The Williams Companies Inc. [NYSE: WMB] traded at a high on 04/10/23, posting a 0.64 gain after which it closed the day’ session at $29.84. The company report on February 27, 2023 that Williams Prices $1.50 Billion of Senior Notes.
Williams (NYSE: WMB) announced today that it has priced a public offering of $750 million of its 5.400% Senior Notes due 2026 at a price of 99.907 percent of par and $750 million of its 5.650% Senior Notes due 2033 at a price of 99.891 percent of par. The expected settlement date for the offering is March 2, 2023, subject to customary closing conditions.
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Williams intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment of our outstanding commercial paper notes or other near-term debt maturities.
The results of the trading session contributed to over 5824795 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of The Williams Companies Inc. stands at 1.99% while the volatility over the past one month is 2.38%.
The market cap for WMB stock reached $36.72 billion, with 1.22 billion shares outstanding and 1.14 billion shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 7.36M shares, WMB reached a trading volume of 5824795 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus say about The Williams Companies Inc. [WMB]?
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for WMB shares is $36.81 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on WMB stock is a recommendation set at 2.40. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Truist have made an estimate for The Williams Companies Inc. shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Hold, with their previous recommendation back on March 28, 2023. The new note on the price target was released on February 28, 2023, representing the official price target for The Williams Companies Inc. stock. Previously, the target price had yet another drop from $37 to $34, while Bernstein kept a Mkt Perform rating on WMB stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for The Williams Companies Inc. is set at 0.65, with the Price to Sales ratio for WMB stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 3.35. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 3.18, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.12. Price to Free Cash Flow for WMB in the course of the last twelve months was 13.17 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.70.
How has WMB stock performed recently?
The Williams Companies Inc. [WMB] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -0.07. With this latest performance, WMB shares dropped by -0.17% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -0.90% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -10.66% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for WMB stock in for the last two-week period is set at 52.05, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 57.21, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 48.93 for The Williams Companies Inc. [WMB]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 30.37, while it was recorded at 29.79 for the last single week of trading, and 31.93 for the last 200 days.
The Williams Companies Inc. [WMB]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and The Williams Companies Inc. [WMB] shares currently have an operating margin of +29.31 and a Gross Margin at +34.84. The Williams Companies Inc.’s Net Margin is presently recorded at +18.05.
Return on Total Capital for WMB is now 8.86, given the latest momentum, and Return on Invested Capital for the company is 6.14. Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 17.89, with Return on Assets sitting at 4.08. When it comes to the capital structure of this company, The Williams Companies Inc. [WMB] has a Total Debt to Total Equity ratio set at 200.93. Additionally, WMB Total Debt to Total Capital is recorded at 66.77, with Total Debt to Total Assets ending up at 45.57. Long-Term Debt to Equity for the company is recorded at 192.79, with the Long-Term Debt to Total Capital now at 63.87.
Reflecting on the efficiency of the workforce at the company, The Williams Companies Inc. [WMB] managed to generate an average of $406,306 per employee. Receivables Turnover for the company is 4.83 with a Total Asset Turnover recorded at a value of 0.23.The Williams Companies Inc.’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.70 and a Current Ratio set at 0.80.
Earnings analysis for The Williams Companies Inc. [WMB]
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for WMB. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for The Williams Companies Inc. go to 3.70%.
Insider trade positions for The Williams Companies Inc. [WMB]
There are presently around $31,160 million, or 88.10% of WMB stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of WMB stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 127,907,931, which is approximately 1.217% of the company’s market cap and around 0.35% of the total institutional ownership; BLACKROCK INC., holding 120,890,256 shares of the stock with an approximate value of $3.58 billion in WMB stocks shares; and STATE STREET CORP, currently with $2.6 billion in WMB stock with ownership of nearly -1.463% of the company’s market capitalization.
Positions in The Williams Companies Inc. stocks held by institutional investors increased at the end of Wednesday and at the time of the Wednesday reporting period, where 649 institutional holders increased their position in The Williams Companies Inc. [NYSE:WMB] by around 48,777,835 shares. Additionally, 430 investors decreased positions by around 49,221,497 shares, while 168 investors held positions by with 952,926,589 shares. The mentioned changes placed institutional holdings at 1,050,925,921 shares, according to the latest SEC report filing. WMB stock had 150 new institutional investments in for a total of 7,669,152 shares, while 90 institutional investors sold positions of 5,626,751 shares during the same period.