Williams Companies (WMB) – Research Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Updates

Williams Companies (NYSE: WMB) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:

• 5/26/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce from $83.00 to $85.00. They now have an “outperformer” rating on the stock.
• 5/20/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Morgan Stanley from $90.00 to $98.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 5/12/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by UBS Group AG from $89.00 to $91.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/12/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Scotiabank from $85.00 to $86.00. They now have a “sector outperform” rating on the stock.
• 5/8/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Citigroup Inc. from $81.00 to $83.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/7/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Royal Bank Of Canada from $82.00 to $83.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 5/7/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by TD Cowen from $81.00 to $87.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 5/6/2026 – Williams Companies had its price target raised by Stifel Nicolaus from $78.00 to $83.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 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”.

Williams Companies Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 29th. Investors of record on Friday, June 12th will be issued a dividend of $0.525 per share. This represents a $2.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.0%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 12th. Williams Companies’s payout ratio is presently 92.11%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Williams Companies

In other Williams Companies news, SVP Todd J. Rinke sold 7,364 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $74.39, for a total value of $547,807.96. Following the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 26,055 shares in the company, valued at $1,938,231.45. The trade was a 22.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO John Dean Porter sold 50,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $75.37, for a total transaction of $3,768,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 196,567 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,815,254.79. This represents a 20.28% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 78,762 shares of company stock valued at $5,937,632 in the last 90 days. Company 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.