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Founded by Dan L. Duncan in April 1998 and is headquartered in Houston, TX, Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPD) is a holding company engaged in the production and trade of natural gas and petrochemicals.

It operates in four segments: (1) natural gas liquid pipelines and services, (2) crude oil pipelines and services, (3) natural gas pipelines and services, (4) petrochemicals and refined products and services.

Three key data points gauge EPD or any dividend paying entity, namely:

(1) Price

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

Those keys also indicate if any company has made, is making, and will make money.

EPD Price

Enterprise Products Partners share price increased 6.2% last year from$29.19 to $31.00 per Friday’s market price.

Nineteen analysts cover the stock.

The median gain of their annual price targets for the coming year was $4.72.

That average would put EPD stock price for 2026 at $35.72.

Of course, the price could also stay flat, or decline.

EPD Dividends

Enterprise Products has paid quarterlydividends since November 12, 1998.

A current forward-looking annual dividend of $2.18 yields 6.97%.

EPD Returns

Putting it all together, a $6.81 estimated gross gain per share shows up when adding EPD’s annual $2.81 dividendto an estimated $4,00 annual price gain.

A little under $1000 invested at the recent $31.00 share price would buy 32 shares which, multiply the $6.81 estimated gross gain to $219.67 for the coming year.

Over one third of that $220 gain comes from the annual $70.50 dividend generated from your $1,000 investment.

Furthermore, the $70.50 annual dividend income from $1,000 invested is over 2.25 times greater than the recent $31.00 single-share price.

(A dividend dogcatcher rule is to only buy initial shares of a stock that pay an annual dividend from $1000 invested that is greater than the cost of a single share.)

Two is more than one.

Therefore, you could choose to pounce on Enterprise Products Parters LP with its over two times the share price payout.

The exact track of EPDs future share price and dividends will entirely be determined by market action and company finances.

Remember the best way to track stock performance and dividend payments is through direct ownership of company shares.

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