Western Midstream Partners LP (WES)

Energy · Oil & Gas Midstream
$46.18 +1.29% on the day Market cap $19.0B 52-week range $36.90 to $50.07 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
-1% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $19.0B, Western Midstream Partners LP's free cash flow of $1.5B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about -1% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Western Midstream Partners LP's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price-1.0% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years14.8% a year
Revenue, same period8.8% a year
Price to free cash flow12.7x

Fundamental grade

B

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from WES's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation6
Profitability8
Growth7
Financial health3
Cash efficiency9

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)15.8x
P/E (forward)16.1x
Price / free cash flow12.9x
EV / EBITDA11.2x
Price / sales4.68x
Price / book5.63x
Revenue growth+22.5%
Operating margin41.0%
Net margin30.2%
Return on equity—
Dividend yield7.6%
Debt / equity—

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Western Midstream Partners LP's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$2.9B$3.3B$3.1B$3.6B$3.8B
Net income$916M$1.2B$1.0B$1.6B$1.2B
Free cash flow$1.5B$1.2B$926M$1.3B$1.5B
EPS (diluted)—————
Operating margin46.4%48.8%44.4%54.7%41.7%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by products, fiscal 2025.

Service Revenues - Fee Based$3.5B90%
Product Sales$195M5%
Service Revenues - Product Based$194M5%
Other$2M0%

Superinvestors who own WES

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 2 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Added $119M0.10%Q2 2026
Murray Stahl
Horizon Kinetics LLC
Added $8M0.08%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Western Midstream Partners LP's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Mar 11, 2026 Robert G Phillips
1,250$40.19$50,238

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Questions

What growth does Western Midstream Partners LP's stock price imply?

At a market value of $19.0B, Western Midstream Partners LP would need its free cash flow to grow about -1% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 15% a year.

Are Western Midstream Partners LP insiders buying the stock?

1 open-market insider purchase of WES in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Western Midstream Partners LP?

2 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold WES in their latest 13F, including Hersh Cohen, Murray Stahl.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.