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. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 8.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, October 30th. This is a positive change from Western Gas Partners's previous quarterly dividend of $0.95. View Western Gas Partners' Dividend History.

Western Gas Partners, LP (NYSE:WES) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 30th. The pipeline company reported $0.39 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.28. The pipeline company earned $507.76 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $472.96 million. Western Gas Partners had a net margin of 24.11% and a return on equity of 12.78%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 11.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $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.

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' stock price to reach $52.2308 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.4% 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 7 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Western Gas Partners.

Media stories about WES stock have trended somewhat negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Western Gas Partners earned a news impact score of -1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the pipeline company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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 a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Chickasaw Capital Management LLC (1.81%), Spirit of America Management Corp NY (0.24%) 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 and Spirit of America Management Corp NY. 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 $47.33.

Western Gas Partners has a market capitalization of $6.99 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]