Williams Cos Inc [NYSE: WMB] plunged by $7699937.13 during the normal trading session on Friday and reaching a high of $63.175 during the day while it closed the day at $7700000.0.
Williams Cos Inc stock has also gained 3.60% of its value over the past 7 days. However, WMB stock has inclined by 5.45% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has gained 15.95% and gained 46.12% year-on date.
The market cap for WMB stock reached $76.52 billion, with 1.22 billion shares outstanding and 1.22 billion shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 7.70M shares, WMB reached a trading volume of 27808925 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about Williams Cos Inc [WMB]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for WMB shares is $63.50 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 2.17. 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.
Wolfe Research have made an estimate for Williams Cos Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Peer Perform, with their previous recommendation back on June 13, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Scotiabank raised their target price to Sector Perform. The new note on the price target was released on January 10, 2025, representing the official price target for Williams Cos Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $55, while BofA Securities analysts kept a Buy rating on WMB stock. On October 04, 2024, analysts increased their price target for WMB shares from 52 to 58.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 6.15, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.08. Price to Free Cash Flow for WMB in the course of the last twelve months was 37.75 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.36.
WMB stock trade performance evaluation
Williams Cos Inc [WMB] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 3.60. With this latest performance, WMB shares gained by 3.38% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 15.95% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 15.80% in the past year of trading.
Williams Cos Inc [WMB]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Williams Cos Inc [WMB] shares currently have an operating margin of 30.15% and a Gross Margin at 39.20%. Williams Cos Inc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 20.68%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 4.24%, with Return on Assets sitting at 4.24%.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Williams Cos Inc [WMB] stock
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 Williams Cos Inc go to 12.58%.
Williams Cos Inc [WMB]: Institutional Ownership
There are presently around $88.68%, or 89.08% of WMB stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of WMB stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 128.7 million shares, which is approximately 10.5543%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 106.02 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$4.51 billion in WMB stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$3.38 billion in WMB stock with ownership which is approximately 6.5175%.
