WES vs. AM, EPD, ET, HESM, KMI, MPLX, OKE, PAA, PAGP, and TRGP
Should you be buying Western Midstream Partners stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Western Midstream Partners include Antero Midstream (AM), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), Hess Midstream Partners (HESM), Kinder Morgan (KMI), MPLX (MPLX), ONEOK (OKE), Plains All American Pipeline (PAA), Plains GP (PAGP), and Targa Resources (TRGP). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Western Midstream Partners vs. Its Competitors
Antero Midstream (NYSE:AM) and Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
Antero Midstream presently has a consensus price target of $18.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.46%. Western Midstream Partners has a consensus price target of $39.60, indicating a potential upside of 5.14%. Given Western Midstream Partners' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Western Midstream Partners is more favorable than Antero Midstream.
Antero Midstream has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Midstream Partners has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Antero Midstream has a net margin of 39.53% compared to Western Midstream Partners' net margin of 34.45%. Western Midstream Partners' return on equity of 37.70% beat Antero Midstream's return on equity.
Western Midstream Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Antero Midstream. Western Midstream Partners is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Antero Midstream, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Antero Midstream had 6 more articles in the media than Western Midstream Partners. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Antero Midstream and 8 mentions for Western Midstream Partners. Antero Midstream's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Western Midstream Partners' score of 0.66 indicating that Antero Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the media.
54.0% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.8% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Western Midstream Partners shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Antero Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Western Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.7%. Antero Midstream pays out 94.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Western Midstream Partners pays out 112.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Western Midstream Partners has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Western Midstream Partners is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Western Midstream Partners beats Antero Midstream on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:WES) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
