
WMB has been the subject of several research reports. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Williams Companies from $89.00 to $90.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on shares of Williams Companies from $78.00 to $83.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Williams Companies from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research report on Saturday, August 8th. UBS Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of Williams Companies in a research note on Tuesday, July 14th. Finally, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce boosted their target price on shares of Williams Companies from $83.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock an "outperformer" rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $85.33.
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About Williams Companies
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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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