Williams Companies - WMB Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Williams Companies in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings, 3 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities 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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12 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Williams Companies' shares. Their WMB share price forecasts range from $30.00 to $41.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $36.30 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 23.4% from the stock's current price.
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Williams Companies' stock was trading at $32.90 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, WMB shares have decreased by 10.6% and is now trading at $29.41.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 1st 2023.
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The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE:WMB) announced its earnings results on Monday, February, 20th. The pipeline company reported $0.53 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.47 by $0.06. The pipeline company earned $2.93 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.18 billion. Williams Companies had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.02% and a net margin of 18.69%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.39 earnings per share.

Williams Companies announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 31st. Investors of record on Monday, March 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.4475 per share on Monday, March 27th. This represents a $1.79 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.09%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 10th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.43.
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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), Alerian Energy Infrastructure ETF (ENFR), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Energy ETF (RYE), USCF Midstream Energy Income Fund (UMI) and First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF (FTXN).

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) pays an annual dividend of $1.79 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.20%. 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 106.55%. 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 98.90% 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 has authorized a share repurchase program on Wednesday, September 8th 2021, which permits the company to repurchase $1,500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase up to 5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's leadership 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC (5.21%), Deutsche Bank AG (2.56%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.24%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.73%), Morgan Stanley (1.62%) and Franklin Resources Inc. (1.00%). 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 $29.41.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) has a market capitalization of $35.85 billion and generates $10.97 billion in revenue each year. The pipeline company earns $2.05 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.68 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.