Williams Cos Inc (NYSE:WMB) has a beta value of 0.68 and has seen 9.28 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $74.63B, closed the last trade at $61.12 per share which meant it gained $0.64 on the day or 1.06% during that session. The WMB stock price is -0.9% off its 52-week high price of $61.67 and 33.88% above the 52-week low of $40.41. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 8.41 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 7.64 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Williams Cos Inc (WMB) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.17. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 4 out of 8 have rated it as a Hold, with 4 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.
Williams Cos Inc (NYSE:WMB) trade information
Sporting 1.06% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the WMB stock price touched $61.12 or saw a rise of 0.73%. Year-to-date, Williams Cos Inc shares have moved 44.15%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 3.33%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Williams Cos Inc (NYSE:WMB) have changed 5.84%. Short interest in the company has seen 16.98 million shares shorted with days to cover at 2.36.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $41.5, which means that the shares’ value could drop -47.28% from current levels. The projected low price target is $28.0 while the price target rests at a high of $62.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -1.44% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 54.19% from current levels.
Williams Cos Inc (WMB) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have gained 17.52% over the past 6 months.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 21.10% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 12.97% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 12.58%.
WMB Dividends
Williams Cos Inc is expected to release its next earnings report on 2025-May-05 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 1.95 at a share yield of 3.19%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 5.43%.
Williams Cos Inc (NYSE:WMB)’s Major holders
Insiders own 0.45% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 88.67% with a share float percentage of 89.07%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Williams Cos Inc having a total of 2013.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 128.7 million shares worth more than $5.47 billion. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 10.5543% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 106.02 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $4.51 billion and represent 8.695% of shares outstanding.
