Williams Cos Inc [WMB] short interest falls, dropping by 14.09 million million shares

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Williams Cos Inc shares valued at $115,242 were purchased by Wilson Terrance Lane on Sep 04 ’25. At $57.62 per share, Wilson Terrance Lane acquired 2,000 shares.

Also, Larsen Larry C sold 4,500 shares, netting a total of over 263,115 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $58.47 each, the insider now holds 77,612 shares.

Before that, Larsen Larry C had added 4,500 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $263,115, the Officer bought Williams Cos Inc shares for $58.47 each.

As published in a research note from CIBC on August 15, 2025, Williams Cos Inc [WMB] has been rated up from a Neutral to a Sector outperform and the price target has been revised to $64. Analysts at TD Cowen started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early July. As of June 13, 2025, Wolfe Research has increased its “an Underperform” rating to a “Peer perform” for WMB.

Analyzing WMB Stock Performance

On last trading session, Williams Cos Inc [NYSE: WMB] plunged -0.26% to $57.58. The stock’s lowest price that day was $57.17, but it reached a high of $58.59 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.16%. Over the course of the year, Williams Cos Inc shares have jumped approximately 25.80%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $63.45 on 06/30/25 and a 52-week low of $51.58 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Williams Cos Inc (WMB)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 56.97, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 56.36. In the upper region, resistance lies at 58.39. The next price resistance is at 59.20. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 47.90 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Williams Cos Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Williams Cos Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-08-15 dropping by -0.67 million shares to 14.09 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-15 was 14.76 million shares. A decline of -4.72% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.02 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.02.

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In terms of Williams Cos Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 67.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 16.92% from the previous closing price of $57.73. Analysts anticipate Williams Cos Inc stock to reach 70 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 65. In spite of this, 8 analysts ranked Williams Cos Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On October 17, 2024, BofA Securities assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $55.

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