Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results

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

Williams Companies Stock Down 0.7 %

NYSE:WMB traded down $0.41 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $54.83. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 7,957,984 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,452,908. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $55.87 and a two-hundred 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 12 month low of $32.65 and a 12 month high of $61.46. The company has a market capitalization of $66.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.06 and a beta of 1.04.

Williams Companies Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Friday, March 14th will be paid a $0.50 dividend. This is an increase 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 yield of 3.65%. Williams Companies’s payout ratio is 80.17%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price target on shares of Williams Companies from $45.00 to $55.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. Bank of America assumed 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 for the company. Scotiabank reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and set a $51.00 price target on shares of Williams Companies in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price target on shares of Williams Companies from $47.00 to $56.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 16th. Finally, Mizuho lifted their price target on shares of Williams Companies from $47.00 to $56.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. One investment 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’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus 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.