Western Midstream Partners LP (NYSE: WES) is 7.18% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $27.49 and a high of $42.80 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The WES stock was last observed hovering at around $40.83 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.36%.
Currently trading at $41.19, the stock is 4.70% and 6.17% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.22 million and changing 0.88% at the moment leaves the stock 7.40% off its SMA200. WES registered 44.02% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -1.39%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $38.7264 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $38.32405.
The stock witnessed a 3.10% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 4.44%, and is 4.36% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.29% over the week and 2.51% over the month.
Western Midstream Partners LP (WES) has around 1377 employees, a market worth around $15.68B and $3.53B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 10.54 and Fwd P/E is 11.79. Profit margin for the company is 42.23%. Distance from 52-week low is 49.84% and -3.76% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (14.68%).
with sales reaching $934.28M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 50.20% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 17.22% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 8.86% in year-over-year returns.
305.0 institutions hold shares in Western Midstream Partners LP (WES), with institutional investors hold 85.40% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 380.56M, and float is at 210.17M with Short Float at 2.48%. Institutions hold 85.14% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is ALPS ADVISORS INC with over 27.9 million shares valued at $1.11 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 7.3425 of the WES Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is INVESCO LTD. with 22.27 million shares valued at $884.77 million to account for 5.8601 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKSTONE INC. which holds 14.69 million shares representing 3.8656 and valued at over $583.64 million, while TORTOISE CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.L.C. holds 2.2467 of the shares totaling 8.54 million with a market value of $339.21 million.
Western Midstream Partners LP (WES) Insider Activity
Western Midstream Partners LP disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Aug 14 ’24 that OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP /DE/ (10% Owner) sold a total of 19,500,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Aug 14 ’24 and was made at $35.75 per share for $697.12 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 165.68 million shares of the WES stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 14 ’24, OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP /DE/ (10% Owner) disposed off 19,500,000 shares at an average price of $35.75 for $697.12 million. The insider now directly holds 165,681,578 shares of Western Midstream Partners LP (WES).
