US Capital Advisors Has Strong Forecast for WMB Q3 Earnings

Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) – US Capital Advisors raised their Q3 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Williams Companies in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, August 20th. US Capital Advisors analyst J. Carreker now expects that the pipeline company will post earnings per share of $0.54 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.48. The consensus estimate for Williams Companies’ current full-year earnings is $2.45 per share. US Capital Advisors also issued estimates for Williams Companies’ FY2026 earnings at $2.34 EPS.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last issued its earnings results on Monday, August 3rd. The pipeline company reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50. The firm had revenue of $3.05 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.83 billion. Williams Companies had a return on equity of 18.49% and a net margin of 25.17%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.46 earnings per share. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.350-2.350 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also recently issued reports on WMB. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. Scotiabank increased their price target on shares of Williams Companies from $85.00 to $86.00 and gave the stock a “sector outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. Citigroup raised their price target on shares of Williams Companies from $81.00 to $83.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on shares of Williams Companies from $78.00 to $83.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price objective on shares of Williams Companies from $87.00 to $85.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 1st. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Williams Companies has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $85.60.

Williams Companies Trading Up 0.0%

NYSE:WMB opened at $71.00 on Monday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $73.36 and its 200 day moving average price is $73.23. Williams Companies has a 52 week low of $56.08 and a 52 week high of $80.07. The company has a market capitalization of $86.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.29, a P/E/G ratio of 1.48 and a beta of 0.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a current ratio of 0.48.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Cynosure Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Williams Companies during the second quarter valued at approximately $647,000. Infrastructure Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Williams Companies in the second quarter valued at approximately $15,277,000. Gabelli Funds LLC raised its position in Williams Companies by 7.4% in the 4th quarter. Gabelli Funds LLC now owns 261,000 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $15,689,000 after purchasing an additional 17,900 shares during the last quarter. SIR Capital Management L.P. raised its position in Williams Companies by 40.0% in the 4th quarter. SIR Capital Management L.P. now owns 525,232 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $31,572,000 after purchasing an additional 150,032 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Stephens Inc. AR lifted its holdings in Williams Companies by 8.9% during the 4th quarter. Stephens Inc. AR now owns 164,900 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $9,912,000 after buying an additional 13,438 shares in the last quarter. 86.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Williams Companies

In other Williams Companies 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 transaction, the senior vice president owned 268,159 shares in the company, valued at $20,077,064.33. This trade represents a 4.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Insiders sold a total of 17,000 shares of company stock worth $1,262,930 over the last three months. 0.47% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Williams Companies Dividend Announcement

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

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.