Q2 Earnings Forecast for WES Issued By Capital One Financial

Western Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE:WES) – Capital One Financial increased their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Western Midstream Partners in a report released on Friday, May 16th. Capital One Financial analyst W. Suki now forecasts that the pipeline company will post earnings per share of $0.91 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.89. 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 $0.91 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $3.64 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently commented on the stock. StockNews.com raised shares of Western Midstream Partners from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, March 8th. Mizuho cut their price target on shares of Western Midstream Partners from $45.00 to $44.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $39.14.

Western Midstream Partners Price Performance

Shares of WES opened at $39.11 on Monday. Western Midstream Partners has a 1-year low of $33.60 and a 1-year high of $43.33. The stock has a market cap of $14.91 billion, a PE ratio of 9.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.05, a current ratio of 1.11 and a quick ratio of 1.11. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $38.64 and a 200 day moving average price of $39.32.

Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 7th. The pipeline company reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.83 by ($0.04). Western Midstream Partners had a return on equity of 46.02% and a net margin of 42.99%. The business had revenue of $917.12 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $926.55 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.47 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 3.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Trading of Western Midstream Partners

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Apollon Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in Western Midstream Partners by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. Apollon Wealth Management LLC now owns 25,691 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $987,000 after acquiring an additional 295 shares during the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Western Midstream Partners by 4.7% during the fourth quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 6,833 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $263,000 after purchasing an additional 306 shares during the last quarter. Virtus ETF Advisers LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Western Midstream Partners by 7.3% during the fourth quarter. Virtus ETF Advisers LLC now owns 4,564 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $175,000 after purchasing an additional 311 shares during the last quarter. RE Dickinson Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Western Midstream Partners by 21.8% during the fourth quarter. RE Dickinson Investment Advisors LLC now owns 2,168 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $83,000 after purchasing an additional 388 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Princeton Global Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Western Midstream Partners by 133.3% during the first quarter. Princeton Global Asset Management LLC now owns 700 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 400 shares during the last quarter. 84.82% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Western Midstream Partners Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 2nd were given a $0.91 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 2nd. This is a positive change from Western Midstream Partners’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.88. This represents a $3.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 9.31%. Western Midstream Partners’s dividend payout ratio is currently 108.66%.

Western Midstream Partners Company Profile

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.