Weekly Investment Analysts’ Ratings Changes for Williams Companies (WMB)

Williams Companies (NYSE: WMB) recently received a number of ratings updates from brokerages and research firms:

• 7/4/2026 – Williams Companies was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “sell”.
• 7/1/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $88.00 to $89.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 7/1/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target lowered by Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from $87.00 to $85.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 6/24/2026 – Williams Companies had its “buy (b)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 5/26/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce from $83.00 to $85.00. They now have an “outperformer” rating on the stock.
• 5/20/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Morgan Stanley from $90.00 to $98.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 5/12/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by UBS Group AG from $89.00 to $91.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/12/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Scotiabank from $85.00 to $86.00. They now have a “sector outperform” rating on the stock.
• 5/8/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Citigroup Inc. from $81.00 to $83.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.

Williams Companies Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 29th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 12th were issued a dividend of $0.525 per share. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 12th. Williams Companies’s payout ratio is presently 92.11%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Williams Companies

In other news, 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 transaction, the chief financial officer owned 196,567 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $14,815,254.79. This represents a 20.28% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, SVP Glen G. Jasek sold 2,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $78.15, for a total value of $195,375.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 54,101 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,227,993.15. This represents a 4.42% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 68,500 shares of company stock worth $5,182,655 in the last 90 days. 0.47% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.