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Energy Transfer LP (ET) Gains As Market Dips: What You Should Know

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In the latest trading session, Energy Transfer LP (ET - Free Report) closed at $9.90, marking a +1.12% move from the previous day. This move outpaced the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.04%. At the same time, the Dow lost 0.58%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.18%.

Heading into today, shares of the energy-related services provider had lost 2.59% over the past month, lagging the Oils-Energy sector's gain of 5.36% and the S&P 500's gain of 2.67% in that time.

Wall Street will be looking for positivity from Energy Transfer LP as it approaches its next earnings report date. In that report, analysts expect Energy Transfer LP to post earnings of $0.24 per share. This would mark a year-over-year decline of 78.95%. Meanwhile, our latest consensus estimate is calling for revenue of $21.21 billion, up 24.78% from the prior-year quarter.

ET's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $1.02 per share and revenue of $84.04 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of -46.03% and +24.66%, respectively.

It is also important to note the recent changes to analyst estimates for Energy Transfer LP. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the company's business outlook.

Our research shows that these estimate changes are directly correlated with near-term stock prices. To benefit from this, we have developed the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model which takes these estimate changes into account and provides an actionable rating system.

The Zacks Rank system ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell). It has a remarkable, outside-audited track record of success, with #1 stocks delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Over the past month, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 4.28% higher. Energy Transfer LP is currently a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).

Valuation is also important, so investors should note that Energy Transfer LP has a Forward P/E ratio of 9.65 right now. This represents a discount compared to its industry's average Forward P/E of 10.85.

The Oil and Gas - Production Pipeline - MLB industry is part of the Oils-Energy sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 158, which puts it in the bottom 38% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank includes is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.

Make sure to utilize Zacks.com to follow all of these stock-moving metrics, and more, in the coming trading sessions.


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