For investors looking for income, there is perhaps no better industry to look at than pipelines. Companies in the sector are in their best financial shape in years, while their valuations are trading well below pre-pandemic levels. In fact, the sector generally traded at around a 13.7 times average enterprise value (EV)-to-EBITDA multiple between 2011 and 2016, while today most midstream stocks trade at under a 10 times multiple. EV/EBITDA tends to be the most used metric to value midstream companies, as it ...

When deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock, investors often rely on analyst recommendations. Media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts often influence a stock's price, but are they really important? Let's take a look at what these Wall Street heavyweights have to say about Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) before we discuss the reliability of brokerage recommendations and how to use them to your advantage. Enterprise Products currently has an avera ...

There's a lot to like with these great stocks.There are three main categories of investors: growth investors, income investors, and value investors. I'd classify myself as a mix of all three, except my focus is on future income rather than current income.My desire for future income to help fund retirement down the road has made dividends more important to me than ever. Here are three high-yield dividend stocks I'm buying hand over fist.1. Enterprise Products Partners LPEnterprise Products Partners LP (EPD - ...

Enterprise Products Partners is getting closer to adding even more fuel to its growth engine.Enterprise Products Partners (EPD 0.63%) has an illustrious history of growing its cash distributions to investors. It has reached the quarter-century milestone of consecutive annual-payout increases. Several factors have helped fuel its growth, including its ability to secure and build high-return, organic-expansion projects. The master limited partnership (MLP) has several more expansion projects currently under c ...

Growth stocks are attractive to many investors, as above-average financial growth helps these stocks easily grab the market's attention and produce exceptional returns. But finding a great growth stock is not easy at all.That's because, these stocks usually carry above-average risk and volatility. In fact, betting on a stock for which the growth story is actually over or nearing its end could lead to significant loss.However, it's pretty easy to find cutting-edge growth stocks with the help of the Zacks Gro ...

Energy Transfer has a huge 8% yield, but you'd be better off with this still massive, 7.3%-yielding alternative.If all you consider is yield, then Energy Transfer (ET 0.17%) and its roughly 8% distribution yield will handily beat out Enterprise Products Partners (EPD 0.59%) and its 7.3% yield. But there's so much more to an investment than just yield, and in this situation, most income investors will probably feel much better owning the lower-yielding option. Here's why.Similar, at least from a big-picture ...

A big new project could lead to a lot of growth.Enterprise Products Partners (EPD 0.59%) is perhaps best known for its steady, consistent results and attractive distribution payout.The pipeline operator has been a model of consistency over the years, growing its distribution each year for the past 25 years regardless of energy prices and economic cycles. The stock carries a 7.3% yield, which is an attractive payout for investors looking for income. With its first-quarter results, Enterprise once again showe ...

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-Q ☑ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024 OR ☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from ___ to ___. Commission file number: 1-14323 ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Delaware 76-0568219 (State or Other ...

Here at Zacks, we focus on our proven ranking system, which places an emphasis on earnings estimates and estimate revisions, to find winning stocks. But we also understand that investors develop their own strategies, so we are constantly looking at the latest trends in value, growth, and momentum to find strong companies for our readers.Of these, perhaps no stock market trend is more popular than value investing, which is a strategy that has proven to be successful in all sorts of market environments. Value ...

Supertruper Now is a great time to be an income investor, no matter how you slice and dice it. While Treasuries yield around 5% per year, there’s no guarantee that this rate will stick around, especially considering that cracks in the purchasing power of low-income consumers are starting to emerge. This shows that inflation is taking a toll on consumers and may add fuel to the case for at least pausing rate hikes. That’s why I continue to see value in owning dividend stocks, some of which offer yields w ...