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Energy Transfer
(NYSE:ET)
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Rating:74Outperform
Price Target:
$23.00
â–²(12.97% Upside)
Action:Reiterated
Date:08/07/26
ET scores above average primarily on improving financial fundamentals—especially strong and accelerating free cash flow—balanced by still-elevated leverage. Technicals add support with a clear uptrend and positive momentum. The earnings call further boosts the score due to raised full-year EBITDA guidance and contracted growth visibility, while valuation is supported by a high dividend yield alongside a mid-teens P/E.
Positive Factors
Strong free cash flow generation
Sustained, large-scale cash generation (TTM OCF ~$15.5B; FCF ~$6.7B, +83.9% growth) provides durable funding for capex, distributions, debt paydown and opportunistic investments. High FCF supports execution of multi-year projects while insulating the business from cyclical revenue swings.
Negative Factors
Elevated leverage and indebtedness
Persistently high absolute debt levels and historically elevated leverage constrain financial flexibility, raise refinancing and interest-rate risk, and limit upside from cash generation. High leverage reduces the cushion for execution setbacks and can slow deleveraging despite strong FCF.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Strong free cash flow generation
Sustained, large-scale cash generation (TTM OCF ~$15.5B; FCF ~$6.7B, +83.9% growth) provides durable funding for capex, distributions, debt paydown and opportunistic investments. High FCF supports execution of multi-year projects while insulating the business from cyclical revenue swings.
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Energy Transfer Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
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NGL Transportation Volumes
Measures the volume of natural gas liquids transported, indicating the company's operational scale and efficiency in moving energy products, which impacts revenue and market positioning.
Measures the volume of natural gas liquids transported, indicating the company's operational scale and efficiency in moving energy products, which impacts revenue and market positioning.
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Market Cap
$71.55B
Dividend Yield6.42%
Average Volume (3M)7.99M
Price to Earnings (P/E)13.0
Beta (1Y)0.43
Revenue Growth33.27%
EPS Growth12.55%
CountryUS
Employees22,311
SectorEnergy
Sector Strength52
IndustryOil & Gas Midstream
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)1.61
Shares Outstanding3,443,299,600
10 Day Avg. Volume8,221,234
30 Day Avg. Volume7,994,084
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio2.23
Price to Book (P/B)1.75
Price to Sales (P/S)0.73
P/FCF Ratio15.65
Enterprise Value/Market Cap<0.01
Enterprise Value/Revenue<0.01
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit<0.01
Enterprise Value/Ebitda<0.01
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$24.70Price Target Upside21.32% Upside
Rating ConsensusStrong Buy
Number of Analyst Covering11
EPS Forecast (FY)1.61
Revenue Forecast (FY)$114.72B
Energy Transfer Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Energy Transfer LP (ET) is a U.S. midstream energy company that owns and operates a large network of pipelines and related infrastructure for natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil, refined products, and petrochemicals. The company pro...
How the Company Makes Money
Energy Transfer primarily makes money by charging fees for moving, handling, processing, and storing hydrocarbons across its midstream asset base. Key revenue streams generally include: (1) Pipeline transportation fees: ET earns tariff-based or co...
Energy Transfer Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:May 05, 2026
(Q1-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Nov 04, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call was broadly positive: management reported strong Q1 operational results and raised full-year adjusted EBITDA guidance, supported by record volumes, successful project commissioning, long-term contracted growth projects, and increased capex to capture demand. Offsetting items include a modest decline in midstream EBITDA, reliance on one-time/optimization gains and weather-driven effects in Q1, expected Q2 hedge offsets, and execution/regulatory risks tied to a large project slate and geopolitical uncertainty. Overall the tone was upbeat with clear growth visibility but with acknowledged near-term volatility and execution risk.Positive Updates
Strong Q1 Adjusted EBITDA Growth
Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $4.9 billion in Q1 2026 versus approximately $4.1 billion in Q1 2025, an increase of ~$0.8 billion (~+19.5%). DCF attributable to partners was reported as approximately $2.7 billion for Q1 2026. (Note: the transcript shows Q1 2025 DCF as approximately $23 billion, which appears to be a likely transcription/typographical error.) Q1 organic growth capital spent was approximately $1.5 billion.
Negative Updates
Midstream Segment Earnings Decline and Commodity Headwinds
Midstream adjusted EBITDA declined to approximately $887 million in Q1 2026 from ~$925 million in Q1 2025 (~-4.1%). Performance was impacted by a ~$25 million decrease from lower NGL and natural gas prices and the comparison was against a Q1 2025 that included ~$160 million of revenue recognition related to Winter Storm Uri.
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Q1-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Strong Q1 Adjusted EBITDA Growth
Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $4.9 billion in Q1 2026 versus approximately $4.1 billion in Q1 2025, an increase of ~$0.8 billion (~+19.5%). DCF attributable to partners was reported as approximately $2.7 billion for Q1 2026. (Note: the transcript shows Q1 2025 DCF as approximately $23 billion, which appears to be a likely transcription/typographical error.) Q1 organic growth capital spent was approximately $1.5 billion.
