Capital One Financial Has Weak Outlook for WES Q1 Earnings

Western Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE:WES) – Research analysts at Capital One Financial reduced their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Western Midstream Partners in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, April 10th. Capital One Financial analyst W. Suki now forecasts that the pipeline company will earn $0.80 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast 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 Western Midstream Partners from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, March 8th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $38.43.

Western Midstream Partners Trading Up 1.9 %

WES opened at $36.57 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.33, a P/E/G ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 2.40. The company has a current ratio of 1.11, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.05. Western Midstream Partners has a 12 month low of $33.60 and a 12 month high of $43.33. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $39.85 and its 200 day simple moving average is $39.44.

Western Midstream Partners Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were issued a $0.875 dividend. This represents a $3.50 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 9.57%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd. Western Midstream Partners’s payout ratio is 86.85%.

Institutional Trading of Western Midstream Partners

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of WES. Invesco Ltd. increased its position in shares of Western Midstream Partners by 6.6% during the 4th 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 during the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. grew its stake in shares of Western Midstream Partners by 23.1% in the fourth quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 7,273,186 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $279,509,000 after buying an additional 1,366,341 shares in the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp grew its stake in shares of Western Midstream Partners by 624.5% in the fourth quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 785,096 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $30,171,000 after buying an additional 676,729 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in Western Midstream Partners by 60.1% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,785,105 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $68,298,000 after buying an additional 670,440 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Barclays PLC raised its position in Western Midstream Partners by 83.1% during the fourth quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 1,404,381 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $53,971,000 after acquiring an additional 637,266 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.82% of the company’s stock.

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.