Western Midstream Partners

WES

Market cap $14.6B

Overview Fund Activity

38.31 USD

+0.02

0.05%

At close Updated Sep 17, 4:00 PM EDT

Pre-market

After hours

38.31

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0%

1 day

0.05%

5 days

-0.52%

1 month

0.42%

3 months

-0.29%

6 months

-8.26%

Year to date

-2.42%

1 year

-4.34%

5 years

389.27%

10 years

-21.38%

About: Western Midstream Partners LP is a USA-based company which own, operate, acquire and develop midstream energy assets. The company through its subsidiary is engaged in the business of gathering, processing, compressing, treating and transporting natural gas, condensate, NGLs and crude oil. It owns or has investments in assets located in the Rocky Mountains (Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming), the Mid-Continent (Kansas and Oklahoma), North-central Pennsylvania and Texas.

Employees: 1,511

Energy Oil & Gas Midstream

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Funds holding %

of 7,463 funds

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Analysts bullish %

of 3 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

103% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $61.4M | Put options by funds: $30.3M

71% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 108 | Existing positions reduced: 63

6% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 35 | Existing positions closed: 33

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 14 [Q1] → 14 (+0) [Q2]

1% less funds holding

Funds holding: 278 [Q1] → 275 (-3) [Q2]

2.58% less ownership

Funds ownership: 39.83% [Q1] → 37.25% (-2.58%) [Q2]

12% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $6.21B [Q1] → $5.5B (-$717M) [Q2]

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Research analyst outlook

3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target

$39

2% upside

Avg. target

$41

8% upside

High target

$46

20% upside

3 analyst ratings

1 positive

33%

1 neutral

33%

1 negative

33%

Mizuho Gabriel Moreen	$46	Outperform Maintained	29 Aug 2025
Morgan Stanley Robert Kad	$39	Underweight Maintained	26 Aug 2025
RBC Capital Elvira Scotto	$39	Sector Perform Maintained	26 Aug 2025

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 9 articles about WES published over the past 30 days

ARIS WATER INVESTOR ALERT by the Former Attorney General of Louisiana: Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC Investigates Adequacy of Price and Process in Proposed Sale of Aris Water Solutions, Inc. - ARIS

NEW YORK & NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Former Attorney General of Louisiana Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq. and the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC (“KSF”) are investigating the proposed sale of Aris Water Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: ARIS) to Western Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: WES). Under the terms of the proposed transaction, Aris shareholders may elect to receive 0.625 WES common units, $25.00 in cash (without interest), or a combination of both, for each share of Aris common stock held, wi.

ARIS WATER INVESTOR ALERT by the Former Attorney General of Louisiana: Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC Investigates Adequacy of Price and Process in Proposed Sale of Aris Water Solutions, Inc. - ARIS

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