Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD) Shares Up 0.3% - Here's What Happened

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD - Get Free Report)'s share price traded up 0.3% during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as $33.96 and last traded at $33.54. 1,037,592 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 71% from the average session volume of 3,532,145 shares. The stock had previously closed at $33.45.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have recently commented on EPD. Wolfe Research lowered shares of Enterprise Products Partners from an "outperform" rating to a "peer perform" rating in a report on Friday, January 10th. Scotiabank assumed coverage on Enterprise Products Partners in a research report on Friday, January 10th. They set a "sector perform" rating and a $33.00 price target for the company. Wells Fargo & Company downgraded Enterprise Products Partners from an "overweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and set a $35.00 price objective on the stock. in a report on Wednesday, December 18th. Truist Financial raised their target price on Enterprise Products Partners from $37.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, January 3rd. Finally, Bank of America started coverage on shares of Enterprise Products Partners in a research note on Thursday, October 17th. They set a "buy" rating and a $35.00 price target on the stock. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $34.60.

Enterprise Products Partners Trading Down 0.2 %

The company's fifty day moving average is $32.01 and its two-hundred day moving average is $30.19. The company has a quick ratio of 0.83, a current ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.05. The stock has a market cap of $72.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.58, a PEG ratio of 1.57 and a beta of 1.09.

Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 29th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.65 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.66 by ($0.01). The firm had revenue of $13.78 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.87 billion. Enterprise Products Partners had a net margin of 10.32% and a return on equity of 20.31%. Enterprise Products Partners's revenue for the quarter was up 14.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.60 earnings per share. On average, research analysts predict that Enterprise Products Partners L.P. will post 2.69 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Enterprise Products Partners Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 31st will be given a dividend of $0.535 per share. This is a boost from Enterprise Products Partners's previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. This represents a $2.14 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 31st. Enterprise Products Partners's dividend payout ratio is currently 80.15%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Enterprise Products Partners

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. FMR LLC increased its stake in Enterprise Products Partners by 9.3% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 14,429,298 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock valued at $420,037,000 after purchasing an additional 1,225,988 shares during the last quarter. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC raised its stake in Enterprise Products Partners by 2,862.8% during the 3rd quarter. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC now owns 7,756,006 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock worth $225,777,000 after acquiring an additional 7,494,224 shares in the last quarter. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. lifted its position in Enterprise Products Partners by 9.0% in the second quarter. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. now owns 5,404,012 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock valued at $156,608,000 after acquiring an additional 447,768 shares during the last quarter. Hamlin Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in Enterprise Products Partners by 0.5% in the third quarter. Hamlin Capital Management LLC now owns 4,923,948 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock valued at $143,336,000 after acquiring an additional 24,335 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Brookfield Corp ON grew its holdings in shares of Enterprise Products Partners by 6.2% during the third quarter. Brookfield Corp ON now owns 4,762,585 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock worth $138,639,000 after purchasing an additional 278,892 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 26.07% of the company's stock.

Enterprise Products Partners Company Profile

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. provides midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil, petrochemicals, and refined products. It operates in four segments: NGL Pipelines & Services, Crude Oil Pipelines & Services, Natural Gas Pipelines & Services, and Petrochemical & Refined Products Services.

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