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Energy Transfer LP ET

$20.47 +1.84% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $70.44B

Inexpensive vs sector

Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Net debt is 4.8× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
  2. Revenue over the last four quarters was $104.47B, up 29.7% from a year earlier, accelerating from 8.9% a quarter earlier.
  3. The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 182 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth79Positive

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 18%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 36%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 40%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 43%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 8%
Quality30Weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalTop 42%
  • Gross marginBottom 36%
  • Operating marginBottom 43%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 46%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 30%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 13%
  • Interest coverBottom 44%
Value80Strong

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 28%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldTop 40%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 47%
  • Sales / enterprise valueTop 27%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 27%
Momentum75Positive

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 45%
  • 6-month returnTop 22%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 41%
  • Distance from 52-week highTop 8%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Top 32%
Revisions59Neutral

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 37%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 50%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 7%
  • Upside to consensus price targetBottom 41%
Stability71Positive

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 2%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 13%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 47%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 13%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)8.9%29.7%↑
EPS growth (YoY)1.5%24.8%↑
Gross margin18.3%24.1%↑
Operating margin11.6%10.6%↓
FCF margin7.1%5.0%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)29.7%8.9%↑Top 18%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)24.8%1.5%↑Top 36%
Gross margin24.1%18.3%↑Bottom 36%
Operating margin10.6%11.6%↓Bottom 43%
Net margin5.6%5.8%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin5.0%7.1%↓—
Return on invested capital8.1%—Top 42%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR-2.8%—Bottom 43%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
2.08×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-4.3%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.2%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+39.0 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
4.76×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
3.1×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
6.79%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
0.00%
Shareholder yield
6.79%
Share count change, 1 year
+0.3%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+3.2%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
1
Beats in the last 8 reports
2 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
-1.5%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.4%
Positive 20 days after report
4 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$24.67
Target vs current price
+20.5%
Analysts with a rating
34
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
88%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 4, 2026+55.4%+0.2%+1.5%+6.1%—
May 5, 2026-12.5%+1.5%-2.3%-2.7%+0.8%
Feb 17, 2026-32.9%-0.7%+0.4%-0.1%+6.7%
Nov 5, 2025-16.0%+2.2%+0.9%+1.0%+9.6%
Aug 6, 2025-2.7%+0.7%-1.9%-0.9%-4.5%
May 6, 2025+0.4%-2.3%+7.7%+10.6%+11.4%
Feb 11, 2025-17.1%-1.4%+1.0%-11.2%-15.9%
Nov 6, 2024-5.9%+3.1%+0.9%+12.3%+22.9%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 4, 2026$0.59$0.38+55.4%$34.33B
May 5, 2026$0.35$0.40-12.5%$27.77B
Feb 17, 2026$0.25$0.37-32.9%$25.32B
Nov 5, 2025$0.28$0.33-16.0%$19.95B
Aug 6, 2025$0.32$0.33-2.7%$19.24B
May 6, 2025$0.36$0.36+0.4%$21.02B
Feb 11, 2025$0.29$0.35-17.1%$19.54B
Nov 6, 2024$0.32$0.34-5.9%$20.77B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)12.7×12.8×43thTop 28%
P/E (forward)12.1×———
EV / EBITDA9.6×——Bottom 47%
EV / Sales1.34×——Top 27%
Free-cash-flow yield7.41%——Top 40%
Earnings yield7.87%——Top 28%

P/E over the past five years

Range 5.1× – 15.6× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
+20.5%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+24.8%
Change in P/E multiple
-6.0%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✓ Price above 200-day average
  • ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
182
50-day average slope (20 days)
+2.1%
200-day average slope (20 days)
+2.2%
Distance from 50-day average
-1.8%
Distance from 200-day average
+6.1%
RSI (14)
45.6
Relative volume
1.27×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
17.3%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
35th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.41
Correlation with S&P 500
0.27
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-5.8%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-25.8%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Jun 16, 2021Dec 29, 2021-28.2%136 days63 days (Mar 30, 2022)
Jan 30, 2025Apr 8, 2025-25.8%47 days341 days (Aug 18, 2026)
Jun 7, 2022Jul 6, 2022-22.5%19 days36 days (Aug 25, 2022)
Oct 23, 2020Nov 6, 2020-18.9%10 days11 days (Nov 23, 2020)
Aug 25, 2022Sep 26, 2022-17.3%21 days23 days (Oct 27, 2022)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$70.44B
P/E (TTM)
12.7
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$1.61
Revenue (TTM)
$104.47B
Dividend yield
6.57%
52-week range
$16.18 – $21.84
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$67.42B$89.88B$78.59B$82.67B$82.63B
Gross profit$13.45B$13.31B$13.80B$15.69B$18.01B
Operating income$8.79B$7.74B$8.29B$9.14B$9.44B
Net income$5.47B$4.76B$3.94B$4.81B$4.90B
EPS (diluted)$1.89$1.40$1.09$1.28$1.35
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$20.77B$19.54B$21.02B$19.24B$19.95B$22.41B$27.77B$34.33B
Net income$1.18B$1.08B$1.32B$1.10B$1.02B$1.46B$1.25B$2.09B
EPS (diluted)$0.32$0.29$0.36$0.32$0.27$0.40$0.35$0.59
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$11.16B$9.05B$9.55B$11.51B$10.15B
Capital expenditure-$2.82B-$3.38B-$3.13B-$4.16B-$6.30B
Free cash flow$8.34B$5.67B$6.42B$7.34B$3.85B
Dividends paid-$1.90B-$3.05B-$4.25B-$4.62B-$4.72B
Net share buybacks$858.0M$0$0-$3.47B$0

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$1.02B
Total assets
$148.17B
Total liabilities
$97.65B
Total debt
$70.24B
Net debt
$69.22B
Shareholders’ equity
$35.33B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 7, 2026$0.34Aug 19, 2026
May 8, 2026$0.34May 20, 2026
Feb 6, 2026$0.34Feb 19, 2026
Nov 7, 2025$0.33Nov 19, 2025
Aug 8, 2025$0.33Aug 19, 2025
May 9, 2025$0.33May 20, 2025
Feb 7, 2025$0.33Feb 19, 2025
Nov 8, 2024$0.32Nov 19, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
31,146,944
Days to cover
4.20
Change vs previous report
+17.3%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Jul 27, 2015
2-for-1
Jan 27, 2014
2-for-1