Two historically cheap high-octane dividend stocks that have consistently raised their payouts for a quarter of a century are ripe for the picking by opportunistic income seekers. Over the last century, Wall Street has been a virtually unstoppable wealth creator for patient investors. Although other asset classes have helped build nominal wealth, such as oil, gold, bonds, and housing, none comes close to the annualized average returns over the last 100 years that stocks have brought to the table. With thous ...

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Here at Zacks, our focus is on the proven Zacks Rank system, which emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find great stocks. Nevertheless, we are always paying attention to the latest value, growth, and momentum trends to underscore strong picks. On top of the Zacks Rank, investors can also look at our innovative Style Scores system to find stocks with specific traits. For example, value investors will want to focus on the "Value" category. Stocks with high Zacks Ranks and "A" grades for Va ...

Investors looking for stocks in the Oil and Gas - Production Pipeline - MLB sector might want to consider either Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) or Oneok Inc. (OKE) . But which of these two companies is the best option for those looking for undervalued stocks? Let's take a closer look. Everyone has their own methods for finding great value opportunities, but our model includes pairing an impressive grade in the Value category of our Style Scores system with a strong Zacks Rank. The proven Zacks Rank puts ...

Key Points Get EPD alerts: Imagine an investment that not only offers growth but also yields a stable, 7%+ dividend. Enterprise Products Partners LP NYSE: EPD is the only stock with an "A" rating from Standard & Poor's that offers such a lucrative yield. Let's dive in. EPD provides essential pipeline services for transporting and storing crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs). As one of the largest midstream energy companies, the company manages a vast network of over 50,000 miles of pipelin ...

For investors looking for income, there is perhaps no better industry to look at than pipelines. Companies in the sector are in their best financial shape in years, while their valuations are trading well below pre-pandemic levels. In fact, the sector generally traded at around a 13.7 times average enterprise value (EV)-to-EBITDA multiple between 2011 and 2016, while today most midstream stocks trade at under a 10 times multiple. EV/EBITDA tends to be the most used metric to value midstream companies, as it ...

When deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock, investors often rely on analyst recommendations. Media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts often influence a stock's price, but are they really important? Let's take a look at what these Wall Street heavyweights have to say about Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) before we discuss the reliability of brokerage recommendations and how to use them to your advantage. Enterprise Products currently has an avera ...

There's a lot to like with these great stocks. There are three main categories of investors: growth investors, income investors, and value investors. I'd classify myself as a mix of all three, except my focus is on future income rather than current income. My desire for future income to help fund retirement down the road has made dividends more important to me than ever. Here are three high-yield dividend stocks I'm buying hand over fist. 1. Enterprise Products Partners LP Enterprise Products Partners LP (E ...

Enterprise Products Partners is getting closer to adding even more fuel to its growth engine. Enterprise Products Partners (EPD 0.63%) has an illustrious history of growing its cash distributions to investors. It has reached the quarter-century milestone of consecutive annual-payout increases. Several factors have helped fuel its growth, including its ability to secure and build high-return, organic-expansion projects. The master limited partnership (MLP) has several more expansion projects currently under ...