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Williams Partners LP (FRA:WP8) Dividend Payout Ratio : 13.19 (As of Sep. 2014)


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What is Williams Partners LP Dividend Payout Ratio?

Williams Partners LP's dividend payout ratio for the months ended in Sep. 2014 was 13.19.

Warning Sign:

If a company dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout of Williams Partners LP is 12.18, which seems too high.

The historical rank and industry rank for Williams Partners LP's Dividend Payout Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:WP8' s Dividend Payout Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.71   Med: 1.79   Max: 13.1
Current: 5.21


During the past 12 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Williams Partners LP was 13.10. The lowest was 0.71. And the median was 1.79.

FRA:WP8's Dividend Payout Ratio is not ranked
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 0.45 vs FRA:WP8: 5.21

As of today (2024-05-26), the Dividend Yield % of Williams Partners LP is 7.47%.

During the past 12 years, the highest Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Williams Partners LP was 7.63%. The lowest was 4.21%. And the median was 6.53%.

Williams Partners LP's Dividends per Share for the months ended in Sep. 2014 was €0.71.

During the past 12 months, Williams Partners LP's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 4.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 68.50% per year.

During the past 12 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Williams Partners LP was 68.50% per year. The lowest was 0.00% per year. And the median was 0.00% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.


Williams Partners LP Dividend Payout Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Williams Partners LP's Dividend Payout Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Williams Partners LP Dividend Payout Ratio Chart

Williams Partners LP Annual Data
Trend Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
Dividend Payout Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 0.26 0.79 1.66 2.36

Williams Partners LP Quarterly Data
Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14
Dividend Payout Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.66 6.75 2.29 8.22 13.19

Competitive Comparison of Williams Partners LP's Dividend Payout Ratio

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, Williams Partners LP's Dividend Payout Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Payout Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Williams Partners LP's Dividend Payout Ratio Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Williams Partners LP's Dividend Payout Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Williams Partners LP's Dividend Payout Ratio falls into.



Williams Partners LP Dividend Payout Ratio Calculation

Dividend payout ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

Williams Partners LP's Dividend Payout Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (A: Dec. 2013 )/ EPS without NRI (A: Dec. 2013 )
=2.493/ 1.058
=2.36

Williams Partners LP's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Sep. 2014 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Sep. 2014 )
=0.712/ 0.054
=13.19

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Williams Partners LP (FRA:WP8) Dividend Payout Ratio Explanation

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.


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Williams Partners LP (FRA:WP8) Business Description

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Williams Partners LP is a publicly traded Delaware limited partnership formed by The Williams Companies, Inc. (Williams) in 2005. It is an energy infrastructure company. The Company is engaged in natural gas transportation; gathering, treating, and processing; storage; NGL fractionation; olefins production; and oil transportation. The operations of its businesses are located in North America. The Company's operations are divided into four business segments: Northeast G&P — this segment includes its natural gas gathering and processing and NGL fractionation businesses in the Marcellus and Utica shale regions, Atlantic-Gulf — this segment includes its interstate natural gas pipeline, Transco, and significant natural gas gathering and processing and crude oil production handling and transportation in the Gulf Coast region, West — this segment includes its natural gas gathering, processing and treating operations in New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming and its interstate natural gas pipeline, Northwest Pipeline, and NGL & Petchem Services — this segment includes its NGL and natural gas marketing business, an NGL fractionator and storage facilities near Conway, Kansas. The Company markets NGL products to a wide range of users in the energy and petrochemical industries. The NGL marketing business transports and markets its equity NGLs from the production at its processing plants, and also markets NGLs on behalf of third-party NGL producers, including some of our fee-based processing customers, and the NGL volumes owned by Discovery. The Company also market olefin products to a wide range of users in the energy and petrochemical industries. Its gathering and processing business competes with other midstream companies, interstate and intrastate pipelines, producers and independent gatherers and processors. The Company's operations are subject to federal environmental laws and regulations as well as the state, local, and tribal laws and regulations adopted by the jurisdictions in which they operate.

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