Shares of Williams Companies Inc (NYSE:WMB) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the fourteen research firms that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12-month price objective among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $43.78.

Other hedge funds have modified their holdings of the company. FNY Managed Accounts LLC increased its stake in shares of Williams Companies by 100,733.3% in the fourth quarter. FNY Managed Accounts LLC now owns 30,250 shares of the company’s stock worth $777,000 after buying an additional 30,220 shares during the last quarter. Walnut Private Equity Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Williams Companies by 14.6% in the fourth quarter. Walnut Private Equity Partners LLC now owns 213,721 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,493,000 after buying an additional 27,221 shares during the last quarter. Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. increased its stake in shares of Williams Companies by 32.1% in the fourth quarter. Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. now owns 17,481 shares of the company’s stock worth $449,000 after buying an additional 4,245 shares during the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB increased its stake in shares of Williams Companies by 13.7% in the fourth quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 28,525 shares of the company’s stock worth $733,000 after buying an additional 3,443 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Piedmont Investment Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Williams Companies by 0.9% in the fourth quarter. Piedmont Investment Advisors LLC now owns 165,378 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,250,000 after buying an additional 1,464 shares during the last quarter.

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. TheStreet cut Williams Companies to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 2nd. Vetr upgraded shares of Williams Companies from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and set a $41.60 price target for the company in a report on Monday, November 9th. Zacks Investment Research downgraded shares of Williams Companies from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 4th. Jefferies Group lowered their price target on shares of Williams Companies to $46.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 8th. Finally, Wells Fargo upgraded shares of Williams Companies to a “buy” rating and set a $43.00 price target for the company in a report on Friday, December 18th.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) opened at 19.30 on Thursday. Williams Companies has a 12-month low of $12.77 and a 12-month high of $61.38. The company has a market capitalization of $14.47 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.37. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $21.42 and its 200 day moving average price is $38.34.

The Williams Companies, Inc. is an energy infrastructure company focused on connecting North America’s hydrocarbon resource plays to markets for natural gas, natural gas liquids (NYSE:WMB), and olefins. The Company operates through three segments: Williams Partners, comprised of its consolidated partnership Pre-merger WPZ (Williams Partners L.P.), which includes gas pipeline and midstream businesses; Access Midstream, comprised of its consolidated master limited partnership ACMP (Access Midstream Partners, L.P.), which includes certain domestic midstream businesses that provide gathering, treating, and compression services to producers under long-term, fee-based contracts, and Williams NGL and Petchem Services, comprised of certain other domestic olefins pipeline assets and certain Canadian growth projects under development, including a propane dehydrogenation facility and a liquids extraction plant.

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