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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 17th. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 8.57%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, October 30th. This is an increase from Western Gas Partners's previous quarterly dividend of $0.95. View Western Gas Partners' Dividend History.

Western Gas Partners, LP (NYSE:WES) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October, 30th. The pipeline company reported $0.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' 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 business's quarterly revenue was down 11.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $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 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.9% 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.

Media stories about WES stock have been trending very positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Western Gas Partners earned a news sentiment score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the pipeline company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press 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 Spectra Energy Partners (SEP), Energy Transfer (ET), Targa Resources (TRGP), Western Gas Equity Partners (WGP), Tallgrass Energy (TGE), Enable Midstream Partners (ENBL), EQM 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 TC Pipelines (TCP).

Western Gas Partners' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional 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, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Perella Weinberg Partners Capital Management LP, Taylor Wealth Management Partners, Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. and Spirit of America Management Corp NY. 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, 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 $45.02.

Western Gas Partners has a market capitalization of $6.87 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]