Insider buying last 90 days
$250Kin 1 open-market purchase
| Filed | Insider | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12 | Frederick A. Forthuber Director | Purchase | $250K |
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
NYSE: WES
Western Midstream Partners (WES) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Sep 28 close
$45.27−0.33 (−0.7%)
Gekko Brief
AI summaryWestern Midstream draws attention this week after a raft of bullish commentary following its pullback, with several pieces citing an upgrade to Strong Buy and record Q2 results that came with a $250M raise to 2026 EBITDA guidance. Coverage points to an 8% yield and, separately, a 7.8% yield figure, with commentary framing WES as a favored pick among MLP peers on margin and volume growth across core basins. One item also noted a 1.5% daily dip to a $46.58 close alongside a 2.21% one-month decline versus the broader market.
At $45.27, the stock sits between its 50-day average of $47.64 and 200-day average of $43.51, reflecting a mixed trend, with the 1-month return at -5.3% against a 1-year return of 15%. The GekkoIndex reads 72, placing WES in the Buying zone, up 7.7 over five days. Price remains 19.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $56.23.
The next earnings date falls on 3 November 2026, 35 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day hold; the last report on 5 August 2026 beat estimates ($0.99 versus $0.90) with a 0.6% reaction. Over the last 90 days, one insider purchase totaling $249,907 was recorded. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged 3.8% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them. Analyst consensus among 10 firms shows 3 buy, 6 hold, 1 sell, with a consensus target of $49.69.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
Western Midstream Partners price vs fair value
Close $45.27200-day averageGekko Fair Value $56.23
Western Midstream Partners quick facts
- Market cap
- $18.70B
- P/E ratio
- 14.4
- Forward P/E
- 11.3
- EPS, TTM
- $3.14
- Revenue, TTM
- $4.33B
- Profit margin
- 29%
- Dividend yield
- 8.06%
- Beta
- 0.66
- Volume
- 911,781 avg 866,121
- 1-year return
- +15.0%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±3.8%
- 50-day average
- $47.64
- 200-day average
- $43.51
- Next earnings
- Nov 3
- Shares outstanding
- 413.2M
Western Midstream Partners swing-trade checklist
Western Midstream Partners scores 5 supportive, 1 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 6 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
5 supportive1 mixed0 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $45.27 sits between the 50-day ($47.64) and 200-day ($43.51) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
72, Buying
Reading 72 is in the Buying zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuesupportive
19.5% below
Price is 19.5% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneysupportive
Leans bullish
Last 90 days: 1 open-market insider purchase.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 35 days
Next report Nov 3, 2026, 35 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+3.8% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +3.8% over 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
See seasonality
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Western Midstream Partners stock chart and price history
Western Midstream Partners closed at $45.27 on Sep 28, 2026, +15.0% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $36.90 to $50.07.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −5.3%
- 3 months
- +4.3%
- 6 months
- +8.4%
- 1 year
- +15.0%
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About Western Midstream Partners
Western Midstream Partners builds and runs the pipes and plants that move natural gas, crude oil, and related products from wellhead to market. Its work covers collecting, compressing, treating, and processing natural gas, along with gathering and moving condensate, natural gas liquids, and crude oil. The partnership also manages water collection and disposal tied to production, and it buys and sells natural gas, natural gas liquids, and condensate in the course of its operations.
The company operates through subsidiaries and is guided by its general partner, Western Midstream Holdings, LLC. Its infrastructure is concentrated in Texas, New Mexico, the Rocky Mountains, and north-central Pennsylvania, placing it in the pathway between producers extracting resources and the markets that consume them.
Western Midstream traces back to 2007 and is based in The Woodlands, Texas. It carried the name Western Gas Equity Partners, LP before adopting its current identity in February 2019. Shares trade on the NYSE under the ticker WES.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Industrial services
- Industry
- Oil & gas pipelines
- Website
- westernmidstream.com
Western Midstream Partners GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Western Midstream Partners’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 72, in the Buying zone, up 7.7 points over five sessions.
72Buying
Up 7.7 points over five sessions, from the Accumulation zone.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buying (current zone) | 10 | +5.2% | +3.1% |
| Accumulation | 152 | +1.2% | +4.3% |
| Neutral | 472 | +0.2% | +0.8% |
| Distribution | 27 | −0.5% | +0.6% |
| Selling | 11 | −0.9% | +8.0% |
Average WES share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Buying readings averaged +3.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Buying zone: Smart money likely accumulating heavily. About the five zones →
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Is Western Midstream Partners stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Western Midstream Partners trades 19.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $56.23, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Western Midstream Partners shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$56.23
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 26, 2026
19.5% Undervalued
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Western Midstream Partners insider and Congress trading
Insiders filed 1 open-market purchase in Western Midstream Partners worth $250K, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in WES were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Western Midstream Partners has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Sep 30, 2023
- $127.5M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.68%
- Trailing four quarters
- $175.1M
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Dec 31
0of the funds Gekko tracks hold WES.
