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Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB) Plans $0.53 Quarterly Dividend

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Williams Companies, Inc. (The) (NYSE:WMB - Get Free Report) declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 12th will be given a dividend of 0.525 per share by the pipeline company on Monday, June 29th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 12th.

Williams Companies has raised its dividend payment by an average of 0.0%per year over the last three years and has increased its dividend every year for the last 9 years. Williams Companies has a payout ratio of 86.4% indicating that its dividend is currently covered by earnings, but may not be in the future if the company's earnings tumble. Research analysts expect Williams Companies to earn $2.71 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $2.10 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 77.5%.

Williams Companies Stock Up 0.4%

Shares of NYSE WMB opened at $73.31 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $89.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.20 and a beta of 0.63. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $73.04 and its 200-day simple moving average is $65.74. The company has a quick ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 0.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.83. Williams Companies has a 52-week low of $55.82 and a 52-week high of $76.87.

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 10th. The pipeline company reported $0.55 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.57 by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $3.20 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.10 billion. Williams Companies had a return on equity of 17.32% and a net margin of 21.90%.During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.47 EPS. Williams Companies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.200-2.380 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Williams Companies will post 2.41 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Williams Companies Company Profile

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Williams Companies, Inc NYSE: WMB is a U.S.-based energy infrastructure company focused on the midstream segment of the natural gas value chain. The company develops, owns and operates assets that gather, process, transport and store natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs). Its operations support the movement of gas from production areas to end users including utilities, power generators, industrial customers and export facilities.

Williams’s product and service offering includes interstate and intrastate pipeline transmission, gas-gathering systems, processing facilities that remove impurities and separate NGLs, storage services and fractionation and transportation of NGL products.

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