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WES vs. AM, EPD, ET, HESM, KMI, MPLX, OKE, PAA, TRGP, and AEP

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), Targa Resources (TRGP), and American Electric Power (AEP).

Western Midstream Partners vs. Its Competitors

Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) and Antero Midstream (NYSE:AM) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Western Midstream Partners$3.61B4.10$1.57B$3.3511.57
Antero Midstream$1.11B7.93$400.89M$0.8721.05

Western Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.4%. Antero Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. 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. Antero Midstream pays out 103.4% 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.

Antero Midstream has a net margin of 37.35% compared to Western Midstream Partners' net margin of 35.79%. Western Midstream Partners' return on equity of 38.52% beat Antero Midstream's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Western Midstream Partners35.79% 38.52% 10.25%
Antero Midstream 37.35%19.75%7.24%

Western Midstream Partners has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Midstream has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Western Midstream Partners presently has a consensus target price of $39.83, suggesting a potential upside of 2.73%. Antero Midstream has a consensus target price of $17.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.18%. Given Western Midstream Partners' higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Western Midstream Partners is more favorable than Antero Midstream.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Western Midstream Partners
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.83
Antero Midstream
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

84.8% of Western Midstream Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.0% of Antero Midstream shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Western Midstream Partners shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Antero Midstream shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Western Midstream Partners had 5 more articles in the media than Antero Midstream. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Western Midstream Partners and 6 mentions for Antero Midstream. Antero Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Western Midstream Partners' score of 1.01 indicating that Antero Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Western Midstream Partners
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Antero Midstream
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Western Midstream Partners beats Antero Midstream on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WES vs. The Competition

MetricWestern Midstream PartnersOil Refining & Marketing MLP IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$14.91B$8.42B$7.57B$20.55B
Dividend Yield9.31%6.40%10.91%3.75%
P/E Ratio11.5718.1456.8928.05
Price / Sales4.101.1121,919.2346.08
Price / Cash6.667.6936.2022.31
Price / Book4.373.833.294.59
Net Income$1.57B$485.39M$4.20B$985.44M
7 Day Performance1.13%0.01%1.10%2.91%
1 Month Performance1.95%3.93%4.87%5.47%
1 Year Performance-5.75%5.62%104.14%14.61%

Western Midstream Partners Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WES
Western Midstream Partners
2.2085 of 5 stars
$38.78
-0.8%
$39.83
+2.7%
-4.1%$14.91B$3.61B11.571,511News Coverage
Positive News
AM
Antero Midstream
3.9352 of 5 stars
$18.97
+0.4%
$17.00
-10.4%
+23.6%$9.09B$1.11B21.80590Positive News
EPD
Enterprise Products Partners
3.6585 of 5 stars
$30.98
-0.3%
$36.67
+18.4%
+8.1%$67.19B$56.22B11.606,910Analyst Forecast
ET
Energy Transfer
4.3591 of 5 stars
$18.14
-0.3%
$22.64
+24.8%
+9.2%$62.25B$82.67B13.7412,600Positive News
HESM
Hess Midstream Partners
4.252 of 5 stars
$38.57
+0.0%
$42.80
+11.0%
+4.4%$8.31B$1.52B15.13200Positive News
KMI
Kinder Morgan
4.4088 of 5 stars
$29.43
+1.6%
$30.29
+2.9%
+44.5%$65.40B$15.50B25.3710,500Positive News
MPLX
Mplx
1.8258 of 5 stars
$51.51
-0.2%
$55.50
+7.7%
+19.4%$52.58B$11.93B11.905,810
OKE
ONEOK
4.988 of 5 stars
$81.63
+0.5%
$104.67
+28.2%
-0.4%$51.39B$21.70B15.942,970Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PAA
Plains All American Pipeline
3.4572 of 5 stars
$18.32
+0.3%
$20.50
+11.9%
-0.9%$12.88B$50.09B25.104,100Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Options Volume
TRGP
Targa Resources
4.9715 of 5 stars
$174.11
-0.2%
$204.69
+17.6%
+32.6%$37.77B$16.38B32.062,850Positive News
AEP
American Electric Power
4.6203 of 5 stars
$103.76
+1.3%
$108.31
+4.4%
+17.8%$55.43B$19.72B19.9917,000Positive News

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