Recent Research Analysts’ Ratings Changes for Williams Companies (WMB)

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for Williams Companies (NYSE: WMB):

• 4/21/2026 – Williams Companies was upgraded by Wolfe Research from “hold” to “strong-buy”.
• 4/20/2026 – Williams Companies was upgraded by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from “neutral” to “buy”. They now have a $82.00 price target on the stock.
• 4/10/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from $81.00 to $83.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 4/6/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Royal Bank Of Canada from $78.00 to $82.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 4/5/2026 – Williams Companies was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “sell” to “hold”.
• 4/1/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Scotiabank from $84.00 to $85.00. They now have a “sector outperform” rating on the stock.
• 3/28/2026 – Williams Companies was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “sell”.
• 3/27/2026 – Williams Companies had its “buy (b)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 3/24/2026 – Williams Companies is now covered by Truist Financial Corporation. They set a “buy” rating and a $84.00 price target on the stock.
• 3/23/2026 – Williams Companies was upgraded by Truist Financial Corporation to “strong-buy”.
• 3/13/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Wells Fargo & Company from $80.00 to $89.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 3/7/2026 – Williams Companies was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “sell” to “hold”.
• 3/2/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Morgan Stanley from $83.00 to $90.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.

Williams Companies Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th were given a dividend of $0.525 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 13th. This is an increase from Williams Companies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.50. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.9%. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio is presently 98.13%.

Insider Transactions at Williams Companies

In other news, SVP Payvand Fazel sold 2,898 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $73.15, for a total transaction of $211,988.70. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 31,766 shares in the company, valued at $2,323,682.90. The trade was a 8.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $71.75, for a total value of $143,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president owned 289,159 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $20,747,158.25. This represents a 0.69% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 53,369 shares of company stock worth $3,912,512. Insiders own 0.47% of the company’s stock.

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.