NYSE:WES - Western Gas Partners Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Western Gas Partners announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 17th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 31st will be given a dividend of $0.965 per share on Tuesday, November 13th. This represents a $3.86 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 8.54%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, October 30th. This is a boost from Western Gas Partners's previous quarterly dividend of $0.95. View Western Gas Partners' Dividend History.

Western Gas Partners, LP (NYSE:WES) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 30th. The pipeline company reported $0.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.67 by $0.28. The pipeline company earned $507.76 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $472.96 million. Western Gas Partners had a net margin of 24.11% and a return on equity of 12.78%. The firm's revenue was down 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.38 earnings per share. View Western Gas Partners' Earnings History.

Western Gas Partners is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 21st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Western Gas Partners.

13 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Western Gas Partners' stock. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $61.00. On average, they expect Western Gas Partners' share price to reach $53.0769 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Western Gas Partners.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Western Gas Partners in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Western Gas Partners.

News articles about WES stock have been trending positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Western Gas Partners earned a coverage optimism score of 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the pipeline company a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Some companies that are related to Western Gas Partners include Spectra Energy Partners (SEP), ENERGY TRANSFER/UT LTD PARTN INT (ET), Targa Resources (TRGP), Western Gas Equity Partners (WGP), EQT GP (EQGP), Tallgrass Energy (TGE), Enable Midstream Partners (ENBL), EQM Midstream Partners (EQM), Antero Midstream Partners (AM), DCP Midstream (DCP), EnLink Midstream Partners (ENLK), Antero Midstream GP (AMGP), Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), Dominion Energy Midstream Partners (DM) and TC Pipelines (TCP).

Western Gas Partners' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C. (10.68%), Alps Advisors Inc. (5.79%), Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP (5.77%), OppenheimerFunds Inc. (3.67%), Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (2.57%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.30%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Western Gas Partners.

WES stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Zimmer Partners LP, Bank of Montreal Can, Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP, Morgan Stanley, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Perella Weinberg Partners Capital Management LP, Taylor Wealth Management Partners and Marshall Wace North America L.P.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Western Gas Partners.

WES stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including OppenheimerFunds Inc., Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd., RR Advisors LLC, Virtus ETF Advisers LLC, Advisory Research Inc. and Alps Advisors 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 $45.20.

Western Gas Partners has a market capitalization of $6.93 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.

The official website for Western Gas Partners is http://www.westerngas.com.

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]