Western Midstream (WES Quick QuoteWES - Free Report) reported $1.22 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 2026, representing a year-over-year increase of 30%. EPS of $0.99 for the same period compares to $0.87 a year ago.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of +8.34% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.13 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.90, the EPS surprise was +10%.

While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.

Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.

Here is how Western Midstream performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Throughput for natural-gas assets per day - Throughput attributable to noncontrolling interests: 175 millions of cubic feet per day versus 182.7 millions of cubic feet per day estimated by two analysts on average.
• Throughput for natural-gas assets per day - Total throughput attributable to WES for natural-gas assets: 5518 millions of cubic feet per day versus the two-analyst average estimate of 5308.38 millions of cubic feet per day.
• Total throughput attributable to WES for natural-gas assets per day: 5343 millions of cubic feet per day compared to the 5125.67 millions of cubic feet per day average estimate based on two analysts.
• Throughput for natural-gas assets per day - Equity Investment: 494 millions of cubic feet per day compared to the 467.79 millions of cubic feet per day average estimate based on two analysts.
• Throughput for natural-gas assets per day - Operated - Delaware Basin: 2140 millions of cubic feet per day versus 2066.93 millions of cubic feet per day estimated by two analysts on average.
• Throughput for natural-gas assets per day - Operated - DJ Basin: 1547 millions of cubic feet per day versus the two-analyst average estimate of 1448.78 millions of cubic feet per day.
• Throughput for produced-water assets per day: 2,993.00 KBbls/D compared to the 2,901.01 KBbls/D average estimate based on two analysts.
• Throughput for crude-oil and NGLs assets per day - Operated - Delaware Basin: 265 millions of barrels of oil per day versus the two-analyst average estimate of 267.64 millions of barrels of oil per day.
• Throughput for crude-oil and NGLs assets per day - Operated - DJ Basin: 94 millions of barrels of oil per day versus the two-analyst average estimate of 94.44 millions of barrels of oil per day.
• Throughput for crude-oil and NGLs assets per day - Non-operated - Equity investments: 108 millions of barrels of oil per day versus the two-analyst average estimate of 100.6 millions of barrels of oil per day.
• Throughput for crude-oil and NGLs assets per day - Operated - Other: 39 millions of barrels of oil per day versus the two-analyst average estimate of 33.73 millions of barrels of oil per day.
• Throughput for produced-water assets per day - Operated - Delaware Basin: 2993 millions of barrels of oil per day compared to the 2901.01 millions of barrels of oil per day average estimate based on two analysts.

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Shares of Western Midstream have returned +4.7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.