NYSE:WES - Western Midstream Partners Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Western Midstream Partners announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 20th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.622 per share on Thursday, February 13th. This represents a $2.49 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 18.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 30th. This is a boost from Western Midstream Partners's previous quarterly dividend of $0.62. View Western Midstream Partners' Dividend History.

Western Midstream Partners LP (NYSE:WES) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November, 4th. The pipeline company reported $0.27 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.47 by $0.20. The pipeline company had revenue of $666.03 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $688.91 million. Western Midstream Partners had a net margin of 18.35% and a return on equity of 15.32%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.39 EPS. View Western Midstream Partners' Earnings History.

Western Midstream Partners is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 27th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Western Midstream Partners.

Western Midstream Partners will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 27th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

11 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Western Midstream Partners' shares. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $37.00. On average, they anticipate Western Midstream Partners' share price to reach $28.70 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 114.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Western Midstream Partners.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Western Midstream Partners in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Western Midstream Partners.

News coverage about WES stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Western Midstream Partners earned a daily sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories 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 company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Western Midstream Partners.

Western Midstream Partners saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 6,780,000 shares, an increase of 18.5% from the January 30th total of 5,720,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,690,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.0 days. Currently, 3.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Western Midstream Partners' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Western Midstream Partners include Targa Resources (TRGP), Tallgrass Energy (TGE), EQM Midstream Partners (EQM), Enable Midstream Partners (ENBL), TC Pipelines (TCP), DCP Midstream (DCP), Antero Midstream (AM), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Rattler Midstream (RTLR), USA Compression Partners (USAC), Archrock (AROC), CNX Midstream Partners (CNXM), Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS) and Summit Midstream Partners (SMLP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Western Midstream Partners investors own include Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), AT&T (T), DCP Midstream (DCP), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), Hoegh LNG Partners (HMLP), Ford Motor (F), Pfizer (PFE) and Broadcom (AVGO).

Western Midstream Partners' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Alps Advisors Inc. (5.33%), Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C. (4.61%), Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C. (4.61%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (2.83%), Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP (1.83%) and UBS Group AG (1.78%). Company insiders that own Western Midstream Partners stock include David J Tudor and James R Crane. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Western Midstream Partners.

WES stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C., Tortoise Capital Advisors L.L.C., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Brookfield Public Securities Group LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Credit Suisse AG, UBS Group AG and Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Western Midstream Partners.

WES stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cohen & Steers Inc., Americana Partners LLC, Adams Asset Advisors LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., American Assets Investment Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System and Jane Street Group LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Western Midstream 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WES stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.41.

Western Midstream Partners has a market capitalization of $6.08 billion and generates $1.99 billion in revenue each year. The pipeline company earns $369.43 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.51 on an earnings per share basis. View Additional Information About Western Midstream Partners.

The official website for Western Midstream Partners is http://www.westernmidstream.com/.

Western Midstream 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]