Jones Financial Companies Lllp Purchases 32,128 Shares of Energy Transfer LP $ET

Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its position in Energy Transfer LP (NYSE:ET) by 4.5% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 741,914 shares of the pipeline company’s stock after purchasing an additional 32,128 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp’s holdings in Energy Transfer were worth $12,954,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ET. CNB Bank raised its holdings in shares of Energy Transfer by 111.1% during the 2nd quarter. CNB Bank now owns 1,900 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $34,000 after acquiring an additional 1,000 shares in the last quarter. HHM Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in Energy Transfer by 54.4% in the second quarter. HHM Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,270 shares of the pipeline company’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 800 shares during the last quarter. Core Alternative Capital purchased a new stake in Energy Transfer during the third quarter valued at $46,000. FSC Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Energy Transfer during the second quarter valued at $50,000. Finally, Golden State Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in Energy Transfer by 38.9% during the third quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,918 shares of the pipeline company’s stock valued at $50,000 after purchasing an additional 817 shares during the last quarter. 38.22% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Energy Transfer Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of NYSE ET opened at $18.39 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $63.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.71, a PEG ratio of 0.95 and a beta of 0.66. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $17.00 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $17.10. Energy Transfer LP has a 1 year low of $14.60 and a 1 year high of $21.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.50, a current ratio of 1.41 and a quick ratio of 1.14.

Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The pipeline company reported $0.28 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.34 by ($0.06). Energy Transfer had a return on equity of 10.71% and a net margin of 5.66%.The business had revenue of $19.95 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $21.84 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.32 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 3.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts anticipate that Energy Transfer LP will post 1.46 earnings per share for the current year.

Energy Transfer Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, February 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 6th will be given a dividend of $0.335 per share. This represents a $1.34 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.3%. This is a positive change from Energy Transfer’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.33. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 6th. Energy Transfer’s dividend payout ratio is 106.40%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Royal Bank Of Canada upgraded shares of Energy Transfer to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Monday, December 15th. Jefferies Financial Group set a $17.00 price objective on Energy Transfer and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Energy Transfer in a research report on Wednesday, December 24th. Scotiabank reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Energy Transfer in a report on Friday, January 16th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on Energy Transfer from $22.00 to $21.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, November 24th. Twelve analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $21.50.

Key Headlines Impacting Energy Transfer

Here are the key news stories impacting Energy Transfer this week:

• Positive Sentiment: US Capital Advisors raised EPS forecasts across multiple quarters and lifted FY2026 and FY2025 estimates, signaling improved analyst expectations for ET’s earnings power and supporting valuation. (Upgrades include Q1–Q4 2026 and FY2026/FY2025 increases.)
• Positive Sentiment: Company growth activity: reporting of new pipeline deals and capacity expansions that should bolster fee-based revenue and distribution coverage over time. Energy Transfer (ET) Expands Pipeline Power with New Deals
• Positive Sentiment: Income focus: coverage highlights a distribution increase and planned pipeline spending which support the company’s yield story and may attract income-oriented investors. Energy Transfer Leans Into Income Growth With Distribution Hike And Pipeline Spend
• Neutral Sentiment: Industry context — analysts note ET is one of the pipeline MLPs holding up despite upstream capital-spend headwinds; that supports relative defensive positioning but industry uncertainty remains. 3 Oil Pipeline MLP Stocks Shining Despite Industry Headwinds
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst/press narrative is shifting — several articles reframe ET as an attractive high-yield, steady-distribution name, which may support demand from income investors but doesn’t eliminate macro/energy-cycle risk. How Recent Analyst Shifts Are Rewriting The Energy Transfer (ET) Investment Story
• Negative Sentiment: Fundamental drag: Energy Transfer’s most recent quarterly report showed an EPS and revenue miss (quarterly EPS and revenue came in below consensus), leaving some execution questions that can cap multiple expansion until growth and margins reaccelerate.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Kelcy L. Warren purchased 1,000,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 19th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $16.95 per share, for a total transaction of $16,950,000.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director owned 104,577,803 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,772,593,760.85. This trade represents a 0.97% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 3.28% of the company’s stock.

Energy Transfer Profile

Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET) is a Dallas-based midstream energy company that develops and operates infrastructure for the transportation, storage and processing of hydrocarbons. The company’s operations focus on moving and storing natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil and refined products through an integrated network of pipelines, terminals, storage facilities and processing plants. Energy Transfer provides core midstream services such as gathering, compression, fractionation, processing, and bulk transportation to support production and downstream supply chains.

Its asset base spans an extensive network across the United States, connecting producing regions, processing centers, petrochemical hubs and coastal and inland markets.