Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.850-2.100 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 2.130. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Williams Companies also updated its FY 2024 guidance to 1.830-1.930 EPS.

Williams Companies Trading Up 1.6 %

Shares of WMB traded up $0.87 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $56.31. The stock had a trading volume of 7,120,229 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,255,060. Williams Companies has a 1 year low of $32.65 and a 1 year high of $56.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.64, a current ratio of 0.45 and a quick ratio of 0.39. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $48.81 and its 200 day moving average is $44.34. The firm has a market cap of $68.63 billion, a PE ratio of 23.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 6.19 and a beta of 1.03.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 6th. The pipeline company reported $0.43 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.42 by $0.01. Williams Companies had a net margin of 27.36% and a return on equity of 15.90%. The company had revenue of $2.65 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.52 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.45 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 3.7% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts forecast that Williams Companies will post 1.91 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Williams Companies Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.475 per share. This represents a $1.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 13th. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio is currently 80.17%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the company. Truist Financial boosted their price target on Williams Companies from $42.00 to $52.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday. Barclays increased their price target on Williams Companies from $42.00 to $46.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price objective on Williams Companies from $47.00 to $56.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 16th. Scotiabank increased their target price on shares of Williams Companies from $43.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Thursday, August 8th. Finally, Citigroup raised their target price on shares of Williams Companies from $45.00 to $52.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 3rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and nine have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Williams Companies presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $50.38.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, SVP Terrance Lane Wilson sold 2,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $45.29, for a total value of $90,580.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 304,200 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $13,777,218. This represents a 0.00 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. 0.44% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Williams Companies Company Profile

The Williams Companies, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy infrastructure company primarily in the United States. It operates through Transmission & Gulf of Mexico, Northeast G&P, West, and Gas & NGL Marketing Services segments. The Transmission & Gulf of Mexico segment comprises natural gas pipelines; Transco, Northwest pipeline, MountainWest, and related natural gas storage facilities; and natural gas gathering and processing, and crude oil production handling and transportation assets in the Gulf Coast region.