Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) Announces Earnings Results, Meets Expectations

Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) posted its quarterly earnings data 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 Price Performance

Shares of WMB opened at $54.83 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $66.84 billion, a PE ratio of 23.14, a PEG ratio of 5.06 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $55.87 and a 200-day moving average price of $51.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.67, a quick ratio of 0.51 and a current ratio of 0.57. Williams Companies has a fifty-two week low of $32.65 and a fifty-two week high of $61.46.

Williams Companies Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be issued a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 14th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.65%. This is a positive change from Williams Companies’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.48. Williams Companies’s payout ratio is currently 80.17%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms recently commented on WMB. Mizuho lifted their price target on shares of Williams Companies from $47.00 to $56.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Truist Financial boosted their target price on Williams Companies from $52.00 to $56.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Royal Bank of Canada upped their target price on Williams Companies from $47.00 to $56.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 16th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price target on Williams Companies from $45.00 to $55.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. Finally, CIBC upped their price objective on Williams Companies from $45.00 to $54.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 22nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $53.00.

Williams Companies Company Profile

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.