Metis Global Partners LLC Has $11.31 Million Position in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB

Metis Global Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) by 20.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 178,538 shares of the pipeline company’s stock after acquiring an additional 29,817 shares during the period. Metis Global Partners LLC’s holdings in Williams Companies were worth $11,310,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Wallace Advisory Group LLC grew its stake in Williams Companies by 2.6% in the second quarter. Wallace Advisory Group LLC now owns 7,031 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $420,000 after purchasing an additional 176 shares in the last quarter. LRI Investments LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Williams Companies by 8.8% during the 3rd quarter. LRI Investments LLC now owns 2,169 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $137,000 after buying an additional 176 shares during the last quarter. Whittier Trust Co. grew its stake in shares of Williams Companies by 2.2% in the 2nd quarter. Whittier Trust Co. now owns 8,177 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $514,000 after buying an additional 179 shares in the last quarter. Patten & Patten Inc. TN increased its holdings in Williams Companies by 1.7% in the third quarter. Patten & Patten Inc. TN now owns 11,087 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $702,000 after buying an additional 187 shares during the last quarter. Finally, First National Bank of Hutchinson raised its position in Williams Companies by 2.7% during the second quarter. First National Bank of Hutchinson now owns 7,684 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $483,000 after acquiring an additional 199 shares in the last quarter. 86.44% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Williams Companies Stock Performance

Shares of WMB opened at $71.17 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $86.92 billion, a PE ratio of 33.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.66 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83, a current ratio of 0.53 and a quick ratio of 0.36. Williams Companies, Inc. has a one year low of $51.58 and a one year high of $72.28. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $62.50 and its 200 day moving average price is $60.70.

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

Williams Companies Increases Dividend

The firm 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 is an increase from Williams Companies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.50. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.0%. Williams Companies’s payout ratio is 93.46%.

Insider Activity at Williams Companies

In other news, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $66.39, for a total value of $132,780.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 293,545 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $19,488,452.55. This represents a 0.68% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 0.44% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Williams Companies News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Williams Companies this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Multiple broker upgrades and higher price targets — Citi raised its target to $81 with a “buy” rating, Wells Fargo lifted its target to $80 (“overweight”), and RBC moved to $78 (“outperform”), signaling analyst conviction and upside vs. the current price. Analyst Price Target Rises
• Positive Sentiment: Company raised FY2026 guidance and sees higher 2026 profit driven by pipeline and offshore projects; management highlighted projects that should drive earnings growth and cash flow. Williams Sees Higher 2026 Profit
• Positive Sentiment: Q4 / FY25 results were mixed but supportive: adjusted EPS missed by $0.02 while revenue beat estimates and the company reported record results; management’s tone and the revenue beat appear to have calmed investor concerns. Earnings and Revenue Beat Context
• Positive Sentiment: Local/regional coverage highlights demand tailwinds from data-center growth in Tulsa and additional industrial/power demand that underpin midstream volume growth. Tulsa Data-Center Demand
• Neutral Sentiment: Longer-term performance pieces note WMB’s strong multi-year returns, useful for investor context but less likely to move the stock near-term. 10-Year Return Analysis
• Neutral Sentiment: Sector commentary and S&P 500 energy insights provide broader market context for WMB but are informational rather than company-specific catalysts. Energy Sector Insights
• Negative Sentiment: Valuation and technical caution: analysts and MarketBeat note the stock is trading near/above consensus targets and technical indicators (RSI) look stretched, which raises the risk that the share price needs time to digest gains; the tiny EPS miss also tempers the beat. Technical / Valuation Caution

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have commented on WMB shares. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their target price on shares of Williams Companies from $71.00 to $76.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Citigroup lifted their price objective on shares of Williams Companies from $70.00 to $81.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Zacks Research raised shares of Williams Companies from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. BMO Capital Markets cut their target price on Williams Companies from $72.00 to $70.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, November 5th. Finally, TD Cowen upped their price target on Williams Companies from $69.00 to $70.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 6th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $71.21.

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.