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Recent Earnings Reinforce Good Dividend Payer Enterprise Products Partners' Outlook
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Published Thu, 09 Aug 2012 02:00:15 -0400 on Seeking Alpha
On August 2, 2012 Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPD) reported Q2 2012 earnings of $0.64. This handily beat the average analysts' estimate of $0.58; and it was approximately 25% more than the $0.51 in Q2 of 2011. Transportation of NGLs, crude, refined products, and petrochemical products increased approximately 3% year over year. Natural gas volumes increased about 14%. Total costs and expenses dropped approximately 14.5%. However, revenues fell about 13% to $9.79B year over year due to lower commodity prices and lower sales of petroleum products, although higher volumes ameliorated the fall. This was a big miss on the analysts' estimate of $11.95B. The quarterly distribution increased 5.0% year over year to $0.635 per common unit (or $2.54 per unit annualized or a 4.79% annual dividend). The $876 million in distributable cash flow provided 1.6x coverage. The partnership retained $331 million in cash flow to help service its financing needs.... Read more


