Williams Cos Dividend yield

Williams Cos is part of Oil Equipment Services and Distrib. business, which is part of Oil and Gas industry. Williams Cos is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Williams Cos stock dividend

Williams Cos paid a total dividend of 2,182 million USD last year, for a market value of 42,092 millions (Market Cap 41,982 millions). Williams Cos dividend per share is 1.79 USD, and his stock market price 34.53 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Williams Cos has a dividend yield of 5.18%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also bigger than average of Oil and Gas industry. This high dividend yield might be a sign to worry about the future of the company so deeper analysis is needed.

In addition, you should compare Williams Cos stocks dividend with other Oil Equipment Services and Distrib. companies or other of the highest USA dividend stocks list.

Williams Cos Dividend Payout

About the ability of Williams Cos to maintain his current dividend of USD 1.79 per share, an amount that accounts for 5.18%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Williams Cos payout on ernings is currently 90.86%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Oil and Gas industry, which are 39.34% and 38.55% respectively. Both figures show that Williams Cos can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Williams Cos is USD 4.02 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 1.79, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Williams Cos, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Oil and Gas industry and Oil Equipment Services and Distrib. sector companies.

Williams Cos Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Williams Cos's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	5.18%	1.79	90.86%	1,219
2022	5.17%	1.70	111.84%	1,218
2021	6.30%	1.64	372.73%	1,215
2020	7.98%	1.60	166.67%	1,213
2019	6.41%	1.52	0.00%	1,212
2018	6.17%	1.36	283.33%	1,235
2017	3.94%	1.20	0.00%	826
2016	2.61%	0.80	0.00%	747
2015	7.00%	2.56	82.58%	747

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Williams Cos dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Oil Equipment Services and Distrib. stocks.

Williams Cos Stock performance

Finally, last moth Williams Cos showed a return of 0.20% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -1.44% of Oil and Gas firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 1.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Oil Equipment Services and Distrib. firms.