Energy Transfer's Financial Strength and High Dividend Yield Outperform Expectations
From tight to tremendous flexibility
Energy Transfer's management team highlighted the company's exceptional financial position on the recent conference call. Co-CEO and CFO Tom Long expressed confidence in the company's resilience, emphasizing its ability to balance growth opportunities, leverage reduction, distribution growth, and equity returns to shareholders.
Financial Strengthening and Credit Upgrade
Energy Transfer has made significant strides in improving its leverage ratio, leading to a recent credit rating upgrade to BBB. The company now retains substantial cash flow after distributing dividends, enabling it to fund expansion projects and bolster its balance sheet effectively.
Business Growth and Shareholder Returns
The company's robust financial flexibility allows it to drive business growth by approving new projects and making strategic acquisitions. Energy Transfer aims to increase its distribution each quarter while exploring opportunities to repurchase its units opportunistically as leverage ratio declines.
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