Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB - Get Free Report) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Monday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.940-2.180 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.100. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Williams Companies Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:WMB traded down $0.94 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $56.72. The stock had a trading volume of 3,425,908 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,644,649. The company has a market capitalization of $69.16 billion, a PE ratio of 30.98, a P/E/G ratio of 5.01 and a beta of 0.66. Williams Companies has a 1 year low of $39.57 and a 1 year high of $61.67. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $57.91 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $56.73. The company has a current ratio of 0.50, a quick ratio of 0.45 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.67.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 5th. The pipeline company reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $3.05 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.90 billion. Williams Companies had a net margin of 21.17% and a return on equity of 15.85%. Williams Companies's revenue for the quarter was up 10.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.59 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts predict that Williams Companies will post 2.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Williams Companies Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 13th will be given a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.53%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 13th. Williams Companies's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 106.95%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on WMB. Scotiabank boosted their target price on shares of Williams Companies from $51.00 to $53.00 and gave the stock a "sector perform" rating in a research report on Thursday, March 6th. Citigroup increased their price objective on Williams Companies from $63.00 to $65.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 25th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their target price on Williams Companies from $63.00 to $64.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 7th. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on Williams Companies from $56.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Finally, CIBC upped their target price on Williams Companies from $56.00 to $57.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 4th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $60.50.

Insider Transactions at Williams Companies

In other Williams Companies news, COO Micheal G. Dunn sold 96,687 shares of Williams Companies stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $53.04, for a total value of $5,128,278.48. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now owns 714,693 shares in the company, valued at approximately $37,907,316.72. The trade was a 11.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Larry C. Larsen sold 8,000 shares of Williams Companies stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $56.94, for a total transaction of $455,520.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 81,265 shares of the company's stock, valued at $4,627,229.10. This trade represents a 8.96% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 139,583 shares of company stock worth $7,563,278 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.44% of the company's stock.

Institutional Trading of Williams Companies

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Williams Companies stock. Brighton Jones LLC raised its stake in The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE:WMB - Free Report) by 40.9% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 13,680 shares of the pipeline company's stock after acquiring an additional 3,969 shares during the quarter. Brighton Jones LLC's holdings in Williams Companies were worth $740,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. 86.44% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Williams Companies

The Williams Companies, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy infrastructure company primarily in the United States. It operates through Transmission & Gulf of Mexico, Northeast G&P, West, and Gas & NGL Marketing Services segments. The Transmission & Gulf of Mexico segment comprises natural gas pipelines; Transco, Northwest pipeline, MountainWest, and related natural gas storage facilities; and natural gas gathering and processing, and crude oil production handling and transportation assets in the Gulf Coast region.