Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates for Williams Companies (WMB)

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

• 2/17/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by analysts at UBS Group AG from $78.00 to $89.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/17/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from $78.00 to $81.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/13/2026 – Williams Companies was upgraded by analysts at Scotiabank from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating. They now have a $84.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $66.00.
• 2/13/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from $69.00 to $78.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/12/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $70.00 to $81.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/11/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by analysts at Royal Bank Of Canada from $75.00 to $78.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 2/11/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $71.00 to $80.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 2/4/2026 – Williams Companies was upgraded by analysts at Zacks Research from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 2/3/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from $71.00 to $76.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/12/2026 – Williams Companies had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at UBS Group AG.
• 1/9/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from $70.00 to $71.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/6/2026 – Williams Companies was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Research from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating.
• 12/29/2025 – Williams Companies had its “buy (b)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/22/2025 – Williams Companies had its “buy (b)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.

Williams Companies Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be issued a dividend of $0.525 per share. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.9%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. This is an increase from Williams Companies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.50. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 93.46%.

Insider Transactions at Williams Companies

In other Williams Companies news, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 2,000 shares of Williams Companies stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $66.39, for a total transaction of $132,780.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 293,545 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $19,488,452.55. The trade was a 0.68% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.44% 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.