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UBS's Manav Gupta raised their price target on Williams Companies (NYSE: WMB) by 2.2% from $89 to $91 on 2026/05/13. The analyst maintained their Strong Buy rating on the stock.

Williams Companies reported its Q1 2026 earnings.

Raising their price target, Gupta big-pictured that the company continues to differentiate itself by growing this business at a pace that exceeds expectations.

The analyst detailed that based on the projects already announced (Socrates, Atlas, Apollo, Aquila, Socrates the Younger, and Neo), Williams Companies' Power Innovation segment could add $1.93B to EBITDA by 2029.

Earnings Report

For Q1 2026, Williams Companies reported:

• EPS of $0.73, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.65 and Q1 2025's $0.60.
• Revenue of $3.03B, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 9.36% and Q1 2025's $3.05B.

Management did not provide revenue and earnings guidance in its press release.

President & CEO Chad Zamarin commented: “Williams delivered a strong first quarter, supported by the ongoing success of our natural gas-focused strategy and the performance of our premier assets.

"First-quarter GAAP net income increased 25% year-over-year to $864 million, and Adjusted EBITDA grew 13% year-over-year to $2.254 billion – driven by Transco’s expansion projects, new Gulf volumes, higher storage revenues, and higher gathering volumes in the West.

"Our teams continue to execute at an excellent pace on transmission expansions while adding to our portfolio of power innovation projects.

"Among several first-quarter accomplishments, we placed Northwest Pipeline’s Naughton Coal Conversion into service and broke ground on Transco’s NESE and SESE projects.

"In addition, we commissioned the Aristotle pipeline to support data centers in Ohio, including the Socrates power innovation facility, and signed a customer agreement for Project Neo, a new behind-the-meter power innovation project.

“Natural gas demand is rising, our contracted project portfolio is growing, and we’re staying focused on the sharp execution of projects which will drive higher earnings, stable cash flows, and strong, durable returns for shareholders.”