Capital One Financial Has Weak Outlook for WES Q1 Earnings

Western Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE:WES) – Equities research analysts at Capital One Financial cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Western Midstream Partners in a report released on Thursday, April 10th. Capital One Financial analyst W. Suki now expects that the pipeline company will post earnings of $0.80 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.82. 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’ Q3 2025 earnings at $0.90 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.91 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.50 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.79 EPS.

Separately, StockNews.com upgraded shares of Western Midstream Partners from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, March 8th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $38.43.

Western Midstream Partners Trading Up 2.4 %

Shares of WES opened at $38.53 on Monday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $39.74 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $39.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.05, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a current ratio of 1.11. The company has a market cap of $14.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.83, a PEG ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 2.40. Western Midstream Partners has a 52-week low of $33.60 and a 52-week high of $43.33.

Institutional Trading of Western Midstream Partners

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Stifel Financial Corp increased its holdings in Western Midstream Partners by 42.1% in the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 108,367 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $4,146,000 after purchasing an additional 32,119 shares during the last quarter. M&T Bank Corp acquired a new position in shares of Western Midstream Partners during the 3rd quarter worth about $765,000. Virtu Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Western Midstream Partners in the 3rd quarter valued at about $409,000. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB acquired a new stake in shares of Western Midstream Partners in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $166,000. Finally, Tidal Investments LLC grew its holdings in Western Midstream Partners by 26.4% during the third quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 13,796 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $528,000 after purchasing an additional 2,879 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.82% of the company’s stock.

Western Midstream Partners Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 14th. Investors of record on Monday, February 3rd were issued a $0.875 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd. This represents a $3.50 annualized dividend and a yield of 9.08%. Western Midstream Partners’s dividend payout ratio is currently 86.85%.

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.