Dymon Asia Capital Singapore PTE. LTD. Boosts Holdings in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB

Dymon Asia Capital Singapore PTE. LTD. grew its stake in shares of Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) by 45.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 25,542 shares of the pipeline company’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,000 shares during the period. Dymon Asia Capital Singapore PTE. LTD.’s holdings in Williams Companies were worth $1,535,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Towne Trust Company N.A grew its holdings in shares of Williams Companies by 60.2% during the 4th quarter. Towne Trust Company N.A now owns 431 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 162 shares during the period. Clearstead Trust LLC lifted its stake in shares of Williams Companies by 62.2% in the 4th quarter. Clearstead Trust LLC now owns 485 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 186 shares during the period. WHI TRUST Co LLC bought a new stake in shares of Williams Companies during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $30,000. First Command Advisory Services Inc. boosted its position in shares of Williams Companies by 216.8% during the fourth quarter. First Command Advisory Services Inc. now owns 491 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 336 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Commonwealth Retirement Investments LLC purchased a new stake in Williams Companies in the fourth quarter worth $30,000. 86.44% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other Williams Companies news, COO Larry C. Larsen sold 12,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $76.48, for a total transaction of $917,760.00. Following the sale, the chief operating officer directly owned 98,219 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,511,789.12. This trade represents a 10.89% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 2,000 shares of Williams Companies stock in a transaction on Friday, May 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $76.35, for a total value of $152,700.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 287,159 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $21,924,589.65. The trade was a 0.69% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 68,500 shares of company stock worth $5,177,835 over the last three months. 0.47% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on WMB shares. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on Williams Companies from $90.00 to $98.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Wolfe Research raised shares of Williams Companies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. Truist Financial began coverage on shares of Williams Companies in a research note on Tuesday, March 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $84.00 price target for the company. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on shares of Williams Companies from $82.00 to $83.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 7th. Finally, UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Williams Companies from $89.00 to $91.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 12th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $82.40.

Williams Companies Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:WMB opened at $71.92 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $73.44 and a 200-day moving average price of $68.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.99, a current ratio of 0.83 and a quick ratio of 0.76. The company has a market capitalization of $87.86 billion, a PE ratio of 31.54, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 0.58. Williams Companies, Inc. has a 1-year low of $55.82 and a 1-year high of $80.07.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May 4th. The pipeline company reported $0.73 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $3.03 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.28 billion. Williams Companies had a net margin of 23.39% and a return on equity of 18.34%. Williams Companies’s revenue for the quarter was down .6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.60 EPS. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.200-2.380 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.44 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Williams Companies Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 12th will be issued a dividend of $0.525 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 12th. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.9%. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio is presently 92.11%.

Williams Companies 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.