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 declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 20th. Investors 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 13.56%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 30th. This is a positive change from Western Midstream Partners's previous quarterly dividend of $0.62. View Western Midstream Partners' Dividend History.

Western Midstream Partners LP (NYSE:WES) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, November, 4th. The pipeline company reported $0.27 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate 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 return on equity of 15.32% and a net margin of 18.35%. The business's revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.39 earnings per share. 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.

13 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Western Midstream Partners' shares. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $55.00. On average, they expect Western Midstream Partners' stock price to reach $31.09 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 69.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Western Midstream Partners.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Western Midstream Partners in the last year. There are currently 10 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Western Midstream Partners.

News articles about WES stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Western Midstream Partners earned a media sentiment score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the pipeline company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Western Midstream Partners.

Western Midstream Partners saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 6,420,000 shares, a drop of 10.8% from the December 31st total of 7,200,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,540,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.2 days. Currently, 3.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Western Midstream Partners' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Western Midstream Partners include Williams Companies (WMB), Targa Resources (TRGP), Tallgrass Energy (TGE), EQM Midstream Partners (EQM), Enable Midstream Partners (ENBL), DCP Midstream (DCP), Antero Midstream (AM), TC Pipelines (TCP), 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), AT&T (T), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Magellan Midstream Partners (MMP), Broadcom (AVGO), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), Simon Property Group (SPG), Starbucks (SBUX), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) and Alibaba Group (BABA).

Western Midstream Partners' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Chickasaw Capital Management LLC (1.24%), Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (0.18%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.10%), Spirit of America Management Corp NY (0.07%), Wiley BROS. Aintree Capital LLC (0.01%) and Ballentine Partners LLC (0.01%). 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 Spirit of America Management Corp NY, Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., Diversified Trust Co, Albert D Mason Inc., Barnett & Company Inc. and Mitchell Mcleod Pugh & Williams Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Western Midstream Partners.

WES stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, Wiley BROS. Aintree Capital LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC, Chickasaw Capital Management LLC, Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC, Ballentine Partners LLC and TFO TDC 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 $18.35.

Western Midstream Partners has a market capitalization of $8.31 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]