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Company Guidance
Energy Transfer raised 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance to approximately $18.2–$18.6 billion (prior $17.45–$17.85B), reflecting a Q1 beat of ~ $500 million and a midpoint uplift of ~$750 million after capturing its full‑year optimization target in Q1; management assumes a conservative commodity stack for the balance of the year but noted sustained prices could push results to the high end or above. Organic growth capital guidance was raised to ~$5.5–$5.9 billion (prior $5.0–$5.5B), excluding Sun and USAC, after spending ~$1.5 billion in Q1; project-level items called out include ~ $600 million for the Springerville lateral (≈120 miles, ~625 MMcf/d capacity), ET’s share of FGT Phase 9 and South Florida of roughly $565 million and $110 million, a new 3 million‑barrel ethane cavern (Mont Belvieu, in service 2027), Mustang Draw plants (275 MMcf/d each), Hugh Brinson Phase 1 (1.5 Bcf/d; in service late 2026 with Phase 2 in 2027), intrastate additions adding ~300 MMcf/d with ~400 MMcf/d in advanced talks, Nexus initial 150 MMcf/d, Tiger lateral commitments of ≥250k MMBtu/day (option up to 1 Bcf/d), and crude growth items (~250k bpd Canadian capacity and Bayou Bridge expansion up to ~600k bpd in 1Q27). They reiterated long‑term targets of 3–5% annual distribution growth, leverage of 4.0x–4.5x EBITDA, expected mid‑teen returns on growth projects, and stated upside remains possible from continued market volatility.Energy Transfer Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
72
Positive
Balance Sheet
58
Neutral
Cash Flow
76
Positive
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 104.47B | 82.63B | 82.67B | 78.59B | 89.88B | 67.42B |
| Gross Profit | 25.19B | 18.01B | 15.69B | 13.80B | 13.31B | 13.45B |
| EBITDA | 14.56B | 14.93B | 15.40B | 12.56B | 12.29B | 12.63B |
| Net Income | 5.82B | 4.90B | 4.81B | 3.94B | 4.76B | 5.47B |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 148.17B | 141.74B | 125.38B | 113.70B | 105.64B | 105.96B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 1.02B | 1.32B | 321.00M | 227.00M | 267.00M | 346.00M |
| Total Debt | 70.24B | 71.61B | 60.56B | 53.22B | 49.11B | 50.57B |
| Total Liabilities | 97.65B | 92.48B | 78.95B | 68.98B | 64.49B | 65.83B |
| Stockholders Equity | 35.33B | 34.37B | 35.12B | 36.68B | 33.03B | 31.30B |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 5.22B | 3.85B | 7.34B | 6.42B | 5.67B | 8.34B |
| Operating Cash Flow | 12.12B | 10.15B | 11.51B | 9.55B | 9.05B | 11.16B |
| Investing Cash Flow | -9.61B | -8.37B | -5.90B | -4.33B | -4.02B | -2.77B |
| Financing Cash Flow | -1.73B | -816.00M | -5.45B | -5.33B | -5.11B | -8.42B |
Energy Transfer Technical Analysis
Positive
20.36
Price Trends
19.43
Positive
19.17
Positive
17.89
Positive
Market Momentum
0.33
Negative
72.42
Negative
85.19
Negative
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For ET, the sentiment is Positive. The current price of 20.36 is above the 20-day moving average (MA) of 20.09, above the 50-day MA of 19.43, and above the 200-day MA of 17.89, indicating a bullish trend. The MACD of 0.33 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 72.42 is Negative, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 85.19 is Negative, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Positive sentiment for ET.
Energy Transfer Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (65)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
81 Outperform | $60.12B | 12.86 | 33.42% | 7.14% | 4.79% | 10.20% | |
75 Outperform | $81.76B | 13.17 | 21.21% | 5.65% | 7.38% | 7.45% | |
74 Outperform | $71.55B | 13.01 | 16.77% | 6.56% | 33.27% | 12.55% | |
73 Outperform | $70.10B | 20.34 | 11.11% | 3.58% | 12.44% | 27.19% | |
67 Neutral | $57.69B | 15.92 | 16.28% | 4.51% | 41.83% | 12.74% | |
65 Neutral | $15.17B | 7.61 | 4.09% | 5.20% | 3.87% | -62.32% | |
65 Neutral | $88.45B | 29.25 | 23.86% | 2.77% | 8.70% | 26.28% |
* Energy Sector Average
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4.68
28.75%
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Energy Transfer Corporate Events
Business Operations and StrategyPrivate Placements and FinancingRegulatory Filings and Compliance
Energy Transfer Establishes New 2026 Subordinated Notes
Positive
Jul 21, 2026
Energy Transfer LP disclosed execution of an Eleventh and Twelfth Supplemental Indenture dated July 20, 2026, with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, acting as trustee. These supplemental agreements establish the terms for new Series 2...
Business Operations and StrategyPrivate Placements and Financing
Energy Transfer prices $1.75B junior notes offering
Positive
Jul 8, 2026
On July 6, 2026, Energy Transfer LP announced it had priced a $1.75 billion public offering of junior subordinated notes in two tranches maturing in 2057. The Series 2026A notes total $650 million with an initial annual interest rate of 6.550%, wh...
Executive/Board Changes
Energy Transfer announces planned retirement of Co-CEO McCrea
Neutral
Jun 3, 2026
On June 1, 2026, Energy Transfer LP announced that Co-Chief Executive Officer Marshall S. “Mackie” McCrea, III intends to retire effective on or before December 31, 2026, while continuing as Co-CEO and a board member until then and rem...
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