O Brien Greene & Co. Inc Grows Holdings in The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE:WMB)

O Brien Greene & Co. Inc raised its position in The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE:WMB) by 0.3% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 153,601 shares of the pipeline company’s stock after buying an additional 499 shares during the period. Williams Companies comprises 1.9% of O Brien Greene & Co. Inc’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 25th biggest position. O Brien Greene & Co. Inc’s holdings in Williams Companies were worth $5,350,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of WMB. Turtle Creek Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Williams Companies during the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. FSC Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Williams Companies during the third quarter worth about $27,000. HWG Holdings LP purchased a new stake in shares of Williams Companies during the third quarter worth about $29,000. Carmel Capital Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Williams Companies during the third quarter worth about $31,000. Finally, CGC Financial Services LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Williams Companies during the fourth quarter worth about $35,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.44% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently issued reports on WMB shares. UBS Group upped their price objective on shares of Williams Companies from $43.00 to $47.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, April 12th. Barclays upped their price objective on shares of Williams Companies from $37.00 to $38.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 11th. Truist Financial upped their price objective on shares of Williams Companies from $35.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, March 25th. Finally, Wolfe Research reaffirmed an “underperform” rating and set a $34.00 price objective on shares of Williams Companies in a research note on Thursday, April 18th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $39.22.

Williams Companies Stock Performance

Shares of WMB stock opened at $39.26 on Friday. The Williams Companies, Inc. has a one year low of $28.27 and a one year high of $39.76. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $37.45 and its 200-day moving average price is $35.88. The firm has a market cap of $47.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.98, a P/E/G ratio of 6.17 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.57, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 0.77.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 14th. The pipeline company reported $0.48 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.47 by $0.01. Williams Companies had a net margin of 29.22% and a return on equity of 16.20%. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.53 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that The Williams Companies, Inc. will post 1.83 EPS for the current year.

Williams Companies Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 15th were given a $0.475 dividend. This represents a $1.90 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.84%. Williams Companies’s payout ratio is currently 72.52%.

About Williams Companies

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.