Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Meets Estimates

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday. The pipeline company reported $0.47 EPS for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.47, Zacks reports. Williams Companies had a net margin of 27.36% and a return on equity of 15.89%. Williams Companies updated its FY 2025 guidance to 1.940-2.180 EPS.

Williams Companies Trading Up 4.9 %

Shares of WMB stock opened at $57.52 on Friday. Williams Companies has a 52-week low of $32.65 and a 52-week high of $61.46. The stock has a market cap of $70.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.27, a P/E/G ratio of 5.06 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.67, a quick ratio of 0.51 and a current ratio of 0.57. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $55.84 and a 200-day moving average of $51.51.

Williams Companies Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. This is a boost from Williams Companies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.48. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.48%. Williams Companies’s dividend payout ratio is currently 80.17%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently commented on WMB shares. Bank of America began coverage on shares of Williams Companies in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. They set a “buy” rating and a $55.00 price target on the stock. Barclays upped their price objective on shares of Williams Companies from $46.00 to $56.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, January 10th. Scotiabank reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and set a $51.00 price objective on shares of Williams Companies in a report on Friday, January 10th. Truist Financial upped their price objective on shares of Williams Companies from $52.00 to $56.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Finally, CIBC upped their price objective on shares of Williams Companies from $45.00 to $54.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 22nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and nine have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $53.00.

About Williams Companies

The Williams Companies, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy infrastructure company primarily in the United States. It operates through Transmission & Gulf of Mexico, Northeast G&P, West, and Gas & NGL Marketing Services segments. The Transmission & Gulf of Mexico segment comprises natural gas pipelines; Transco, Northwest pipeline, MountainWest, and related natural gas storage facilities; and natural gas gathering and processing, and crude oil production handling and transportation assets in the Gulf Coast region.