Weekly Investment Analysts’ Ratings Changes for Western Midstream Partners (WES)

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of Western Midstream Partners (NYSE: WES) in the last few weeks:

• 7/14/2026 – Western Midstream Partners had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $46.00 to $47.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 7/14/2026 – Western Midstream Partners had its price target raised by Mizuho from $48.00 to $51.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 7/12/2026 – Western Midstream Partners was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “buy”.
• 7/10/2026 – Western Midstream Partners had its price target raised by UBS Group AG from $45.00 to $48.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 7/4/2026 – Western Midstream Partners was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “buy” to “hold”.
• 6/17/2026 – Western Midstream Partners is now covered by Mizuho. They set an “outperform” rating and a $48.00 price target on the stock.
• 6/10/2026 – Western Midstream Partners was upgraded by Morgan Stanley from “underweight” to “equal weight”. They now have a $51.00 price target on the stock.
• 5/29/2026 – Western Midstream Partners was upgraded by US Capital Advisors from “moderate buy” to “strong-buy”.
• 5/27/2026 – Western Midstream Partners had its price target raised by Morgan Stanley from $41.00 to $51.00. They now have an “underweight” rating on the stock.
• 5/21/2026 – Western Midstream Partners had its price target raised by UBS Group AG from $40.00 to $45.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.

Western Midstream Partners Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 1st were paid a dividend of $0.93 per share. This represents a $3.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 8.1%. This is a positive change from Western Midstream Partners’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.91. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 1st. Western Midstream Partners’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 121.57%.

Western Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: WES) is a midstream energy infrastructure company that owns, operates and develops an integrated network of crude oil, natural gas and produced water gathering, processing, transportation and storage assets in the United States. The partnership’s primary offerings include pipeline transportation, fractionation services, natural gas liquids (NGL) logistics and produced water handling. Through its fee-based and commodity-based contracts, Western Midstream provides its customers with essential services that support efficient energy production and distribution.

The company’s asset portfolio spans key onshore basins, including the Delaware Basin in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico, the San Juan Basin in New Mexico and Colorado, and the Denver-Julesburg Basin in Colorado.