Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) Releases FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.200-2.380 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.280. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on WMB. Barclays increased their target price on shares of Williams Companies from $65.00 to $66.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. BMO Capital Markets lowered their target price on Williams Companies from $72.00 to $70.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 5th. Jefferies Financial Group raised their price target on Williams Companies from $71.00 to $76.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Mizuho upgraded Williams Companies to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, October 27th. Finally, TD Cowen lifted their target price on shares of Williams Companies from $69.00 to $70.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 6th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $68.64.

Williams Companies Trading Up 1.5%

NYSE:WMB opened at $67.95 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $82.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.03, a PEG ratio of 1.55 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.73, a current ratio of 0.42 and a quick ratio of 0.36. Williams Companies has a one year low of $51.58 and a one year high of $68.94. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $61.99 and its 200 day simple moving average is $60.47.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 11th. The pipeline company reported $0.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.57 by ($0.02). Williams Companies had a net margin of 20.61% and a return on equity of 16.74%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.47 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Williams Companies will post 2.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Williams Companies Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be issued a $0.525 dividend. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.1%. This is a positive change from Williams Companies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.50. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio is presently 103.09%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Williams Companies

In other news, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 4,000 shares of Williams Companies stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $60.53, for a total value of $242,120.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 302,645 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $18,319,101.85. The trade was a 1.30% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Insiders sold 8,000 shares of company stock worth $498,700 in the last ninety days. 0.44% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Williams Companies

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its position in Williams Companies by 40.9% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 13,680 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $740,000 after buying an additional 3,969 shares during the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Williams Companies by 5.5% in the second quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC now owns 4,635 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $291,000 after buying an additional 242 shares during the period. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina boosted its holdings in Williams Companies by 2.1% during the 2nd quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 568,928 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $35,734,000 after acquiring an additional 11,926 shares during the period. Main Street Financial Solutions LLC increased its stake in Williams Companies by 3.0% in the second quarter. Main Street Financial Solutions LLC now owns 10,248 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $644,000 after purchasing an additional 296 shares during the period. Finally, Ieq Capital LLC boosted its stake in shares of Williams Companies by 160.1% during the second quarter. Ieq Capital LLC now owns 165,035 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $10,366,000 after purchasing an additional 101,574 shares during the period. 86.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Williams Companies

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.