Brokers Issue Forecasts for Energy Transfer Q1 Earnings

Energy Transfer LP (NYSE:ET - Free Report) - US Capital Advisors boosted their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Energy Transfer in a research report issued on Monday, March 24th. US Capital Advisors analyst J. Carreker now forecasts that the pipeline company will post earnings per share of $0.34 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.33. The consensus estimate for Energy Transfer's current full-year earnings is $1.46 per share. US Capital Advisors also issued estimates for Energy Transfer's Q2 2025 earnings at $0.31 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.38 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.35 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.37 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.38 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.48 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $1.56 EPS.

ET has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on Energy Transfer from $21.00 to $23.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 12th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on shares of Energy Transfer from $17.00 to $20.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, December 19th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on shares of Energy Transfer from $20.00 to $21.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, December 18th. UBS Group reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of Energy Transfer in a research note on Tuesday, March 4th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $23.00 price objective on shares of Energy Transfer in a report on Tuesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $22.09.

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Energy Transfer Trading Down 0.1 %

ET traded down $0.01 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $18.87. 8,726,289 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 14,532,757. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.42, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 1.12. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $19.54 and a 200 day simple moving average of $18.33. The firm has a market cap of $64.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.74, a P/E/G ratio of 0.64 and a beta of 1.72. Energy Transfer has a 1 year low of $14.90 and a 1 year high of $21.45.

Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 11th. The pipeline company reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.35 by ($0.06). Energy Transfer had a return on equity of 11.56% and a net margin of 5.74%.

Institutional Trading of Energy Transfer

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. FMR LLC increased its stake in Energy Transfer by 15.7% during the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 38,634,018 shares of the pipeline company's stock valued at $756,840,000 after purchasing an additional 5,254,721 shares in the last quarter. Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP grew its holdings in shares of Energy Transfer by 7.7% during the fourth quarter. Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors LP now owns 23,987,750 shares of the pipeline company's stock valued at $469,920,000 after buying an additional 1,723,683 shares during the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. increased its position in shares of Energy Transfer by 5.9% in the 4th quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 19,776,221 shares of the pipeline company's stock valued at $387,416,000 after acquiring an additional 1,093,381 shares during the period. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. raised its stake in Energy Transfer by 18.2% in the 4th quarter. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. now owns 16,331,220 shares of the pipeline company's stock worth $319,929,000 after acquiring an additional 2,512,060 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Chickasaw Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Energy Transfer by 2.5% during the 4th quarter. Chickasaw Capital Management LLC now owns 15,738,594 shares of the pipeline company's stock valued at $308,319,000 after purchasing an additional 388,073 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 38.22% of the company's stock.

Energy Transfer Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 7th were issued a dividend of $0.325 per share. This represents a $1.30 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 7th. This is a positive change from Energy Transfer's previous quarterly dividend of $0.32. Energy Transfer's dividend payout ratio is currently 101.56%.

About Energy Transfer

Energy Transfer LP provides energy-related services. The company owns and operates natural gas transportation pipeline, and natural gas storage facilities in Texas and Oklahoma; and approximately 20,090 miles of interstate natural gas pipeline. It also sells natural gas to electric utilities, independent power plants, local distribution and other marketing companies, and industrial end-users.