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. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.965 per share on Tuesday, November 13th. This represents a $3.86 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.62%. 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 data on Tuesday, October, 30th. The pipeline company reported $0.39 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.28. The pipeline company earned $507.76 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $472.96 million. Western Gas Partners had a return on equity of 12.78% and a net margin of 24.11%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 11.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.38 EPS. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Western Gas Partners' shares. Their forecasts range from $41.00 to $61.00. On average, they expect Western Gas Partners' stock price to reach $53.0769 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.6% 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 coverage about WES stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Western Gas Partners earned a coverage optimism score of 0.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the pipeline company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

Some companies that are related to Western Gas Partners include Energy Transfer (ET), Spectra Energy Partners (SEP), Targa Resources (TRGP), Western Gas Equity Partners (WGP), Enable Midstream Partners (ENBL), Tallgrass Energy (TGE), EQT Midstream Partners (EQM), DCP Midstream (DCP), Antero Midstream Partners (AM), EQT GP (EQGP), EnLink Midstream Partners (ENLK), Antero Midstream GP (AMGP), Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), Dominion Energy Midstream Partners (DM) and EnLink Midstream (ENLC).

Western Gas Partners' stock is owned by a number 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%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.30%) and Bank of Montreal Can (1.38%). 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, Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP, Perella Weinberg Partners Capital Management LP, Taylor Wealth Management Partners, Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., Spirit of America Management Corp NY, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Western Gas Partners.

WES stock was bought 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, Advisory Research Inc., Alps Advisors Inc. and First Trust Advisors LP. 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 $44.77.

Western Gas Partners has a market capitalization of $7.06 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]