“Capital expenditures increased by $185.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, primarily due to increases of (i) $146.6 million at the DBM water systems related to the Pathfinder pipeline project and the acquisition of Aris and (ii) $65.2 million at…”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
Western Midstream Partners, LP
WES
Market read
Western Midstream Partners, LP's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 19 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Capital expenditures increased by $185.0 million over six months, mainly tied to Pathfinder, Aris, and North Loving Train II.
- Monitor interest expense attributable to senior notes issued in Q4 2025 and notes assumed with the Aris acquisition, which the filing cites as a primary cause of higher interest expense.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if WES's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 19 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- Capital expenditures increased by $185.0 million over six months, mainly tied to Pathfinder, Aris, and North Loving Train II.
- Monitor interest expense attributable to senior notes issued in Q4 2025 and notes assumed with the Aris acquisition, which the filing cites as a primary cause of higher interest expense.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +6.6% year over year.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.88x in the latest annual period.
- Operating margin changed -13.0 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Net margin changed -12.9 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Capital investment and capacity has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
No credible peer-relative valuation comparison is available yet.
Price as of Sep 11, 2026
48.93Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Net cash provided by operating activities decreased for the six months ended June 30, 2026, primarily due to (i) the impact of changes in assets and liabilities, including as a result of the West Texas complex gas-gathering agreement amendment replacing cost-…”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
“Other revenues from customers Other revenues from customers increased by $49.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026, primarily due to increases of (i) $16.0 million at the DJ Basin complex due to increased average prices and volumes sold, (ii) $12…”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
“Crude oil and NGLs purchases increased by $74.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, primarily due to increases of (i) $51.0 million at the DBM water systems due to the acquisition of Aris, including increased skim-oil volumes, and higher average p…”10-Q · Aug 5, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
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No usable price/earnings or price/sales multiple (need a fresh price).
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for WES. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Filing analysis
No comparable filing assessment is available yet
Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for WES. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind WES
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
ARISAris Mining CorporationinvesteeMay 6, 2026 ▾
“36 Table of Contents ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES During the fourth quarter of 2025, we closed on the acquisition of Aris by merger in a transaction valued at $2.0 billion.”
OXYOccidental Petroleum CorporationpartnerFeb 18, 2026 ▾
“The Partnership’s general partner, Western Midstream Holdings, LLC (the “general partner”), is a wholly owned subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation.”
Depended on by
EPDEnterprise Products Partners L.P.investeeFeb 27, 2026 ▾
“NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS On February 16, 2024, we acquired the remaining 20 % equity interest in Whitethorn and remaining 25 % equity interest in Enterprise EF78 LLC (“EF78”) from affiliates of Western Midstream for total cash consideration…”
Filing peers
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What is moving around it
Live connections
WES is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Oil & Gas Midstream. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.