Western Midstream Partners (WES) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.00
- Estimate
- $0.92
- Surprise
- +8.8%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.7 → 5.8/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Western Midstream Partners (WES) beat the $0.92 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.00 — a clear 8.8% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.7/10) to Hold at 5.8/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates WES Buy (Wait) at 6.4/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +8.8% surprise compares with a -4.8% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-03.
What supports the rating
- V7 quality resilience bonus: +0.2 (Q=7.7 in RISK_OFF)
- Sector modifier (Energy): +1.2
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Customer: Occidental (60.0%)
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Leverage penalty (D/E 2.1): -1.5
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $45.65
- Entry target
- $44.59
- Price target
- $48.89
- Stop
- $42.47
- Upside to target
- +7.1%
The stock trades at 14.6× trailing but 11.8× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 26 — a level conventionally read as oversold.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-24 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
WES at TrendMatrix's latest read
Energy results are commodity-price arithmetic first; the operational beat or miss is read net of what the strip already told the market.
- Industry
- Oil & Gas Midstream
- Market cap
- $18.86B
- P/E (fwd)
- 11.8
- P/E (ttm)
- 14.6
- 52-week range
- $36.90–$50.07
- Off 52-week high
- 8.8%
- RSI (14)
- 26
- Volume vs avg
- 1.14×
- Score today
- 6.4/10