WES vs. AEP, TRP, VST, EXC, XEL, CQP, VG, FTS, EBR, and LNT
Should you be buying Western Midstream Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Midstream Partners include American Electric Power (AEP), TC Energy (TRP), Vistra (VST), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP), Venture Global (VG), Fortis (FTS), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), and Alliant Energy (LNT). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.
Western Midstream Partners vs.
Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) and American Electric Power (NASDAQ:AEP) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.
American Electric Power has higher revenue and earnings than Western Midstream Partners. Western Midstream Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Electric Power, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
84.8% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.2% of American Electric Power shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of American Electric Power shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Western Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. American Electric Power pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Western Midstream Partners pays out 108.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Electric Power pays out 71.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Western Midstream Partners has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and American Electric Power has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years.
Western Midstream Partners received 497 more outperform votes than American Electric Power when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.58% of users gave Western Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 55.31% of users gave American Electric Power an outperform vote.
In the previous week, American Electric Power had 18 more articles in the media than Western Midstream Partners. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for American Electric Power and 8 mentions for Western Midstream Partners. American Electric Power's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Western Midstream Partners' score of 1.12 indicating that American Electric Power is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Western Midstream Partners currently has a consensus target price of $39.14, suggesting a potential upside of 0.08%. American Electric Power has a consensus target price of $105.77, suggesting a potential upside of 1.97%. Given American Electric Power's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Electric Power is more favorable than Western Midstream Partners.
Western Midstream Partners has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Electric Power has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Western Midstream Partners has a net margin of 42.99% compared to American Electric Power's net margin of 15.08%. Western Midstream Partners' return on equity of 46.02% beat American Electric Power's return on equity.
Summary
American Electric Power beats Western Midstream Partners on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WES) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
