Energy Transfer LP (ET) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — Energy Transfer LP

ET in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Energy Transfer runs pipelines, storage and processing plants that move natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil and refined fuels across the United States. It gathers and treats gas at the wellhead, ships it through intrastate and interstate lines, fractionates liquids, and moves crude by pipeline and truck. It also holds stakes in Sunoco, the fuel retailer, and USA Compression, a gas-compression operator. It is based in Dallas.
Where it sits in the stack
Energy Transfer carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Energy sector of our universe, in the midstream oil-and-gas sleeve alongside the other pipeline and storage operators the diary scores for valuation and balance-sheet health.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group compares it with other scored Energy names based in the United States, including Cenovus Energy, BP, Petrobras, Ecopetrol, YPF, Permian Resources, Frontline and Venture Global; the market also names Enterprise Products Partners as a comparable midstream operator.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds no seat in our index, but it carries a Closelook score, with valuation the strongest module and quality the weakest. The diary's editions have referenced the letters ET as shorthand for Eastern Time in market-hours notes, not as coverage of the company itself.
What the diary watches
Whether the balance-sheet reading firms up as the weakest module, and whether that shift changes how the valuation strength is read against the rest of the midstream peer set.

Energy Transfer LP (ET) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for ET, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Oil & Gas Midstream · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Oil & Gas Midstream · US

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against ET on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 6.37%, quarterly · last 0.34 USD on 2026-08-07

Dividends and capital return

What ET pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.35 USD per share · a 6.37% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +36.9% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.98 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.34 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-07
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.32 USD (partial) · 2026: 1.01 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-07

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 50/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-18
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 97th percentile of the window, +4.9% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-18
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.07 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-18

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-19

Quick answers

What is Energy Transfer LP (ET)?

Energy Transfer LP trades as ET on the US exchange (US) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is ET in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Energy Transfer LP is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-19.

Where does ET trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +2.2% vs the 50-day and +13.6% vs the 200-day average, 3.2% below the 52-week high and +40% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-18 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Energy Transfer LP do?

Energy Transfer runs pipelines, storage and processing plants that move natural gas, natural gas liquids, crude oil and refined fuels across the United States. It gathers and treats gas at the wellhead, ships it through intrastate and interstate lines, fractionates liquids, and moves crude by pipeline and truck. It also holds stakes in Sunoco, the fuel retailer, and USA Compression, a gas-compression operator. Closelook's peer group compares it with other scored Energy names based in the United States, including Cenovus Energy, BP, Petrobras, Ecopetrol, YPF, Permian Resources, Frontline and Venture Global; the market also names Enterprise Products Partners as a comparable midstream operator.

Where does Energy Transfer LP sit in the AI build-out?

Energy Transfer carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Energy sector of our universe, in the midstream oil-and-gas sleeve alongside the other pipeline and storage operators the diary scores for valuation and balance-sheet health. It holds no seat in our index, but it carries a Closelook score, with valuation the strongest module and quality the weakest. The diary's editions have referenced the letters ET as shorthand for Eastern Time in market-hours notes, not as coverage of the company itself.

Does Energy Transfer LP pay a dividend?

Energy Transfer LP has paid 1.35 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 6.37% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.34 USD on 2026-08-07. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelook written about Energy Transfer LP?

Energy Transfer LP appears in 9 Closelook pieces, most recently Daily Pulse: Oil hits $100 and Europe sells off 2% — Wall Street opens with memory chips up and almost everything else down (2026-09-09); Morning 10: Samsara jumps 15%, Zscaler beats and goes nowhere, bitcoin tops $81,000 — Wall Street’s best day in a month lands the night before the jobs report (2026-09-04); Midday 10: Chips up, software down: Nvidia leads a split rebound while the bond market catches its breath (2026-09-02). What Closelook said most recently: Third, the rest of the day's calendar: Apple's product event at 1 pm ET, the 10-year Treasury auction at 1 pm ET on the day the yield sits at its highest since 2023, and the Treasury's announcement of the size of its expanded debt buyback… (Daily Pulse, 2026-09-09). The "Mentioned on Closelook" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for ET, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 9 pieces · newest: Daily Pulse, “Oil hits $100 and Europe sells off 2% — Wall Street opens with memory chips up and almost everything else down” (2026-09-09)

Mentioned on Closelook

Where ET appears in the diary — 9 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

101 and glossary

  • Extended-Hours TradingGlossaryTrading before the 9:30 ET open (pre-market, from 4:00) and after the 16:00 ET close (after-hours, to 20:00) on electronic venues.

Dailies

Related in the Closelook universe

then Oil & Gas Midstream, then Energy. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.