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. Shareholders 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 12.73%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, January 30th. This is an increase from Western Midstream Partners's previous quarterly dividend of $0.62. View Western Midstream Partners' Dividend History.

Western Midstream Partners LP (NYSE:WES) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 4th. The pipeline company reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.20. The pipeline company earned $666.03 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $688.91 million. Western Midstream Partners had a return on equity of 15.32% and a net margin of 18.35%. Western Midstream Partners's quarterly revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $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 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Western Midstream Partners' stock. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $55.00. On average, they anticipate Western Midstream Partners' share price to reach $31.09 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 59.1% 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 coverage about WES stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Western Midstream Partners earned a news impact score of 0.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the pipeline company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Western Midstream Partners.

Western Midstream Partners saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,420,000 shares, a decline of 10.8% from the December 15th total of 7,200,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,580,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.1 days. Approximately 3.2% of the company's stock are short sold. View Western Midstream Partners' Current Options Chain.

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

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 many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Chickasaw Capital Management LLC (1.24%), Spirit of America Management Corp NY (0.07%), Wiley BROS. Aintree Capital LLC (0.01%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.01%), Albert D Mason Inc. (0.01%) and Diversified Trust Co (0.00%). 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, Diversified Trust Co, Albert D Mason Inc. and Mitchell Mcleod Pugh & Williams Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Western Midstream Partners.

WES stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wiley BROS. Aintree Capital LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC and Chickasaw Capital Management 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 $19.54.

Western Midstream Partners has a market capitalization of $8.85 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]