Western Midstream Partners (WES) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $39.24 -0.03 (-0.08%) Closing price 07/10/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$39.24 -0.01 (-0.01%) As of 07/10/2025 07:00 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock Western Midstream Partners Short Interest DataWestern Midstream Partners (WES) has a short interest of 5.97 million shares, representing 2.82% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -11.29% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 5.6, indicating that it would take 5.6 days of the average trading volume of 1.22 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest5,970,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest6,730,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-11.29%Dollar Volume Sold Short$231.83 millionShort Interest Ratio5.6 Days to CoverLast Record DateJune 15, 2025Outstanding Shares381,330,000 sharesFloat Size211,930,000 sharesShort Percent of Float2.82%Today's Trading Volume593,839 sharesAverage Trading Volume1,222,604 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average49% Short Selling Western Midstream Partners? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Western Midstream Partners and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartWES Short Interest Over TimeWES Days to Cover Over TimeWES Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Western Midstream Partners Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 6/15/20255,970,000 shares $231.83 million -11.3%2.8%5.6 $38.83 5/31/20256,730,000 shares $251.54 million +12.5%3.2%6.1 $37.38 5/15/20255,980,000 shares $236.75 million +22.8%2.8%4.9 $39.59 4/30/20254,870,000 shares $182.87 million +22.7%2.3%3.9 $37.55 4/15/20253,970,000 shares $152.97 million -3.9%1.9%3 $38.53 3/31/20254,130,000 shares $169.08 million -7.8%2.0%3.1 $40.94 3/15/20254,480,000 shares $183.84 million -25.1%2.1%3.4 $41.04 2/28/20255,980,000 shares $242.43 million -5.7%2.8%4.5 $40.54 2/15/20256,340,000 shares $257.22 million -15.0%3.0%5.2 $40.57 1/31/20257,460,000 shares $306.27 million +46.3%3.6%5.4 $41.06 Get the Latest News and Ratings for WES and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Western Midstream Partners and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 1/15/20255,100,000 shares $210.02 million -2.1%2.4%4 $41.18 12/31/20245,210,000 shares $200.22 million +0.6%2.5%4.2 $38.43 12/15/20245,180,000 shares $205.96 million -16.2%2.5%4.3 $39.76 11/30/20246,180,000 shares $251.59 million -3.4%2.9%5.3 $40.71 11/15/20246,400,000 shares $244.48 million +16.2%3.1%5.6 $38.20 10/31/20245,510,000 shares $207.84 million +36.1%2.6%4.2 $37.72 10/15/20244,050,000 shares $156.65 million +18.8%1.9%3.2 $38.68 9/30/20243,410,000 shares $130.47 million -12.3%1.6%2.7 $38.26 9/15/20243,890,000 shares $153.93 million -2.0%1.9%3.1 $39.57 8/31/20243,970,000 shares $153.16 million -15.5%1.9%3 $38.58 8/15/20244,700,000 shares $179.87 million -36.1%2.2%3.6 $38.27 7/31/20247,350,000 shares $300.76 million +3.1%3.8%6.3 $40.92 7/15/20247,130,000 shares $297.53 million +0.1%3.7%6.5 $41.73 6/30/20247,120,000 shares $282.88 million -16.5%3.7%6.5 $39.73 6/15/20248,530,000 shares $320.47 million +4.9%4.5%7.8 $37.57 5/31/20248,130,000 shares $303.41 million +18.9%4.2%7.5 $37.32 5/15/20246,840,000 shares $259.71 million -1.6%3.6%5.7 $37.97 4/30/20246,950,000 shares $236.86 million +8.8%3.6%5.3 $34.08 4/15/20246,390,000 shares $218.86 million +9.2%3.3%5 $34.25 3/31/20245,850,000 shares $207.97 million -19.8%3.0%4.4 $35.55 3/15/20247,290,000 shares $251.72 million +27.0%3.8%5.5 $34.53 2/29/20245,740,000 shares $192.12 million -7.9%3.0%3.9 $33.47 2/15/20246,230,000 shares $178.99 million -15.2%3.2%4.4 $28.73 1/31/20247,350,000 shares $211.17 million +0.3%3.8%6.3 $28.73 1/15/20247,330,000 shares $209.64 million +23.6%3.8%6.5 $28.60 12/31/20235,930,000 shares $173.51 million -36.2%3.1%5.4 $29.26 12/15/20239,290,000 shares $262.44 million +19.0%4.8%8.4 $28.25 11/30/20237,810,000 shares $232.89 million +8.9%4.1%6.1 $29.82 11/15/20237,170,000 shares $202.48 million -8.7%3.7%5.7 $28.24 10/31/20237,850,000 shares $210.62 million -5.1%4.0%6 $26.83Trump’s treachery (Ad)Trump’s Final Reset Inside the shocking plot to re-engineer America’s financial system…and why you need to move your money now.Millions of