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 paid a dividend of $0.965 per share on Tuesday, November 13th. This represents a $3.86 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 8.09%. The ex-dividend date 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) announced its earnings results 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%. Western Gas Partners's quarterly revenue was down 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm 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.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Western Gas Partners' shares. Their predictions range from $41.00 to $61.00. On average, they anticipate Western Gas Partners' share price to reach $51.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.9% 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.

News stories about WES stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog 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 Gas Partners earned a coverage optimism score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the pipeline company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely 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 LP Unit (ET), Targa Resources (TRGP), Western Gas Equity Partners (WGP), Tallgrass Energy (TGE), Enable Midstream Partners (ENBL), EQGP (EQGP), EQM Midstream Partners (EQM), DCP Midstream (DCP), EnLink Midstream Partners (ENLK), Antero Midstream Partners (AM), Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), Antero Midstream GP (AMGP), TC Pipelines (TCP) and Dominion Energy Midstream Partners (DM).

Western Gas Partners' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Chickasaw Capital Management LLC (1.81%), Spirit of America Management Corp NY (0.24%), Diversified Trust Co (0.02%) and Virtu Financial LLC (0.02%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for Western Gas Partners.

WES stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Chickasaw Capital Management LLC, Virtu Financial LLC, Spirit of America Management Corp NY and Diversified Trust Co. 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 $47.74.

Western Gas Partners has a market capitalization of $7.18 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]