Daiichi Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Acquires Shares of 53,024 Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB

Daiichi Life Insurance Co. Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 53,024 shares of the pipeline company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,942,000.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of WMB. Main Street Group LTD acquired a new position in shares of Williams Companies in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Allied Private Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Williams Companies in the second quarter worth $28,000. Bayforest Capital Ltd acquired a new stake in Williams Companies in the second quarter valued at $28,000. Frazier Financial Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Williams Companies by 59.4% during the 1st quarter. Frazier Financial Advisors LLC now owns 416 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 155 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Motiv8 Investments LLC acquired a new position in Williams Companies during the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.44% of the company’s stock.

Williams Companies Trading Up 0.3%

Williams Companies stock opened at $70.71 on Monday. Williams Companies, Inc. has a 1 year low of $56.08 and a 1 year high of $80.07. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $73.38 and its 200-day moving average is $73.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a current ratio of 0.48. The company has a market cap of $86.49 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.17, a PEG ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 0.59.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 3rd. The pipeline company reported $0.50 earnings per share for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50. The business had revenue of $3.05 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.83 billion. Williams Companies had a net margin of 25.17% and a return on equity of 18.49%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.46 EPS. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.350-2.350 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.45 earnings per share for the current year.

Williams Companies Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 11th will be issued a dividend of $0.525 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 11th. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.0%. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio is 83.67%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

WMB has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Barclays upped their target price on shares of Williams Companies from $73.00 to $75.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 8th. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on Williams Companies from $83.00 to $87.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, August 10th. Citigroup upped their price objective on Williams Companies from $81.00 to $83.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a report on Wednesday, June 24th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on Williams Companies from $78.00 to $83.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Williams Companies presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $85.60.

Insider Buying and Selling at Williams Companies

In other news, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 13,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $74.87, for a total transaction of $973,310.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 268,159 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,077,064.33. This represents a 4.62% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 17,000 shares of company stock worth $1,262,930. 0.47% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Trending Headlines about Williams Companies

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

• Positive Sentiment: Morgan Stanley raised its price target for Williams Companies to $103, signaling substantial potential upside from recent trading levels and providing a constructive counterpoint to the earnings estimate cuts. Morgan Stanley Increases Williams Companies Price Target to $103
• Neutral Sentiment: The company’s latest reported quarter was solid: Williams earned $0.50 per share, matching consensus, while revenue of $3.05 billion exceeded expectations and increased 9.8% year over year. Its fee-based pipeline operations provide relatively stable cash flows.
• Negative Sentiment: US Capital Advisors lowered its EPS forecasts across several periods, including fourth-quarter 2026 EPS to $0.57 from $0.60, first-quarter 2027 EPS to $0.55 from $0.59, second-quarter 2027 EPS to $0.40 from $0.48, and third-quarter 2027 EPS to $0.50 from $0.55.
• Negative Sentiment: The firm also reduced its full-year 2027 EPS estimate to $2.07 from $2.28 and its 2028 forecast to $2.67 from $2.86. These revisions suggest analysts see weaker near- to medium-term earnings growth than previously expected and are likely the main reason the stock has decreased.

About Williams Companies

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.