Q1 Earnings Forecast for WES Issued By Capital One Financial

Western Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE:WES) – Equities research analysts at Capital One Financial issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Western Midstream Partners in a note issued to investors on Thursday, March 6th. Capital One Financial analyst W. Suki expects that the pipeline company will post earnings of $0.82 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Western Midstream Partners’ current full-year earnings is $4.02 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Western Midstream Partners’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.89 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.88 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.89 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.61 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently issued reports on WES. UBS Group decreased their price objective on shares of Western Midstream Partners from $40.00 to $37.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday, November 15th. US Capital Advisors upgraded shares of Western Midstream Partners from a “hold” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 26th. Royal Bank of Canada restated a “sector perform” rating and set a $41.00 price objective on shares of Western Midstream Partners in a report on Monday, December 9th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of Western Midstream Partners from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $38.43.

Western Midstream Partners Stock Up 0.4 %

Shares of NYSE:WES opened at $40.65 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $15.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.37, a P/E/G ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 2.88. The company has a 50 day moving average of $40.49 and a 200-day moving average of $39.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.05, a current ratio of 1.11 and a quick ratio of 1.11. Western Midstream Partners has a one year low of $33.42 and a one year high of $43.33.

Western Midstream Partners Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were given a $0.875 dividend. This represents a $3.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.61%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 3rd. Western Midstream Partners’s dividend payout ratio is presently 86.85%.

Institutional Trading of Western Midstream Partners

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in WES. Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Western Midstream Partners by 6.6% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 22,809,161 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $876,556,000 after purchasing an additional 1,406,362 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its position in Western Midstream Partners by 23.1% during the fourth quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 7,273,186 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $279,509,000 after acquiring an additional 1,366,341 shares in the last quarter. Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP raised its position in Western Midstream Partners by 23.5% during the third quarter. Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP now owns 6,228,448 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $238,300,000 after acquiring an additional 1,184,597 shares in the last quarter. Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. raised its position in Western Midstream Partners by 6,986.8% during the third quarter. Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. now owns 708,683 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $27,114,000 after acquiring an additional 698,683 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp raised its position in Western Midstream Partners by 624.5% during the fourth quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 785,096 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $30,171,000 after acquiring an additional 676,729 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.82% of the company’s stock.

About Western Midstream Partners

Western Midstream Partners, LP, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a midstream energy company primarily in the United States. It is involved in gathering, compressing, treating, processing, and transporting natural gas; gathering, stabilizing, and transporting condensate, natural gas liquids (NGLs), and crude oil; and gathering and disposing produced water.