US Capital Advisors Has Negative Outlook of WES Q2 Earnings

Western Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE:WES) – Research analysts at US Capital Advisors cut their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Western Midstream Partners in a report released on Tuesday, May 20th. US Capital Advisors analyst J. Carreker now expects that the pipeline company will post earnings of $0.81 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.85. The consensus estimate for Western Midstream Partners’ current full-year earnings is $4.02 per share. US Capital Advisors also issued estimates for Western Midstream Partners’ Q3 2025 earnings at $0.83 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.94 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.05 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $3.88 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.21 EPS.

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

WES has been the subject of several other research reports. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Western Midstream Partners from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, March 8th. Mizuho reduced their price objective on shares of Western Midstream Partners from $45.00 to $44.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $39.83.

Western Midstream Partners Stock Up 0.4%

Shares of NYSE:WES opened at $38.66 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.11, a current ratio of 1.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.05. The company has a market capitalization of $14.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.86, a P/E/G ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 1.12. Western Midstream Partners has a 52-week low of $33.60 and a 52-week high of $43.33. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $38.53 and its 200-day simple moving average is $39.33.

Western Midstream Partners Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 2nd were paid a dividend of $0.91 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 2nd. This represents a $3.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 9.42%. This is an increase from Western Midstream Partners’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.88. Western Midstream Partners’s dividend payout ratio is currently 108.66%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Alps Advisors Inc. increased its position in Western Midstream Partners by 7.6% during the first quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 33,824,487 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $1,385,451,000 after purchasing an additional 2,400,891 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in shares of Western Midstream Partners by 7.1% during the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 24,417,770 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $1,000,152,000 after buying an additional 1,608,609 shares during the period. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Western Midstream Partners by 23.1% during the 4th quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 7,273,186 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $279,509,000 after buying an additional 1,366,341 shares during the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp increased its holdings in shares of Western Midstream Partners by 624.5% during the 4th quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 785,096 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $30,171,000 after buying an additional 676,729 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Barclays PLC raised its position in shares of Western Midstream Partners by 83.1% in the 4th quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 1,404,381 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $53,971,000 after buying an additional 637,266 shares during the period. 84.82% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.