Compare · WES vs WMB
WES vs WMB
Side-by-side comparison of Western Midstream Partners LP (WES) and Williams Companies Inc. (WMB): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both WES and WMB operate in Natural Gas Distribution (Utilities), so they compete in similar markets.
- WMB is the larger of the two at $87.64B, about 5.1x WES ($17.34B).
- Over the past year, WES is up 15.6% and WMB is up 17.3% - WMB leads by 1.7 points.
- WMB has been more active in the news (5 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for WES).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
- Company
- Western Midstream Partners LP
- Williams Companies Inc.
- Price
- $43.95+0.76%
- $71.65+0.50%
- Market cap
- $17.34B
- $87.64B
- 1M return
- +3.18%
- -4.99%
- 1Y return
- +15.64%
- +17.32%
- Industry
- Natural Gas Distribution
- Natural Gas Distribution
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NYSE
- IPO
- 2012
- News (4w)
- 1
- 5
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 25
Western Midstream Partners LP
Western Midstream Partners, LP, together with its subsidiaries, acquire, own, develop, and operate midstream assets primarily in the United States. It is involved in gathering, compressing, treating, processing, and transporting of natural gas; gathering, stabilizing, and transporting of condensate, natural gas liquids, and crude oil; and gathering and disposing of produced water. The company also buys and sells natural gas, NGLs, and condensate. Western Midstream Holdings, LLC operates as the general partner of the company. The company was formerly known as Western Gas Equity Partners, LP and changed its name to Western Midstream Partners, LP in February 2019. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas. Western Midstream Partners, LP operates as a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation.
Williams Companies Inc.
The Williams Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy infrastructure company primarily in the United States. It operates through Transmission & Gulf of Mexico, Northeast G&P, and West segments. The Transmission & Gulf of Mexico segment comprises Transco and Northwest natural gas pipelines; and natural gas gathering and processing, and crude oil production handling and transportation assets in the Gulf Coast region. The Northeast G&P segment engages in the midstream gathering, processing, and fractionation activities in the Marcellus Shale region primarily in Pennsylvania and New York, and the Utica Shale region of eastern Ohio. The West segment comprises gas gathering, processing, and treating operations in the Rocky Mountain region of Colorado and Wyoming, the Barnett Shale region of north-central Texas, the Eagle Ford Shale region of South Texas, the Haynesville Shale region of northwest Louisiana, and the Mid-Continent region, which includes the Anadarko, Arkoma, and Permian basins; and natural gas liquid (NGL) and natural gas marketing operations, as well as storage facilities. The company owns and operates 30,000 miles of pipelines, 34 processing facilities, 9 fractionation facilities, and approximately 23 million barrels of NGL storage capacity. The Williams Companies, Inc. was founded in 1908 and is headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Latest WES
- Western Midstream Announces First-Quarter Post-Earnings Interview with CEO, Oscar Brown and VP, Jon Greenberg
- Western Midstream upgraded by Stifel with a new price target
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Western Midstream Partners LP
- Western Midstream Partners LP filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Western Midstream Announces First-Quarter 2026 Distribution and Earnings Conference Call
- Amendment: SEC Form SCHEDULE 13G/A filed by Western Midstream Partners LP
- Director Phillips Robert G bought $50,238 worth of Common Units representing limited partner interests (1,250 units at $40.19), increasing direct ownership by 31% to 5,296 units (SEC Form 4)
- Western Midstream Announces Fourth-Quarter Post-Earnings Interview with CFO, Kristen Shults
- Amendment: SVP, GC and Secretary Dial Christopher B. covered exercise/tax liability with 5,879 units of Common Units representing limited partner interests, decreasing direct ownership by 3% to 225,015 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 10-K filed by Western Midstream Partners LP
Latest WMB
- SVP & General Counsel Wilson Terrance Lane sold $142,600 worth of shares (2,000 units at $71.30) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 0.70% to 285,159 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Bergstrom Stephen W gifted 16,400 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 8% to 198,605 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form S-8 filed by Williams Companies Inc.
- Senior Vice President Jasek Glen G. exercised 2,500 shares at a strike of $28.78 and sold $195,383 worth of shares (2,500 units at $78.15) (SEC Form 4)
- Executive Vice President & COO Larsen Larry C sold $917,820 worth of shares (12,000 units at $76.48), decreasing direct ownership by 11% to 98,219 units (SEC Form 4)
- EVP & CFO Porter John Dean sold $3,768,280 worth of shares (50,000 units at $75.37), decreasing direct ownership by 20% to 196,567 units (SEC Form 4)
- TD Cowen reiterated coverage on Williams Cos with a new price target
- Williams Companies Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Williams Announces Record First-Quarter 2026 Results
- SVP & General Counsel Wilson Terrance Lane sold $152,700 worth of shares (2,000 units at $76.35) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 0.69% to 287,159 units (SEC Form 4)