HF Advisory Group LLC Purchases 25,680 Shares of Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB

HF Advisory Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) by 206.7% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 38,103 shares of the pipeline company’s stock after acquiring an additional 25,680 shares during the period. HF Advisory Group LLC’s holdings in Williams Companies were worth $2,290,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Legacy Capital Wealth Partners LLC boosted its stake in Williams Companies by 12.4% during the 4th quarter. Legacy Capital Wealth Partners LLC now owns 15,749 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $947,000 after purchasing an additional 1,735 shares during the period. Linden Thomas Advisory Services LLC increased its position in Williams Companies by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Linden Thomas Advisory Services LLC now owns 72,980 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $4,387,000 after buying an additional 287 shares during the period. Lodestone Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Williams Companies in the 4th quarter worth approximately $64,000. Nilsine Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Williams Companies by 4.7% during the fourth quarter. Nilsine Partners LLC now owns 19,500 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $1,172,000 after buying an additional 884 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Williams Companies by 2.3% during the fourth quarter. Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 53,726 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $3,229,000 after buying an additional 1,196 shares during the last quarter. 86.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Williams Companies

In other Williams Companies news, SVP Payvand Fazel sold 2,898 shares of Williams Companies stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $73.15, for a total transaction of $211,988.70. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 31,766 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,323,682.90. The trade was a 8.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CAO Mary A. Hausman sold 10,107 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $74.91, for a total value of $757,115.37. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 17,230 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,290,699.30. This represents a 36.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 51,369 shares of company stock worth $3,769,012 in the last three months. 0.44% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Williams Companies from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, March 28th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a research note on Friday, March 27th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on shares of Williams Companies from $80.00 to $89.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, March 13th. Scotiabank boosted their price objective on shares of Williams Companies from $84.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock a “sector outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Citigroup increased their target price on shares of Williams Companies from $70.00 to $81.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $77.07.

Williams Companies Trading Down 1.3%

Shares of Williams Companies stock opened at $71.85 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $87.77 billion, a PE ratio of 33.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.25 and a beta of 0.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83, a current ratio of 0.53 and a quick ratio of 0.48. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $71.53 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $64.43. Williams Companies, Inc. has a 52-week low of $51.58 and a 52-week high of $76.87.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 10th. The pipeline company reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.57 by ($0.02). Williams Companies had a return on equity of 17.32% and a net margin of 21.90%.The business had revenue of $3.20 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.10 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.47 earnings per share. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.200-2.380 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.08 EPS for the current year.

Williams Companies Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 30th. Investors of record on Friday, March 13th were given a $0.525 dividend. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.9%. This is a boost from Williams Companies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.50. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 13th. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 98.13%.

Williams Companies Company Profile

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.