Pinnacle Holdings LLC Takes $5.46 Million Position in Williams Companies, Inc. (The) $WMB

Pinnacle Holdings LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 73,450 shares of the pipeline company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,460,000. Williams Companies makes up approximately 1.7% of Pinnacle Holdings LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest holding.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Main Street Group LTD bought a new stake in Williams Companies during the first quarter valued at $26,000. Motiv8 Investments LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Williams Companies during the fourth quarter worth $27,000. Allied Private Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Williams Companies in the 2nd quarter worth about $28,000. Bayforest Capital Ltd bought a new position in shares of Williams Companies in the 2nd quarter worth about $28,000. Finally, Clearstead Trust LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Williams Companies by 62.2% in the 4th quarter. Clearstead Trust LLC now owns 485 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 186 shares during the period. 86.44% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 13,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $74.87, for a total transaction of $973,310.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president owned 268,159 shares of the company’s stock, 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 filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Insiders sold a total of 17,000 shares of company stock worth $1,262,930 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.47% of the company’s stock.

Williams Companies Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:WMB opened at $70.71 on Monday. Williams Companies, Inc. has a 12 month low of $56.08 and a 12 month high of $80.07. The stock has a market cap of $86.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.17, a PEG ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 0.59. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $73.38 and its 200 day moving average price is $73.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83, a current ratio of 0.48 and a quick ratio of 0.43.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last released its earnings results on Monday, August 3rd. The pipeline company reported $0.50 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50. The firm had revenue of $3.05 billion during 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%.During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.46 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.350-2.350 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Williams Companies, Inc. will post 2.45 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Williams Companies Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 11th will be issued a $0.525 dividend. The ex-dividend date 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%.

Key Williams Companies News

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.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

WMB has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a research report on Wednesday, June 24th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on shares of Williams Companies from $83.00 to $87.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, August 10th. TD Cowen lifted their target price on Williams Companies from $81.00 to $87.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 7th. Scotiabank upped their target price on Williams Companies from $85.00 to $86.00 and gave the company a “sector outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 12th. Finally, UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a research report on Tuesday, July 14th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Williams Companies currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $85.60.

Williams Companies Company 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.