Americans are about to be wiped out, while others could make a fortune… click here to ma 10/15/20238,270,000 shares $226.76 million +21.1%5.1%6.4 $27.42 9/30/20236,830,000 shares $185.98 million +37.4%4.2%5.3 $27.23 9/15/20234,970,000 shares $129.17 million -8.1%2.5%4 $25.99 8/31/20235,410,000 shares $144.34 million +2.9%2.8%5.7 $26.68 8/15/20235,260,000 shares $142.49 million +7.1%2.7%5.7 $27.09 7/31/20234,910,000 shares $138.76 million -7.0%2.6%5.4 $28.26 7/15/20235,280,000 shares $144.41 million -7.4%2.8%6.3 $27.35 6/30/20235,700,000 shares $151.16 million +12.7%3.0%7.2 $26.52 6/15/20235,060,000 shares $137.23 million -9.2%2.6%6.2 $27.12 5/31/20235,570,000 shares $140.59 million -19.4%2.9%6.4 $25.24 5/15/20236,910,000 shares $180.01 million +0.9%3.6%7 $26.05 4/30/20236,850,000 shares $181.32 million -2.7%3.6%6.9 $26.47 4/15/20237,040,000 shares $190.08 million -6.6%3.7%6.9 $27.00 3/31/20237,540,000 shares $198.83 million +29.8%3.9%7.3 $26.37 3/15/20235,810,000 shares $142.46 million +18.1%3.0%5.4 $24.52 2/28/20234,920,000 shares $127.97 million +20.0%2.6%5 $26.01 2/15/20234,100,000 shares $117.14 million +21.3%2.1%4.3 $28.57 1/31/20233,380,000 shares $91.33 million -49.7%1.8%3.7 $27.02 1/15/20236,720,000 shares $190.31 million +13.3%3.5%7.6 $28.32 12/30/20225,930,000 shares $159.22 million -3.6%3.1%6.2 $26.85 12/15/20226,150,000 shares $159.78 million -5.7%3.2%6.2 $25.98 11/30/20226,520,000 shares $182.43 million -7.7%3.4%6.8 $27.98 11/15/20227,060,000 shares $193.73 million +18.5%3.6%7.6 $27.44 10/31/20225,960,000 shares $171.11 million -19.7%3.1%6.6 $28.71 10/15/20227,420,000 shares $193.44 million +4.7%3.8%8.4 $26.07 9/30/20227,090,000 shares $178.38 million -4.7%3.7%8.1 $25.16 9/15/20227,440,000 shares $209.06 million -6.8%3.8%8 $28.10 8/31/20227,980,000 shares $224.32 million +1.1%4.1%7.4 $28.11 8/15/20227,890,000 shares $218.32 million +19.2%3.9%7 $27.67 7/31/20226,620,000 shares $177.35 million -19.0%3.1%5.3 $26.79 7/15/20228,170,000 shares $206.29 million +13.3%4.1%6.5 $25.25 6/30/20227,210,000 shares $175.28 million -0.4%3.6%5.8 $24.31 6/15/20227,240,000 shares $178.32 million -2.4%3.6%6.1 $24.63 5/31/20227,420,000 shares $205.16 million -3.5%3.7%6.3 $27.65 5/15/20227,690,000 shares $199.40 million +39.6%3.9%5.7 $25.93 4/30/20225,510,000 shares $133.29 million -17.6%2.8%3.8 $24.19 4/15/20226,690,000 shares $174.68 million -1.5%3.4%4.6 $26.11 3/31/20226,790,000 shares $171.24 million -5.0%3.4%4.8 $25.22 3/15/20227,150,000 shares $165.31 million +12.1%3.6%4.9 $23.12 2/28/20226,380,000 shares $166.14 million -9.4%3.2%4.8 $26.04 2/15/20227,040,000 shares $182.69 million +58.2%3.4%6.1 $25.95 1/31/20224,450,000 shares $106.09 million -30.8%2.2%4.5 $23.84 1/15/20226,430,000 shares $154.58 million +4.6%3.1%6.8 $24.04 12/31/20216,150,000 shares $136.96 million +29.8%3.0%6.8 $22.27 12/15/20214,740,000 shares $94.56 million -2.5%2.3%5.2 $19.95 11/30/20214,860,000 shares $93.46 million -1.0%2.4%5.2 $19.23 11/15/20214,910,000 shares $108.46 million +24.9%2.4%5.3 $22.09 10/29/20213,930,000 shares $83.51 million -22.5%1.9%4.3 $21.25 10/15/20215,070,000 shares $118.54 million +13.7%2.5%5.6 $23.38 9/30/20214,460,000 shares $93.48 million -9.5%2.2%4.8 $20.96Trump’s treachery (Ad)Trump’s Final Reset Inside the shocking plot to re-engineer America’s financial system…and why you need to move your money now.Millions of Americans are about to be wiped out, while others could make a fortune… click here to ma 9/15/20214,930,000 shares $98.30 million -5.0%2.4%5.2 $19.94 8/31/20215,190,000 shares $102.45 million +1.8%2.5%5.6 $19.74 8/13/20215,100,000 shares $100.37 million +26.6%2.5%5.4 $19.68 7/30/20214,030,000 shares $80.56 million -16.7%2.0%3.8 $19.99 7/15/20214,840,000 shares $96.36 million +4.5%2.4%4.4 $19.91 6/30/20214,630,000 shares $99.17 million +20.0%2.3%4.2 $21.42 6/15/20213,860,000 shares $87.82 million +0.3%1.9%3.1 $22.75 5/28/20213,850,000 shares $76.92 million -14.1%1.9%2.8 $19.98 5/14/20214,480,000 shares $97.26 million +31.4%2.2%2.6 $21.71 4/30/20213,410,000 shares $69.33 million -5.3%1.7%1.8 $20.33 4/15/20213,600,000 shares $69.01 million -19.8%1.8%1.9 $19.17 3/31/20214,490,000 shares $81.31 million -0.2%2.2%2.4 $18.11 3/15/20214,500,000 shares $89.55 million +34.7%2.3%2.3 $19.90 2/26/20213,340,000 shares $56.95 million +35.8%1.7%1.8 $17.05 2/12/20212,460,000 shares $41.50 million -13.1%1.3%1.4 $16.87 1/29/20212,830,000 shares $42.99 million -6.0%1.4%1.6 $15.19 1/15/20213,010,000 shares $50.75 million -15.7%1.5%1.7 $16.86 12/31/20203,570,000 shares $48.87 million -2.7%1.8%2 $13.69 12/15/20203,670,000 shares $52.81 million +20.3%1.9%2 $14.39 11/30/20203,050,000 shares $41.79 million -12.9%1.6%1.7 $13.70 10/30/20203,720,000 shares $30.69 million -14.9%1.8%2.4 $8.25 10/15/20204,370,000 shares $38.28 million -33.2%2.1%2.9 $8.76 9/30/20206,540,000 shares $52.32 million -16.9%3.1%4.3 $8.00 9/15/20207,870,000 shares $60.28 million +0.6%3.7%5 $7.66 8/31/20207,820,000 shares $70.93 million +4.7%4.0%4.3 $9.07 8/14/20207,470,000 shares $71.49 million -8.3%3.8%3.4 $9.57 7/31/20208,150,000 shares $73.35 million -2.2%4.3%3.4 $9.00 7/15/20208,330,000 shares $76.14 million -15.7%4.4%2.8 $9.14 WES Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Western Midstream Partners' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Western Midstream Partners shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of June 15th, traders have sold 5,970,000 shares of WES short. 2.82% of Western Midstream Partners' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Western Midstream Partners' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Western Midstream Partners? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. WES shares currently have a short interest ratio of 6.0. Learn More on Western Midstream Partners's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Western Midstream Partners? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Western Midstream Partners: Jane Street Group LLC, PEAK6 LLC, Simplex Trading LLC, and IMC Chicago LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Western Midstream Partners? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 2.82% of Western Midstream Partners' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Western Midstream Partners' short interest increasing or decreasing? Western Midstream Partners saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,970,000 shares, a drop of 11.3% from the previous total of 6,730,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is Western Midstream Partners' float size? Western Midstream Partners currently has issued a total of 381,330,000 shares. Some of Western Midstream Partners' outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Western Midstream Partners currently has a public float of 211,930,000 shares. How does Western Midstream Partners' short interest compare to its competitors? 2.82% of Western Midstream Partners' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Western Midstream Partners: Antero Midstream Corporation (3.03%), Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (1.81%), Energy Transfer LP (0.83%), Hess Midstream Partners LP (2.25%), Kinder Morgan, Inc. (2.05%), Mplx Lp (2.11%), ONEOK, Inc. (1.68%), Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (2.38%), Targa Resources, Inc. (2.13%), American Electric Power Company, Inc. (3.93%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($69.26 billion), Invesco QQQ ($25.22 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($20.33 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.99 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($9.12 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($6.73 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.52 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($5.60 billion), Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund ($4.64 billion), and iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($4.59 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Western Midstream Partners stock? Short selling WES is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Western Midstream Partners as its price is falling. WES shares are trading down $0.03 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Western Midstream Partners? A short squeeze for Western Midstream Partners occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of WES, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Western Midstream Partners' short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including WES, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is June, 15 2025. 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