Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) Releases FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) issued an update on its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Tuesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 2.350-2.350 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.420.

Williams Companies Trading Up 2.1%

Williams Companies stock opened at $72.68 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $72.25 and a 200 day moving average of $72.39. The firm has a market capitalization of $88.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.62, a P/E/G ratio of 1.50 and a beta of 0.62. Williams Companies has a 12-month low of $56.19 and a 12-month high of $80.07. The company has a current ratio of 0.48, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last released its earnings results on Monday, November 2nd. The pipeline company reported $0.54 EPS for the quarter, hitting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.54. Williams Companies had a net margin of 24.99% and a return on equity of 18.79%. The company had revenue of $3.22 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.99 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.49 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 10.3% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, research analysts predict that Williams Companies will post 2.42 earnings per share for the current year.

Williams Companies Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 11th will be given a dividend of $0.5250 per share. This represents a $2.10 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.9%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 11th. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 83.67%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

WMB has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Williams Companies from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 8th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a research note on Monday, September 21st. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Williams Companies in a report on Tuesday, July 14th. Scotiabank lowered their price objective on Williams Companies from $86.00 to $85.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, September 10th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price objective on Williams Companies from $85.00 to $83.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, October 14th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eighteen have assigned a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $86.06.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Williams Companies news, SVP Terrance Wilson sold 13,000 shares of Williams Companies stock in a transaction on Friday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $74.87, for a total value of $973,310.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 268,159 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,077,064.33. The trade was a 4.62% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Insiders have sold 19,000 shares of company stock worth $1,408,470 over the last three months. Company insiders own 0.47% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Williams Companies

Here are the key news stories impacting Williams Companies this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Stifel reiterated its Buy rating, reinforcing an optimistic analyst view of WMB. Stifel rating
• Positive Sentiment: Third-quarter revenue increased 10.3% year over year to $3.22 billion, topping estimates; EPS of $0.54 matched the reported consensus and was higher than a year ago. Williams also cited natural-gas infrastructure expansion to serve LNG and power-generation demand, with AI-related electricity needs providing a potential longer-term growth opportunity. Q3 results and expansion
• Neutral Sentiment: SVP Terrance Wilson sold 2,000 shares for about $148,000, reducing his holdings by 0.76% while retaining more than 260,000 shares; the relatively small sale may have limited signaling value. Insider sale details
• Negative Sentiment: Full-year 2026 EPS guidance of $2.35 is below the roughly $2.42 analyst expectation, potentially limiting enthusiasm around the quarterly revenue beat. Some estimates also characterized quarterly EPS as a slight miss. EPS estimate comparison
• Negative Sentiment: A newly authorized $1.5 billion share repurchase plan could support shareholder returns, but a report flags capital-allocation and execution risks that investors may weigh. Buyback risks

Williams Companies Company Profile

The Williams Companies, Inc is an energy infrastructure company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Founded in 1908 as Williams Brothers, the company has evolved from an early pipeline contractor into a major operator of natural gas infrastructure in the United States.

Williams primarily gathers, processes, transports and stores natural gas and natural gas liquids. Its assets include interstate and regional pipelines, gas processing and fractionation facilities, storage operations, and gathering systems that connect producers with utilities, industrial customers, power generators and other energy markets.