Williams Companies (WMB) increases quarterly dividend by 3.7 percent to 42.5 cents per share in 2022. This will mark 6 years in a row of increased annual dividends by WMB.

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. Headquartered in Tulsa, Okla., Williams owns approximately 74 percent of Williams Partners L.P. (WPZ). Williams Partners is a master limited partnership with operations across the natural gas value chain from gathering, processing and interstate transportation of natural gas and natural gas liquids to petchem production of ethylene, propylene and other olefins. Williams has paid a common stock dividend every quarter since 1974.