Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD) Trading Up 1.6% After Analyst Upgrade

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD)’s stock price traded up 1.6% during trading on Wednesday after Wells Fargo & Company upgraded the stock from an equal weight rating to an overweight rating. Wells Fargo & Company now has a $42.00 price target on the stock, up from their previous price target of $40.00. Enterprise Products Partners traded as high as $39.02 and last traded at $38.9950. 3,767,632 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 18% from the average session volume of 4,592,979 shares. The stock had previously closed at $38.39.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “hold” rating and issued a $34.00 price objective on shares of Enterprise Products Partners in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Barclays boosted their target price on Enterprise Products Partners from $38.00 to $39.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 5th. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on Enterprise Products Partners from $34.00 to $38.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 18th. Truist Financial initiated coverage on Enterprise Products Partners in a research report on Tuesday. They set a “hold” rating and a $36.00 price target for the company. Finally, TD Cowen boosted their price objective on Enterprise Products Partners from $33.00 to $34.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Enterprise Products Partners has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $37.20.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Aj Teague bought 2,665 shares of Enterprise Products Partners stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 20th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $37.55 per share, with a total value of $100,070.75. Following the completion of the purchase, the chief executive officer directly owned 77,576 shares in the company, valued at $2,912,978.80. The trade was a 3.56% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director John R. Rutherford purchased 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, December 29th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $32.09 per share, for a total transaction of $481,350.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 173,586 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,570,374.74. This represents a 9.46% increase in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this purchase is available in the SEC filing. 32.60% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Key Stories Impacting Enterprise Products Partners

Here are the key news stories impacting Enterprise Products Partners this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wells Fargo upgraded EPD from “equal weight” to “overweight” and raised its price target to $42 (from $40), signaling expected share appreciation vs. the current price. This upgrade is directly supportive of today’s buy-side interest. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Insider buying and an investor at-the-market purchase helped push EPD to a 1‑year high; insider/insider‑adjacent purchases often signal management confidence and can attract momentum investors. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Aj Teague acquired 2,665 shares of EPD, another insider/informed‑investor buy that reinforces the bullish signal from insider activity. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: US Capital Advisors raised near‑term and FY2026/2027 EPS estimates (Q4 and full‑year nudges to ~$2.91 and FY2027 to ~$3.19), and issued a Q1 forecast upgrade — incremental analyst estimate lifts that support higher valuation multiples. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Truist initiated coverage with a Hold — this provides coverage breadth but is not a buy signal; it may temper some upside for traders looking for unanimous analyst support. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Market commentary pieces (Zacks/Yahoo) note rising investor attention and that EPD has outperformed the market recently; useful for broader visibility but less likely to move fundamentals by themselves. Article Title

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Enterprise Products Partners

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in Enterprise Products Partners by 1.5% in the third quarter. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 21,145 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $661,000 after acquiring an additional 317 shares in the last quarter. ORG Wealth Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of Enterprise Products Partners by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. ORG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 66,266 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $2,125,000 after purchasing an additional 317 shares during the last quarter. Walker Asset Management LLC boosted its position in Enterprise Products Partners by 1.7% in the 4th quarter. Walker Asset Management LLC now owns 19,678 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $631,000 after buying an additional 326 shares during the period. Mission Wealth Management LP boosted its holdings in shares of Enterprise Products Partners by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Mission Wealth Management LP now owns 32,348 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $1,037,000 after purchasing an additional 328 shares during the period. Finally, Montag A & Associates Inc. grew its position in shares of Enterprise Products Partners by 5.9% during the 4th quarter. Montag A & Associates Inc. now owns 5,880 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $189,000 after buying an additional 330 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 26.07% of the company’s stock.

Enterprise Products Partners Trading Up 0.2%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 0.74 and a current ratio of 1.04. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $35.83 and its 200-day simple moving average is $33.13. The company has a market capitalization of $84.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.70, a PEG ratio of 1.55 and a beta of 0.59.

Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 2nd. The oil and gas producer reported $0.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $13.79 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $12.44 billion. Enterprise Products Partners had a net margin of 11.05% and a return on equity of 19.33%. Enterprise Products Partners’s revenue was down 2.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.74 earnings per share. Research analysts predict that Enterprise Products Partners L.P. will post 2.9 earnings per share for the current year.

Enterprise Products Partners Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 13th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 30th were issued a $0.55 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 30th. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.6%. This is a boost from Enterprise Products Partners’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.55. Enterprise Products Partners’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 82.71%.

Enterprise Products Partners Company Profile

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE: EPD) is a Houston-based master limited partnership that provides midstream energy services across North America. The company owns and operates an extensive network of pipelines, storage facilities, processing plants and export terminals that transport and handle natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil and refined and petrochemical products. Its core activities include gathering and transportation, fractionation of NGLs, natural gas processing, crude oil and condensate pipelines, and marine and terminal services that enable domestic distribution and exports.

Enterprise serves a diverse set of customers including producers, refiners, petrochemical companies, marketers and end users.