Energy Transfer (ET) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. The company serves a broad set of customers including exploration and production companies, refiners, utilities, petrochemical manufacturers, commodity marketers and other commercial shippers. In addition to physical infrastructure, Energy Transfer engages in commercial activities related to capacity contracting, throughput agreements and energy marketing that link production basins with end-use markets.

Energy Transfer’s business model is centered on fee-based, asset-backed services that generate revenue from long-term contracts, throughput volumes and service fees, while also participating in fee-for-service and market-exposed activities. As a large midstream operator, the company’s performance is influenced by regional production trends, pipeline flows, refining and petrochemical demand, and regulatory and permitting environments. Management emphasizes operating reliability, safety and regulatory compliance to maintain service continuity across its diversified infrastructure portfolio.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $20.18 to $20.50
• 50-Day Range: $18.31 to $20.44
• 52-Week Range: $16.18 to $20.67
• Volume: 11.94 million shs
• Average Volume: 15.96 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $70.33 billion
• P/E Ratio: 17.03
• Dividend Yield: 6.61%
• Price Target: $22.73
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Energy Transfer Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Energy Transfer scored higher than 81% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 42nd out of 249 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Energy Transfer has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 strong buy ratings, 11 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Energy Transfer has a consensus price target of $22.75, representing about 11.3% upside from its current price of $20.44.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Energy Transfer has been the subject of 12 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 6.57%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Energy Transfer are expected to grow by 6.57% in the coming year, from $1.37 to $1.46 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Energy Transfer is 17.03, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.39.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Energy Transfer is 17.03, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 21.56.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Energy Transfer has a PEG Ratio of 1.22. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Energy Transfer has a P/B Ratio of 1.52. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.94% of the float of Energy Transfer has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Energy Transfer has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.17, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Energy Transfer has recently increased by 7.90%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Energy Transfer is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 6.69%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Energy Transfer has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Energy Transfer is 112.50%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Energy Transfer will have a dividend payout ratio of 92.47% in the coming year. This indicates that Energy Transfer may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.85

News Sentiment

Energy Transfer has a news sentiment score of 0.85. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 22 news articles for Energy Transfer this week, compared to 13 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

236 people have searched for ET on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 36% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

142 people have added Energy Transfer to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 426% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Energy Transfer insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

3.28% of the stock of Energy Transfer is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

38.22% of the stock of Energy Transfer is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 2/19 Dividend: 2/06/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 2/19 Dividend: 2/06/2026
• Dividend Payable: 2/19/2026
• Last Earnings: 5/05/2026
• Record date for 5/20 Dividend: 5/08/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 5/20 Dividend: 5/08/2026
• Today: 5/20/2026
• Dividend Payable: 5/20/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil/Gas Prod Pipeline MLP
• Sub-Industry: Utilities
• Current Symbol: NYSE:ET
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:ETP
• CIK: 1276187
• Web: www.energytransfer.com
• Phone: (214) 981-0700
• Fax: 214-981-0703
• Employees: 22,311
• Year Founded: 2001

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Energy Transfer: $22.73
• High Price Target: $25.00
• Low Price Target: $17.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +11.2%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 14 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.20
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 17.03
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.92
• P/E Growth: 1.22
• Net Income: $4.18 billion
• Net Margins: 4.66%
• Pretax Margin: 6.94%
• Return on Equity: 9.77%
• Return on Assets: 3.17%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.50
• Current Ratio: 1.17
• Quick Ratio: 0.93

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $85.54 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.82
• Cash Flow: $2.91 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.03
• Book Value: $13.47 per share
• Price / Book: 1.52

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 3,441,160,000
• Free Float: 3,328,289,000
• Market Cap: $70.33 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.57