Oil barrels wearing sunglasses on a steady pipeline, with dollar bills flowing like water — symbolizing Enterprise Products Partners (EPD)’s cash flow and insider confidence.

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
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?

  • 🧠 Insiders: 32.9% of shares (they’re literally invested)

  • 🏢 Institutions: 25.9% of shares (surprisingly low)

  • 🤝 Float Held by Institutions: 38.6%

  • 👥 Number of Institutional Holders: 1,581

Top holders include:

  • Alps Advisors: $1.3B worth

  • Morgan Stanley: $898M

  • Invesco: $841M

  • Goldman Sachs: $597M

  • 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

  • Net Income: $1.4B (up from $1.36B YoY)

  • Distributable Cash Flow (DCF): $1.9B (⚡ +7%)

  • Distribution: $0.545 per unit ($2.18 annualized) 💸

  • Coverage Ratio: 1.6x ✅

  • Adjusted CFFO (Cash Flow from Ops): $2.1B

  • Payout Ratio: 57%

  • 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

  1. 📈 Predictable Growth:

    • 5% annualized growth expected (sales + earnings)

    • 85% of cash flow is from fee-based, inflation-protected, long-term contracts

    • Projected ROE: 20+% within 3 years

  2. 💸 Generous Yield:

    • $2.18 annual payout = ~7.05% yield

    • 27th year of consecutive dividend growth 🏆

  3. 📊 Cheap-ish Valuation:

    • P/E (TTM): 11.74

    • Forward P/E: 11.26

    • P/S: 1.26

    • P/B: 2.36

  4. 👨⚖️ Insiders Keep Buying:

    • We’ve said it before. We’ll say it again: Insiders trust this beast.

  5. 🧱 Solid Fundamentals:

    • Debt to Capital: 0.49

    • Debt to Equity: 1.06

    • Cash on hand + revolvers: $5.1B


⚠️ But Let’s Not Pretend There Are No Risks...

  • 💳 Interest Rates: Higher rates = costlier infrastructure expansion

  • Energy Prices: Volatility can shake the whole sector

  • 🐻 Market Sentiment: In bear markets, even strong dividend stocks bleed 🩸

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🤓 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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