Matt DiLallo, The Motley Fool
Sat, February 14, 2026 astatine 6:27 AM CST 3 min read
Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET) is already 1 of my largest sources of passive income. Despite that, I precocious added to my presumption successful the maestro constricted concern (MLP) again.
Here's wherefore I can't halt buying the pipeline stock.
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Energy Transfer presently has a organisation output approaching 7.5%. That's respective times higher than the S&P 500's dividend output of astir 1.1%. That precocious output makes the MLP (which sends a Schedule K-1 Federal taxation signifier each year) perfect for generating passive income.
While high-yielding investments tin person a higher hazard profile, that's not the lawsuit with Energy Transfer. The MLP is presently successful the strongest fiscal presumption successful its history. It has distributed astir 50% of its yearly currency flows to investors implicit the past 3 years (about 90% of which travel from unchangeable fee-based sources), enabling it to clasp billions of dollars to grow its operations and support a beardown equilibrium sheet. The company's leverage ratio is presently wrong its people scope of 4.0-4.5 times, providing it with further fiscal flexibility.
Energy Transfer precocious raised its lucrative currency organisation again. It has accrued its payout each 4th for the past respective years and has delivered much than 3% organisation maturation implicit the past year. That's wrong its semipermanent people of 3% to 5% yearly organisation growth.
The MLP should person plentifulness of substance to proceed expanding its high-yielding distribution. Its net should emergence 7% to 10% this twelvemonth owed to the ramp-up and expected completion of respective enlargement projects. Meanwhile, the institution is investing $5 cardinal to $5.5 cardinal into integrated enlargement projects this year. That's portion of a multi-year superior spending programme that includes projects scheduled to travel online done the extremity of the decennary (led by the $5.6 cardinal Transwestern Pipeline enlargement task successful the 4th fourth of 2029).
Energy Transfer is pursuing aggregate further enlargement projects, including galore opportunities to turn its extended state infrastructure platform. Strong state request from powerfulness producers and AI information centers is creating incremental concern opportunities to grow its state network.
Energy Transfer already provides maine with tons of passive income. I proceed adding to my position, which should supply adjacent much income to my portfolio, particularly arsenic the MLP continues to summation its distribution. In summation to income, Energy Transfer has robust maturation connected the horizon. That drives my presumption that Energy Transfer tin present almighty full returns implicit the adjacent respective years, which is wherefore I can't halt adding to my position.

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