How to buy Western Midstream Partners stock (WES)

Western Midstream Partners is an oil & gas midstream business based in the US. Western Midstream Partners shares (WES) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $39.13 – an increase of 2.01% over the previous week. Western Midstream Partners employs 1,377 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $3.5 billion.

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Western Midstream Partners stock price (NYSE: WES)

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Western Midstream Partners shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-26.

Latest market close	$39.13
52-week range	$25.15 - $41.29
50-day moving average more info button	$38.46
200-day moving average more info button	$38.03
Wall St. target price	$40.28
PE ratio more info button	10.1765
Dividend yield more info button	$3.2 (9.12%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$3.91

Is it a good time to buy Western Midstream Partners stock?

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Western Midstream Partners price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $39.02 from 2024-12-26

1 week (2024-12-20)	1.72%
1 month (2024-11-27)	-1.54%
3 months (2024-09-27)	2.09%
6 months (2024-06-28)	-1.79%

1 year (2023-12-28)	36.91%
2 years (2022-12-28)	83.30%
3 years (2021-12-28)	135.96%
5 years (2019-12-27)	204.30%

Is Western Midstream Partners stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Western Midstream Partners stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Western Midstream Partners's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Western Midstream Partners's P/E ratio

Western Midstream Partners's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 10x. In other words, Western Midstream Partners shares trade at around 10x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Western Midstream Partners's PEG ratio

Western Midstream Partners's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 5.48. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Western Midstream Partners's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Western Midstream Partners's EBITDA

Western Midstream Partners's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $2.2 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Western Midstream Partners's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Western Midstream Partners financials

Revenue TTM	$3.5 billion
Operating margin TTM	42.57%
Gross profit TTM	$2.2 billion
Return on assets TTM	7.77%
Return on equity TTM	49.44%
Profit margin	42.23%
Book value	$8.48
Market Capitalization more info button	$15.1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Western Midstream Partners share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 81.63% of net profits

Recently Western Midstream Partners has paid out, on average, around 100% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Western Midstream Partners shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Western Midstream Partners's case, that would currently equate to about $3.2 per share.

Western Midstream Partners's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Western Midstream Partners's most recent dividend payout was on 13 November 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 31 October 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Western Midstream Partners's shares ever split?

Western Midstream Partners's shares were split on a 10:9 basis on 25 November 2014 . So if you had owned 9 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 10 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Western Midstream Partners shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 10% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Western Midstream Partners shares which in turn could have impacted Western Midstream Partners's share price.

Western Midstream Partners share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Western Midstream Partners's shares have ranged in value from as little as $25.1465 up to $41.29. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Western Midstream Partners's is 2.818. This would suggest that Western Midstream Partners's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

Western Midstream Partners overview

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. The company also buys and sells natural gas, NGLs, and condensate. It operates assets located in Texas, New Mexico, the Rocky Mountains, and North-central Pennsylvania. Western Midstream Holdings, LLC operates as the general partner of the company. The company was formerly known as Western Gas Equity Partners, LP and changed its name to Western Midstream Partners, LP in February 2019. Western Midstream Partners, LP was incorporated in 2007 and is based in The Woodlands, Texas.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Western Midstream Partners is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.301% of Western Midstream Partners shares are held by insiders and 85.125% by institutions. How many people work for Western Midstream Partners?
Latest data suggests 1,377 work at Western Midstream Partners. When does the fiscal year end for Western Midstream Partners?
Western Midstream Partners's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Western Midstream Partners based?
Western Midstream Partners's address is: 9950 Woodloch Forest Drive, The Woodlands, TX, United States, 77380 What is Western Midstream Partners's ISIN number?
Western Midstream Partners's international securities identification number is: US9586691035 What is Western Midstream Partners's CUSIP number?
Western Midstream Partners's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 958669103