Williams Companies
About: Williams Companies is a midstream energy company that owns and operates the large Transco and Northwest pipeline systems and associated natural gas gathering, processing, and storage assets. In August 2018, the firm acquired the remaining 26% ownership of its limited partner, Williams Partners.
Employees: 5,601
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q2 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
83% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 146 | Existing positions closed: 80
51% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $463M | Put options by funds: $307M
21% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 29 [Q1] → 35 (+6) [Q2]
8% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $41.7B [Q1] → $45.1B (+$3.44B) [Q2]
5% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,222 [Q1] → 1,288 (+66) [Q2]
0.88% less ownership
Funds ownership: 88.07% [Q1] → 87.19% (-0.88%) [Q2]
8% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 459 | Existing positions reduced: 499
Research analyst outlook
9 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
9 analyst ratings
B of A Securities Jean Ann Salisbury 50% 1-year accuracy 1 / 2 met price target | 7%upside $55 | Buy Reinstated | 17 Oct 2024 |
RBC Capital Elvira Scotto 65% 1-year accuracy 15 / 23 met price target | 9%upside $56 | Outperform Maintained | 16 Oct 2024 |
Morgan Stanley Robert Kad 90% 1-year accuracy 9 / 10 met price target | 13%upside $58 | Overweight Upgraded | 4 Oct 2024 |
Citigroup Spiro Dounis 73% 1-year accuracy 8 / 11 met price target | 1%upside $52 | Buy Maintained | 3 Oct 2024 |
Barclays Theresa Chen 30% 1-year accuracy 6 / 20 met price target | 11%downside $46 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 2 Oct 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 15 articles about WMB published over the past 30 days