
EPD: Enterprise Products Partners Is Boring—But It Pays to Be Boring
Stock Price: $30.92 (+0.10%) as of Jul-30-2025, 4:10 PM ET 🛢️
Ticker: EPD 💰
Sector: Midstream Energy (Translation: They move oil and gas around. A lot.)
🚨 Insider Trigger: When the Board Buys the Dip...
Two directors just said “yes” with their wallets:
📅 Trade Date | 👤 Insider | 🎩 Title | 💵 Price | 🧾 Qty | 🧠 Ownership Δ | 💰 Value |
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Jul 30 | William C. Montgomery | Director | $31.55 | 16,000 | +13% | $504,864 |
Jul 29 | John R. Rutherford | Director | $31.35 | 15,000 | +10% | $470,220 |
💡 Translation: They didn’t just “like” EPD. They double-tapped it with half a million bucks each.
🏛️ Insider vs. Institutions: Who Holds the Power?
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🧠 Insiders: 32.9% of shares (they’re literally invested)
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🏢 Institutions: 25.9% of shares (surprisingly low)
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🤝 Float Held by Institutions: 38.6%
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👥 Number of Institutional Holders: 1,581
Top holders include:
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Alps Advisors: $1.3B worth
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Morgan Stanley: $898M
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Invesco: $841M
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Goldman Sachs: $597M
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American Century: $579M
📦 Not bad for a “boring” pipeline business!
🔍 For Enterprise Products Partners ($EPD)'s Institutional Ownership breakdown, see here.
🧾 Latest Earnings Report (Jul-28-2025): Slow and Steady Wins the Race
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Net Income: $1.4B (up from $1.36B YoY)
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Distributable Cash Flow (DCF): $1.9B (⚡ +7%)
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Distribution: $0.545 per unit ($2.18 annualized) 💸
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Coverage Ratio: 1.6x ✅
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Adjusted CFFO (Cash Flow from Ops): $2.1B
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Payout Ratio: 57%
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Buybacks: $110M in Q2 (because dividends aren’t enough love!)
👉 Want the full picture? Dive into Enterprise Products Partners ($EPD)'s financials here.
🚀 Why EPD Might Belong in Your Portfolio
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📈 Predictable Growth:
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5% annualized growth expected (sales + earnings)
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85% of cash flow is from fee-based, inflation-protected, long-term contracts
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Projected ROE: 20+% within 3 years
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💸 Generous Yield:
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$2.18 annual payout = ~7.05% yield
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27th year of consecutive dividend growth 🏆
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📊 Cheap-ish Valuation:
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P/E (TTM): 11.74
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Forward P/E: 11.26
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P/S: 1.26
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P/B: 2.36
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👨⚖️ Insiders Keep Buying:
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We’ve said it before. We’ll say it again: Insiders trust this beast.
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🧱 Solid Fundamentals:
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Debt to Capital: 0.49
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Debt to Equity: 1.06
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Cash on hand + revolvers: $5.1B
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⚠️ But Let’s Not Pretend There Are No Risks...
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💳 Interest Rates: Higher rates = costlier infrastructure expansion
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⛽ Energy Prices: Volatility can shake the whole sector
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🐻 Market Sentiment: In bear markets, even strong dividend stocks bleed 🩸
💡💡💡 Curious about another play on agriculture?
Check our takes on UnitedHealth Group or even Oscar Health.
🤓 Final Verdict:
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) is a cash-gushing pipeline powerhouse with boring-but-beautiful stability. Insiders clearly believe in it. It won’t thrill you like tech stocks or meme runs, but it might just pay your rent in perpetuity.
🎭 Not sexy. But stable. And sometimes, that’s hot.
🛒 Potential Buy for Income Investors — especially those who enjoy 💵 cash over 🚀 hype.
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