Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) Lags In After-Hours Trading

Trade-Ideas LLC identified Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) as a post-market laggard candidate
By TheStreet Wire ,

Trade-Ideas LLC identified

Energy Transfer Partners

(

ETP

) as a post-market laggard candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Energy Transfer Partners as such a stock due to the following factors:

  • ETP has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $165.0 million.
  • ETP is down 3% today from today's close.

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More details on ETP:

Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. engages in the natural gas midstream, and intrastate transportation and storage businesses in the United States. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 9.3%. ETP has a PE ratio of 61. Currently there are 10 analysts that rate Energy Transfer Partners a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.

The average volume for Energy Transfer Partners has been 3.5 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Energy Transfer has a market cap of $23.2 billion and is part of the basic materials sector and energy industry. The stock has a beta of 0.85 and a short float of 2.2% with 1.93 days to cover. Shares are down 29.7% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.

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Analysis:

TheStreet Quant Ratings

rates Energy Transfer Partners as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its compelling growth in net income and notable return on equity. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.

Highlights from the ratings report include:

  • The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels industry. The net income increased by 36.3% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from $460.00 million to $627.00 million.
  • Despite the weak revenue results, ETP has outperformed against the industry average of 33.1%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues fell by 18.1%. Weakness in the company's revenue seems to have hurt the bottom line, decreasing earnings per share.
  • The return on equity has improved slightly when compared to the same quarter one year prior. This can be construed as a modest strength in the organization. In comparison to the other companies in the Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels industry and the overall market, ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS -LP's return on equity is significantly below that of the industry average and is below that of the S&P 500.
  • ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS -LP's earnings per share declined by 15.2% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings recently. We feel it is likely to report a decline in earnings in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS -LP turned its bottom line around by earning $1.64 versus -$0.24 in the prior year. For the next year, the market is expecting a contraction of 36.9% in earnings ($1.04 versus $1.64).
  • The gross profit margin for ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS -LP is currently extremely low, coming in at 13.44%. Regardless of ETP's low profit margin, it has managed to increase from the same period last year. Despite the mixed results of the gross profit margin, ETP's net profit margin of 5.43% compares favorably to the industry average.

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