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The Williams Companies, Inc.

September 10, 2026 · pre-market

Rarity
1.17
Peak move
−3.34%
Float cap
$91.4B

The Williams Companies, Inc. is an energy infrastructure company that gathers, processes, transports, and stores natural gas and natural gas liquids. It operates more than 32,000 miles of pipelines and related processing, fractionation, and storage facilities, serving roughly 800 customers. Its customers include local gas distribution companies, utilities, municipalities, industrial users, power generators, and natural gas marketers and producers.

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9 events · 2 from SEC or newswire · 1 timed with the move
  • Timed with the movedebt_financing

    Williams Companies completed a registered offering of $2.75 billion in senior notes across four tranches priced September 8, 2026: $500 million 5.000% notes due 2029, $1.0 billion 5.600% notes due 2033, $750 million 5.800% notes due 2036 and $500 million 6.400% notes due 2056, with Citigroup, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley and SMBC Nikko as representatives and underwriters.

    SEC8-K 0001193125-26-387359
  • Key eventanalyst_rating

    Scotiabank lowered its price target on Williams Companies to $85.00 from $86.00 while maintaining a sector outperform rating; the new target implies about 15.6% upside from a then-price of $73.54.

  • Key eventinstitutional_flow

    California State Teachers Retirement System lifted its Williams Companies holdings by 7,567.4% in Q2, acquiring an additional 160,471,058 shares to hold 162,591,616 shares, or 13.29% of the company, worth $12.09 billion at quarter-end.

  • Key eventanalyst_rating

    Stifel analyst Robert Hodges initiated coverage of Williams with a Buy rating and an $85 price target, citing natural gas demand growth and a project backlog.

  • credit_rating_change

    Fitch Ratings assigned a 'BBB' rating to Williams' proposed senior unsecured notes, citing leverage of about 4.0x-4.2x in 2026-2027 and a Positive Outlook on the company.

  • shelf_registration

    Williams Companies filed a preliminary prospectus supplement for a debt offering under its shelf registration statement No. 333-277232, a takedown with pricing left blank, with Mizuho, Morgan Stanley and SMBC Nikko named as underwriters.

    SEC424B5 0001193125-26-384435
  • litigation_outcome

    The Third Circuit Court of Appeals vacated New Jersey's water quality certification for Williams' roughly $1 billion Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline and remanded it to the New Jersey DEP for reconsideration.

  • shelf_registration

    Williams filed a preliminary prospectus supplement on September 8, 2026 for a four-tranche offering of senior unsecured notes, with amounts, coupons and maturities to be set in final terms.

  • acquisition_acquirer

    Williams closed its roughly $5.5 billion acquisition of Momentum Midstream, adding over 4,000 miles of Haynesville gathering pipeline, 1 million dedicated acres and about 6 Bcf/d of gathering capacity, funded with about $3.5 billion cash/debt and roughly $2 billion in Williams equity.