Dymon Asia Capital Singapore PTE. LTD. Increases Stock Position in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB

Dymon Asia Capital Singapore PTE. LTD. lifted its stake in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) by 45.6% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund 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 filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Dockside LLC bought a new position in Williams Companies during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $3,539,000. Adams Natural Resources Fund Inc. grew its position in Williams Companies by 24.4% in the 4th quarter. Adams Natural Resources Fund Inc. now owns 435,550 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $26,181,000 after purchasing an additional 85,500 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership purchased a new stake in Williams Companies during the 4th quarter valued at $41,313,000. Aigen Investment Management LP lifted its holdings in shares of Williams Companies by 13.8% during the 4th quarter. Aigen Investment Management LP now owns 40,358 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $2,426,000 after buying an additional 4,882 shares during the period. Finally, Aptus Capital Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Williams Companies by 13.5% during the 4th quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 26,634 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $1,601,000 after buying an additional 3,160 shares during the period. 86.44% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other Williams Companies news, COO Larry C. Larsen sold 12,000 shares of Williams Companies stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $76.48, for a total transaction of $917,760.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer owned 98,219 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,511,789.12. The trade was a 10.89% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CFO John Dean Porter sold 50,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $75.37, for a total transaction of $3,768,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 196,567 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $14,815,254.79. This trade represents a 20.28% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 68,500 shares of company stock worth $5,177,835 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.47% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages recently commented on WMB. Citigroup lifted their price objective on Williams Companies from $81.00 to $83.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce raised their target price on Williams Companies from $83.00 to $85.00 and gave the stock an “outperformer” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Williams Companies from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, April 5th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a research report on Friday, March 27th. Finally, Truist Financial assumed coverage on shares of Williams Companies in a research note on Tuesday, March 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $84.00 price objective on the stock. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $82.40.

Williams Companies Stock Performance

NYSE:WMB opened at $71.92 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $73.44 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $68.85. Williams Companies, Inc. has a 52-week low of $55.82 and a 52-week high of $80.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.99, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a current ratio of 0.83. The firm has a market capitalization of $87.86 billion, a PE ratio of 31.54, a P/E/G ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 0.58.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May 4th. The pipeline company reported $0.73 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.10. Williams Companies had a return on equity of 18.34% and a net margin of 23.39%.The firm had revenue of $3.03 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.28 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.60 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down .6% compared to the same quarter last year. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.200-2.380 EPS. Analysts forecast that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.44 EPS for the current year.

Williams Companies Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 29th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 12th will be paid 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 yield of 2.9%. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) 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.