Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Changes for Williams Companies (WMB)

A number of firms have modified their ratings and price targets on shares of Williams Companies (NYSE: WMB) recently:

• 4/6/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Royal Bank Of Canada from $78.00 to $82.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 4/5/2026 – Williams Companies was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “sell” to “hold”.
• 4/1/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Scotiabank from $84.00 to $85.00. They now have a “sector outperform” rating on the stock.
• 3/28/2026 – Williams Companies was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “sell”.
• 3/27/2026 – Williams Companies had its “buy (b)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 3/24/2026 – Williams Companies is now covered by Truist Financial Corporation. They set a “buy” rating and a $84.00 price target on the stock.
• 3/23/2026 – Williams Companies was upgraded by Truist Financial Corporation to “strong-buy”.
• 3/13/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Wells Fargo & Company from $80.00 to $89.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 3/7/2026 – Williams Companies was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “sell” to “hold”.
• 3/2/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Morgan Stanley from $83.00 to $90.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 2/17/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by UBS Group AG from $78.00 to $89.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/17/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from $78.00 to $81.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/13/2026 – Williams Companies was upgraded by Scotiabank from “sector perform” to “sector outperform”. They now have a $84.00 price target on the stock, up from $66.00.
• 2/13/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Stifel Nicolaus from $69.00 to $78.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/12/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Citigroup Inc. from $70.00 to $81.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/11/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Royal Bank Of Canada from $75.00 to $78.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 2/11/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Wells Fargo & Company from $71.00 to $80.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.

Williams Companies Increases Dividend

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

Insider Activity at Williams Companies

In related news, SVP Payvand Fazel sold 2,898 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $73.15, for a total value of $211,988.70. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 31,766 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,323,682.90. This represents a 8.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CAO Mary A. Hausman sold 10,107 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 26th. The stock was 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 directly owned 17,230 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,290,699.30. This represents a 36.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 53,369 shares of company stock worth $3,912,512. Company insiders own 0.44% of the company’s stock.

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.