In the last trading session, 9.72 million shares of the Williams Cos Inc (NYSE:WMB) were traded, and its beta was 0.70. Most recently the company’s share price was $57.69, and it changed around -$0.79 or -1.35% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $70.44B. WMB currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $63.45, offering almost -9.98% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $40.41, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 29.95% since then. We note from Williams Cos Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 10.85 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 7.91 million.
Williams Cos Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 2.12. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 1 out of 22 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 4 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 9 recommended WMB as a Hold, whereas 8 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Williams Cos Inc is expected to report earnings per share of 0.48 for the current quarter.
Williams Cos Inc (NYSE:WMB) trade information
Instantly WMB has showed a red trend with a performance of -1.35% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 62.77 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 8.09%. The company’s shares are currently up 34.79% year-to-date, but still down -8.15% over the last five days. On the other hand, Williams Cos Inc (NYSE:WMB) is -4.74% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 15.28 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 2.11 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $41.5, which translates to bulls needing to decrease their stock price by -39.01% from its current value. Analyst projections state that WMB is forecast to be at a low of $28 and a high of $62.
Williams Cos Inc (WMB) estimates and forecasts
The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 14.94%, up from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 4 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 2.88B in revenue for the current quarter. 4 analysts expect Williams Cos Inc to make 3B in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 2.34B and 2.65B respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 23.10%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 13.03%.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 21.10%. Williams Cos Inc earnings are expected to increase by 12.55% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 12.54% per year for the next five years.
WMB Dividends
Williams Cos Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-May-05. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 3.38 percent and its annual dividend per share was 1.95. It is important to note, however, that the 3.38% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 5.35 per year.
Williams Cos Inc (NYSE:WMB)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 0.45% of Williams Cos Inc shares, and 88.64% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 89.04%. Williams Cos Inc stock is held by 2002.0 institutions, with VANGUARD GROUP INC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 10.5543% of the shares, which is about 128.7 million shares worth $5.47 billion.
BLACKROCK INC., with 8.695% or 106.02 million shares worth $4.51 billion as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund were the top two Mutual Funds as of Mar 31, 2025 . The former held 38.51 shares worth $2.22 billion, making up 3.16% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund held roughly 33.87 shares worth around $1.95 billion, which represents about 2.78% of the total shares outstanding.
