Energy and Pipeline - Master Limited Partnerships

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Updated Mar 2

Sector: Oils and Energy

Oils and Energy Energy and Pipeline - Master Limited Partnerships Industry Overview

Performance

	Total Return %	IVV(iShares-SP500)
1 Month	5.20	1.32
3 Months	28.79	5.85
YTD	36.81	NA
1 Year	-3.55	26.91
3 Years	-22.22	49.95
5 Years	26.54	107.88

Energy and Pipeline - Master Limited Partnerships Performance

Industry Rank for

Studies have shown that roughly half of a stock's price movement can be attributed to a stock's industry group. In fact, the top 50% of Zacks Ranked Industries outperforms the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1. By focusing on the top stocks within the top 50% of Zacks Ranked Industries, you can dramatically improve your stock picking success.

Rank of Stocks

Company	Symbol	Zacks Rank	Report

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Related Industries

Top Peers	Industry Rank
Oil and Gas - Integrated - Emerging Markets
Oil and Gas - Exploration and Production - Canadian
Oil and Gas - Integrated - Canadian
Oil and Gas - Integrated - International
Oil and Gas - Exploration and Production - United States

Key Metrics for

Industry Earnings

	Industry	IVV(iShares-SP500)
PE (F1)	16.53	20.73
PEG (Ratio)	NA	2.34
Proj EPS Growth	20.23%	11.74%
Hist EPS Growth	8.26%	9.32%
Net Margin	2.20%	10.59%
Hist Sales Growth	9.97%	5.35%
Hist Dividend Growth	-41.67%	0.00%

Financial Ratios

	Industry	IVV(iShares-SP500)
Beta	1.53	1.08
ROE	13.08	14.75
ROA	2.41	5.65
ROI	3.74	8.94
Debt-to-Equity	0.11	0.67
Current Ratio	1.13	1.39
Cash Flow ($/share)	24.00	1,749.68
Price to Book	2.69	0.00
Price To Sales	0.38	3.18
Dividend Yield	7.57%	1.40%

Earnings Trends

Earnings Reported This Quarter More Info Industry Earnings Trends highlight the number of companies in that industry that have reported, and shows whether they've Beat, Met, or Missed their consensus estimates. Industries with a higher percentage of companies that have Beat (Positively Surprised) usually means that something good is happening to that group as a whole for so many companies to be positively surprising. And studies have shown that companies that positively surprise have a greater likelihood of positively surprising in the future (or missing if they've recently missed). For this reason, looking at industries with the highest percentage of Positive Surprises (Beats) can be a great aid in forecasting which industry could have the highest probability of positively surprising in the future.	2
Beat	1 out of 2 (50%)
Met Consensus	0
Miss	1 out of 2 (50%)

Positive Estimate Revisions	1
Negative Estimate Revisions	1

Industry Description

This industry includes master limited partnerships/MLPs (hybrid entities, interests in whom are referred to as units and the unitholders are partners in the business) focused on finding hydrocarbon reservoirs, drilling oil and gas wells, and producing and selling these materials to be later refined into products such as gasoline like Williams Partners L.P. (WPZ)

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