Williams Companies (WMB) will increase its quarterly dividend to $0.57 per share.
Williams has increased its dividend by 50% in 2014 now. In addition to the fourth-quarter 2014 dividend increase, Williams also is affirming dividend-growth guidance of approximately 15 percent annually – from the higher third-quarter 2014 base – through 2017 with planned dividends of approximately $2.46 in 2015, $2.82 in 2016, and $3.25 in 2017.
The Williams Companies, Inc. is an energy infrastructure company focused on connecting North America's hydrocarbon resource plays to markets for natural gas, natural gas liquids and olefins.