Dividend Challengers List Ranked By Yield: Top 10

9. The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE:WMB)

Dividend Yield as of February 3: 5.66%

The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE:WMB) is an American energy company that deals in the transportation and processing of natural gas. In January, Capital Advisors upgraded the stock to Overweight with a $36 price target, highlighting the company’s performance last year.

The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE:WMB), one of the best dividend stocks, currently offers a per-share dividend of $0.425 every quarter. The company holds a six-year streak of consistent dividend growth and has a dividend yield of 5.66%, as of February 3.

At the end of Q3 2022, 35 hedge funds in Insider Monkey’s database owned stakes in The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE:WMB), valued at over $404.7 million collectively.

Longleaf Partners mentioned The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE:WMB) in its Q2 2022 investor letter. Here is what the firm has to say:

“The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE:WMB) – US natural gas pipeline operator Williams contributed as it benefitted from positive natural gas tailwinds in the quarter. After scaling back the position in the first quarter, we sold the remaining position in the quarter as its price reached our appraisal value. This was a very successful investment that was extremely contrarian in 2019 and now has become much more consensus appreciated.”