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Western Midstream Partners earnings: next date and track record
Western Midstream Partners reports on Nov 3, 2026 (35 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 3 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Nov 3, 2026
35 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.89
- Revenue estimate
- $1.18B
3 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±2.1%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.99 est $0.90 | $1.22B est $1.13B | +0.6% |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.87 est $0.78 | $1.12B est $1.01B | +1.2% |
| Feb 18, 2026 | $0.47 est $0.91 | $1.03B est $1.03B | −5.1% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.87 est $0.88 | $952.5M est $961.0M | +2.1% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.87 est $0.83 | $942.3M est $940.1M | −3.4% |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.82 est $0.82 | $917.1M est $919.6M | +2.7% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | $0.88 est $0.88 | $928.5M est $926.4M | −0.3% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $0.74 est $0.83 | $883.4M est $924.8M | −1.2% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Western Midstream Partners stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Western Midstream Partners is $49.69, +9.8% from the last close, from 10 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$49.69consensus 12-month target, +9.8% from the last close
Now $45.27Avg $49.69
Low $41High $55
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 10 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | Truist Financial | $55 | +21.5% |
| Sep 9 | Stifel Nicolaus | $55 | +21.5% |
| Sep 9 | Stifel Nicolaus | $55 | +21.5% |
| Sep 3 | J.P. Morgan | $50 | +10.4% |
| Aug 21 | RBC Capital | $47 | +3.8% |
+3.1%average 20-day move after past Buying readings
+3.8%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.3%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Western Midstream Partners seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Western Midstream Partners averaged +3.8% across the last 5 years, rising in 4 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +1.3% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +3.4% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +4.7% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +3.8% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +2.3% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, WES’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 3.8%.
Western Midstream Partners market cap and key statistics
Western Midstream Partners’s market cap is $18.70B, with a P/E ratio of 14.4 and revenue of $4.33B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $18.70B
- P/E ratio
- 14.4
- Forward P/E
- 11.3
- EPS, TTM
- $3.14
- Gekko Fair Value
- $56.23
Trading
- Volume
- 911,781
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 866,121
- 52-week high
- $50.07
- 52-week low
- $36.90
- Shares outstanding
- 413.2M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $4.33B
- Profit margin
- 29%
- Return on equity
- 34.1%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +13.8%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.66
- Typical daily move
- ±2.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±3.8%
- Dividend yield
- 8.06%
Western Midstream Partners stock news this week
4 headlines about Western Midstream Partners from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
- Western Midstream Partners: Finally A Dip Worth BuyingSeeking Alpha, Sep 23
- Western Midstream (WES) Stock Dips While Market Gains: Key FactsYahoo Finance, Sep 22
- Western Midstream: 7.8% Yield To Buy Now (NYSE:WES)Seeking Alpha, Sep 22
- Head-To-Head Survey: StealthGas (NASDAQ:GASS) versus Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES)Defense World, Sep 21
Western Midstream Partners peers
Western Midstream Partners’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| ENBEnbridge | Accumulation | 0.7% below |
| WMBWilliams Companies | Accumulation | 1.4% above |
| EPDEnterprise Products Partners | Buying | 17.3% below |
| ETEnergy Transfer | Buying | 38.0% below |
| KMIKinder Morgan | Accumulation | 16.3% below |
| TRPTC Energy | Buying | 9.1% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Western Midstream Partners stock FAQ
What is Western Midstream Partners’s market cap?
Western Midstream Partners’s market cap is $18.70B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $45.27, with 413.2M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 14.4.
What is the Western Midstream Partners stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Western Midstream Partners is $49.69, +9.8% from the last close. Of the 10 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 3 rate it a buy, 6 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Western Midstream Partners stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Western Midstream Partners is undervalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $45.27 is 19.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $56.23. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Western Midstream Partners report earnings next?
Western Midstream Partners is expected to report on Nov 3, 2026 (35 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.89 per share on revenue of $1.18B. Western Midstream Partners beat the earnings estimate in 3 of its last 8 reports, moving 2.1% on average across the report.
What is Western Midstream Partners’s 52-week high and low?
Western Midstream Partners’s 52-week high is $50.07 and its 52-week low is $36.90; it closed at $45.27 on Sep 28, 2026, +15.0% over the past year.
Is Western Midstream Partners stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 5 of the 6 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex, fair value, smart money, earnings risk and seasonality), 1 as mixed (trend). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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