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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.54%. 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 for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.28. The pipeline company had revenue of $507.76 million for 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%. Western Gas Partners's revenue was down 11.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business 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.

13 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Western Gas Partners' shares. Their predictions range from $41.00 to $61.00. On average, they expect Western Gas Partners' stock price to reach $53.0769 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.4% 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 6 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Western Gas Partners.

News stories about WES stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Western Gas Partners earned a news impact score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the pipeline company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Some companies that are related to Western Gas Partners include Spectra Energy Partners (SEP), ENERGY TRANSFER/UT LTD PARTN INT (ET), Targa Resources (TRGP), Western Gas Equity Partners (WGP), EQT GP (EQGP), Tallgrass Energy (TGE), Enable Midstream Partners (ENBL), EQM Midstream Partners (EQM), Antero Midstream Partners (AM), DCP Midstream (DCP), 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 a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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, Morgan Stanley, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Perella Weinberg Partners Capital Management LP, Taylor Wealth Management Partners and Marshall Wace North America L.P.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Western Gas Partners.

WES stock was acquired 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 $45.20.

Western Gas Partners has a market capitalization of $6.93 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]