$17.12

3.44 (25.15%)

10/13/2008 2:41 PM

Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. (ETE)

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A publicly traded Limited Partnership, whose activities are conducted through three subsidiary operating partnerships, Energy Transfer Company, Heritage Operating, L.P. and Titan Energy Partners, L.P.

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Ticker Tags

Oil & Gas Pipelines (50), Master Limited Partnership (46), Mid Cap (670), Gas Pipelines (30)
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Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. At A Glance

Current Price:	$17.12
Last Trade Time:	10/13/2008 2:41 PM
Open:	$14.99
Previous Close:	$13.68
Daily Range:	$14.81 - $18.50
52-Week Range:	$12.90 - $36.25
Volume:	1,661,829
Market Cap:	$5.14B
P/E Ratio:	14.51
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Other News Headlines for ETE

Energy Transfer Equity reports higher profit
8/12/2008 2:03:00 PM - AP
Energy Transfer Partners 1Q profit increases
5/12/2008 5:29:00 PM - AP
Energy Sector Roundup: Fed Cut Bumps Oil
3/18/2008 4:48:00 PM - AP
Energy Transfer Chairman Buys Shares
1/22/2008 2:19:00 PM - AP

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Avatar charlesblazer (92.70) Submitted: 1/15/08 4:05 PM

Looking for market-neutral high-yield investments to weather a tough 2008. ETE up slightly (~+0.39%) on a terrible day, which included a decline in oil prices. Generally low market correlation. Consider the "dividend" and it's a contender. See also: ETP.

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Recs 0 (ETE) jiggernit (99.02) Submitted: 10/10/08 12:06 PM : Start Price: $13.87 ETE Score: 14.37 Yes, I'm betting on pipelines. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (ETE) ValueMonkey (89.39) Submitted: 9/25/08 6:24 AM : Start Price: $22.95 ETE Score: -4.79 The current market convulsions present the buying opportunity of a lifetime for MLPs and the risk/reward trade-off presented by ETE is particularly compelling. ETE is the publicly traded general partner of Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) and, thanks to incentive distributions, ETE can grow distributions per unit by an average of 20% a year over the next five years, compared with the roughly 11% a year average expected for ETP. And yet, ETE is currently yielding ~9%, a yield normally associated with a very low-growth MLP under more normal market conditions. Moreover, the yield spread between ETE and ETP is less than 75 bps, compared with its 200 bps historical average. While MLPs with weaker balance sheets or commodity-sensitive cash flows may find it difficult to fund growth over the coming quarters, investors can find reassurance in the number of large projects Energy Transfer already has under way that will be generating waves of new fee-based cash-flow streams, providing us with good insight into future distribution growth. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (ETE) KJByers (23.55) Submitted: 9/20/08 6:27 PM : Start Price: $23.71 ETE Score: -3.94 Morningstar fair value $44 Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (ETE) djkumquat (< 20) Submitted: 8/11/08 7:01 PM : Start Price: $28.85 ETE Score: -13.55 way down, heavy insider buys. nice dividend, too. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (ETE) woodruffdavid (65.70) Submitted: 8/06/08 2:45 PM : Start Price: $28.72 ETE Score: -14.03 This stock is the general partner counterpart to ETP which was added to the Morningstar "Dividend Portfolio" today, which I use as my core stock group. I highly suggest anyone interested in dividend income take a look at this grouping of quality income producing stocks. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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