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Company snapshot — Plains GP Holdings LP

PAGP 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
Plains GP Holdings controls a network of pipelines, trucks, barges and rail links that gather and move crude oil and natural gas liquids across the United States and Canada, mainly through its Plains All American Pipeline subsidiary. It also runs terminals, storage tanks and gas-processing plants that split raw gas into saleable liquids. It is based in Houston and organises its business into a crude oil segment and a natural gas liquids segment.
Where it sits in the stack
Plains GP Holdings sits outside the Closelook index; it belongs to our Energy sleeve, in the oil and gas midstream sector that moves and stores hydrocarbons rather than the compute build-out. It has no bearing on chip, data-centre or power layers we track for the AI stack.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group carries no entry for PAGP; the market names it alongside Enterprise Products Partners as a comparable midstream pipeline operator.
Why Closelook tracks it
It holds no seat in our index and does not carry a Closelook score. The one mention in the diary comes from a Midday 10 edition, where it appears only in passing within a list of large-cap names hitting new highs, not as a subject of coverage itself.
What the diary watches
Whether crude and NGL throughput volumes across its pipeline network hold up as producer activity shifts, since that flow is what drives its fee income.

Plains GP Holdings LP (PAGP) trades on US exchanges, classified under Energy.

The Closelook company score reads 57/100 composite (momentum 80, quality 28, valuation 77) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

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 PAGP, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Morgan Stanley, 2026-08-18

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for PAGP from the Closelook wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Morgan Stanley — target 28 from 26 Target raised to $28 from $26 (+6.7% to spot) 2026-08-18

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

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

Peer group

Oil & Gas Midstream · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

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

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 5.90%, quarterly · buybacks 341 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

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

  • Trailing 12 months 1.63 USD per share · a 5.90% yield on the 2026-09-18 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-18
  • Change on the year +43.2% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.14 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.42 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-31
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.52 USD · 2026: 1.25 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-01-31
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 301 m USD 3% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 341 m USD 5.3% of today's market value
  • Share count +0.5% in FY2025 49 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 642 m USD · 28% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

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 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

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
  • Sector × region Energy in US: −1.3% week · +1.1% month · +20.5% quarter · +16.0% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLE.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-20
  • 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 Plains GP Holdings LP (PAGP)?

Plains GP Holdings LP trades as PAGP on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Energy in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-19.

Is PAGP in a Closelook index?

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

What is Plains GP Holdings LP's Closelook composite score?

57 out of 100, with momentum 80, quality 28 and valuation 77 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-19. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does PAGP trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +4.5% vs the 50-day and +20.8% vs the 200-day average, 3.6% below the 52-week high and +78.8% 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 Plains GP Holdings LP do?

Plains GP Holdings controls a network of pipelines, trucks, barges and rail links that gather and move crude oil and natural gas liquids across the United States and Canada, mainly through its Plains All American Pipeline subsidiary. It also runs terminals, storage tanks and gas-processing plants that split raw gas into saleable liquids. It is based in Houston and organises its business into a crude oil segment and a natural gas liquids segment. Closelook's peer group carries no entry for PAGP; the market names it alongside Enterprise Products Partners as a comparable midstream pipeline operator.

Where does Plains GP Holdings LP sit in the AI build-out?

Plains GP Holdings sits outside the Closelook index; it belongs to our Energy sleeve, in the oil and gas midstream sector that moves and stores hydrocarbons rather than the compute build-out. It has no bearing on chip, data-centre or power layers we track for the AI stack. It holds no seat in our index and does not carry a Closelook score. The one mention in the diary comes from a Midday 10 edition, where it appears only in passing within a list of large-cap names hitting new highs, not as a subject of coverage itself.

Does Plains GP Holdings LP pay a dividend?

Plains GP Holdings LP has paid 1.63 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 5.90% on the 2026-09-18 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.42 USD on 2026-07-31. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 301 m USD in dividends and bought back 341 m USD of its own shares, 28% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.5% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Plains GP Holdings LP recently?

The most recent analyst action on Plains GP Holdings LP on the Closelook wire is a price target by Morgan Stanley on 2026-08-18 (target 28 from 26). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

Where has Closelook written about Plains GP Holdings LP?

Plains GP Holdings LP appears in 1 Closelook piece, most recently Midday 10: A chart pick published at 95.10 this morning trades 107.92 by midday — Robinhood's triangle breaks up through the 100 shelf — as the CAC snaps seven straight red sessions and Bitcoin adds another six percent above 77,000 (2026-08-21). What Closelook said most recently: Barchart's large-cap 52-week new-high list, as of 11:59 CDT, carries 31 names and reads like the ex-tech thesis printed as breadth: twelve are health care, biotech or pharma — ARGX, BDX, BIO, CORT, HALO, MRK, REGN, RVTY, THC, TVTX, TXG… (Midday 10, 2026-08-21). 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 PAGP, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelook 1 piece · newest: Midday 10, “A chart pick published at 95.10 this morning trades 107.92 by midday — Robinhood's triangle breaks up through the 100 shelf — as the CAC snaps seven straight red sessions and Bitcoin adds another six percent above 77,000” (2026-08-21)

Mentioned on Closelook

Where PAGP appears in the diary — 1 piece, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

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.