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, January 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.98 per share on Wednesday, February 13th. This represents a $3.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.90%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 31st. This is an increase from Western Gas Partners's previous quarterly dividend of $0.97. View Western Gas Partners' Dividend History.

Western Gas Partners, LP (NYSE:WES) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 14th. The pipeline company reported $0.10 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.65. The pipeline company had revenue of $557.79 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $521.78 million. Western Gas Partners had a net margin of 24.11% and a return on equity of 12.78%. Western Gas Partners's revenue was down 11.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.39 earnings per share. View Western Gas Partners' Earnings History.

Western Gas Partners is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Western Gas Partners.

12 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Western Gas Partners' shares. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $61.00. On average, they anticipate Western Gas Partners' stock price to reach $51.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Western Gas Partners.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Western Gas Partners in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Western Gas Partners.

Headlines about WES stock have been trending positive on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Western Gas Partners earned a news sentiment score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the pipeline company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

Some companies that are related to Western Gas Partners include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Spectra Energy Partners (SEP), Targa Resources (TRGP), Western Gas Equity Partners (WGP), Enable Midstream Partners (ENBL), Tallgrass Energy (TGE), EQGP (EQGP), 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), TC Pipelines (TCP) and Dominion Energy Midstream Partners (DM).

Western Gas Partners' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C. (10.34%), Alps Advisors Inc. (6.52%), Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP (5.65%), Chickasaw Capital Management LLC (1.81%), RR Advisors LLC (1.07%) and Bank of America Corp DE (0.74%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Western Gas Partners.

WES stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C., RR Advisors LLC, Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP, Chickasaw Capital Management LLC, Citigroup Inc., Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY and Infrastructure Capital Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Western Gas Partners.

WES stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alps Advisors Inc., Eagle Global Advisors LLC, Harvest Fund Advisors LLC, Zimmer Partners LP, HITE Hedge Asset Management LLC, Hsbc Holdings PLC, IndexIQ Advisors LLC and Jennison Associates LLC. 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 $49.62.

Western Gas Partners has a market capitalization of $7.57 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]