NYSE:WES - Western Gas Partners Stock Price, Price Target & More

Western Gas Partners trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WES."

Western Gas Partners announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 17th. Investors of record on Wednesday, May 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.935 per share on Monday, May 14th. This represents a $3.74 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.67%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, May 1st. This is an increase from Western Gas Partners's previous quarterly dividend of $0.92. View Western Gas Partners' Dividend History.

Western Gas Partners, LP (NYSE:WES) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The pipeline company reported $0.38 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.10. The pipeline company earned $437.17 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $622.09 million. Western Gas Partners had a net margin of 28.35% and a return on equity of 15.44%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 15.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.01 EPS. View Western Gas Partners' Earnings History.

Western Gas Partners is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Western Gas Partners.

12 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Western Gas Partners' stock. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $63.00. On average, they anticipate Western Gas Partners' stock price to reach $53.6667 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Western Gas Partners.

Some companies that are related to Western Gas Partners include Williams Companies (WMB), Energy Transfer Equity LP Unit (ETE), Spectra Energy Partners (SEP), Targa Resources (TRGP), Western Gas Equity Partners (WGP), Enable Midstream Partners (ENBL), EQT GP (EQGP), Antero Midstream Partners (AM), DCP Midstream (DCP), EnLink Midstream Partners (ENLK), EQT Midstream Partners (EQM), Tallgrass Energy GP (TEGP), Antero Midstream GP (AMGP), Tallgrass Energy Partners (TEP) and EnLink Midstream (ENLC).

News articles about WES stock have been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, according to Accern. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Western Gas Partners earned a daily sentiment score of 0.10 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the pipeline company an impact score of 46.46 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Western Gas Partners' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C. (8.96%), Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C. (8.96%), Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP (5.93%), Alps Advisors Inc. (5.15%), Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (2.83%) and OppenheimerFunds Inc. (2.31%). Company insiders that own Western Gas Partners stock include David J Tudor and James R Crane. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Western Gas Partners.

WES stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Atlantic Trust Group LLC, Alps Advisors Inc., Barclays PLC, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH, Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C., Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C., Hsbc Holdings PLC and BP Capital Fund Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Western Gas Partners.

WES stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Zimmer Partners LP, Citigroup Inc., Summit Trail Advisors LLC, Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC, Infrastructure Capital Advisors LLC, Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP and OppenheimerFunds Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Western Gas Partners.

Shares of WES can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WES stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.77.

Western Gas Partners has a market capitalization of $7.46 billion and generates $2.25 billion in revenue each year. The pipeline company earns $567.48 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.30 on an earnings per share basis. Western Gas Partners employs 438 workers across the globe.

Western Gas Partners' mailing address is 1201 LAKE ROBBINS DRIVE, THE WOODLANDS TX, 77380. The pipeline company can be reached via phone at 832-636-6000 or via email at [email protected]