Williams Companies (WMB) Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Williams Companies in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" WMB shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in WMB, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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13 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Williams Companies' stock. Their WMB share price forecasts range from $30.00 to $39.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $35.42 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.2% from the stock's current price.
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Williams Companies' stock was trading at $32.90 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, WMB stock has decreased by 13.3% and is now trading at $28.52.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, August 7th 2023.
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The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE:WMB) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The pipeline company reported $0.56 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.46 by $0.10. The pipeline company earned $3.08 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.65 billion. Williams Companies had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.24% and a net margin of 22.53%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 22.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.41 earnings per share.
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Williams Companies declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 25th. Investors of record on Monday, June 12th will be given a dividend of $0.4475 per share on Monday, June 26th. This represents a $1.79 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.28%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 9th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) stock in their portfolio include Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF (MLPX), Tortoise North American Pipeline Fund (TPYP), Pacer American Energy Independence ETF (USAI), VanEck Energy Income ETF (EINC), Timothy Plan Market Neutral ETF (TPMN), Alerian Energy Infrastructure ETF (ENFR), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Energy ETF (RYE) and ASYMmetric Smart Alpha S&P 500 ETF (ZSPY).

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) pays an annual dividend of $1.79 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.23%. WMB has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 84.04%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, WMB will have a dividend payout ratio of 103.47% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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Williams Companies declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Wednesday, September 8th 2021, which authorizes the company to buyback $1,500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

206 employees have rated Williams Companies Chief Executive Officer Alan S. Armstrong on Glassdoor.com. Alan S. Armstrong has an approval rating of 67% among the company's employees. 74.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Williams Companies to a friend.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Williams Companies investors own include AT&T (T), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Energy Transfer (ET), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), AbbVie (ABBV), Pfizer (PFE), Intel (INTC) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

Williams Companies trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WMB."

Williams Companies' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.90%), State Street Corp (7.04%), Dodge & Cox (3.22%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.17%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.81%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (1.18%). Insiders that own company stock include Alan S Armstrong, Debbie L Cowan, Scott A Hallam, Terrance Lane Wilson, Walter J Bennett and William H Spence.
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Shares of WMB stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of WMB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.52.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) has a market capitalization of $34.74 billion and generates $10.97 billion in revenue each year. The pipeline company earns $2.05 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.13 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 5,043 workers across the globe.

Williams Companies' mailing address is ONE WILLIAMS CENTER, TULSA OK, 74172. The official website for the company is www.williams.com. The pipeline company can be reached via phone at (918) 573-2000, via email at investorrelations@williams.com, or via fax at 918-573-6714.