ET vs FANG vs EPD Stock Comparison

Energy Transfer, Diamondback Energy and Enterprise Products Partners Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ET Energy Transfer LP
$19.20 -7.3% 1M +13.5% 1Y
Market cap
$65.10B
P/E
12.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$124.53B
Div. yield
0.07%
Oil and Gas Pipelines Energy
5 wins
FANG Diamondback Energy, Inc.
$179.58 -2.9% 1M +30.8% 1Y
Market cap
$50.12B
P/E
24.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.61B
Div. yield
–
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Energy
4 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Energy Transfer leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Energy Transfer 5, Diamondback Energy 4, Enterprise Products Partners 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionETFANGEPDLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $65.10B $50.12B $79.85B EPD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 12.5x 24.4x 12.1x EPD
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 10.5x 8.1x 12.7x FANG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +56.1% +21.1% +21.5% ET
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 4.2% 11.0% 10.2% FANG
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 8.8% 3.3% 12.6% EPD
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 3.8x 1.7x 3.1x FANG
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.07% 0.00% 0.06% ET
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +13.5% +30.8% +19.3% FANG
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +15.6%/yr +9.6%/yr +10.1%/yr ET
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 17.9% 33.2% 18.9% ET
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 66/100 51/100 53/100 ET

Percentile Scorecard

ETFANGEPD

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisETFANGEPD
Valuation 94 #3 of 35 44 #55 of 98 68 #12 of 35
Growth 82 #7 of 34 54 #45 of 97 46 #19 of 34
Profitability 36 #22 of 34 50 #48 of 94 49 #18 of 34
Financial Health 50 #18 of 35 46 #55 of 101 59 #15 of 35
Shareholder Returns 70 #10 of 31 60 #32 of 79 47 #17 of 31
Overall 66 51 53
  • ET ranked among 35 companies in Oil and Gas Midstream
  • FANG ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • EPD ranked among 35 companies in Oil and Gas Midstream

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodETFANGEPDSPY
1 month -7.3%-2.9%-1.8% -5.9%
3 months -7.1%-5.3%-3.9% -4.6%
6 months -3.6%-5.7%-3.0% +0.2%
Year to date +16.4%+19.5%+14.1% +7.5%
1 year +13.5%+30.8%+19.3% +8.2%
3 years +42.1%+12.1%+38.5% +68.3%
3 years, per year +12.4%+3.9%+11.5% +19.0%
5 years +106.5%+57.8%+62.0% +56.5%
5 years, per year +15.6%+9.6%+10.1% +9.4%
10 years +39.1%+95.9%+49.2% +251.5%
10 years, per year +3.4%+7.0%+4.1% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureETFANGEPDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 17.9%33.2%18.9% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 17.7%33.0%18.4% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.18-0.50-0.26 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.760.931.02 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -25.8%-43.5%-19.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.7%-16.0%-8.1% -5.9%
52-week high $21.74$213.69$39.80 $779.14
52-week low $16.21$137.29$30.67 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleETFANGEPD
P/E now vs peer median 12.6xmedian 17.6x 24.5xmedian 10.1x 12.0xmedian 17.6x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 2.4x 2.7xmedian 1.7x 1.2xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.6xmedian 10.4x 8.2xmedian 5.1x 10.5xmedian 10.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 10.9xmedian 15.0x 12.5xmedian 8.9x 16.4xmedian 15.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 2.3x 1.1xmedian 1.3x 2.5xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.98median 0.98 -0.96median 0.94 1.66median 0.98

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsETFANGEPD
Revenue $124.53B $18.61B $64.40B
Gross profit $26.50B – –
Operating income $11.41B $2.35B $8.16B
Net income $7.56B $2.32B $6.65B
Free cash flow $6.08B $4.03B $4.81B
EPS (diluted) $1.51 $7.33 $3.02
Cash & equivalents $926.00M $558.00M $232.00M
Total debt $68.85B $13.23B $33.44B
Shares (diluted) 3.47B 279.96M 2.18B
Enterprise value $60.93B $48.82B $78.21B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricETFANGEPD
P/E 12.6x 24.5x 12.0x
P/FCF 10.9x 12.5x 16.4x
P/Operating cash flow 4.9x 4.8x 8.5x
P/S 0.5x 2.7x 1.2x
P/B 1.3x 1.1x 2.5x
P/Tangible book 1.6x 1.1x 2.9x
EV/EBITDA 7.6x 8.2x 10.5x
EV/EBIT 11.7x 26.8x 13.7x
EV/Revenue 1.1x 3.4x 1.7x
EV/FCF 22.0x 15.6x 23.3x
EV/Operating cash flow 9.9x 6.1x 12.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.98 -0.96 1.66

Growth

14 metrics
MetricETFANGEPD
Revenue growth (1Y) 56.1% 21.1% 21.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 16.6% 31.3% 9.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 23.1% – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 14.3% – –
Operating income growth (1Y) 23.7% -57.0% 13.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 12.9% -20.2% 6.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 27.7% -49.6% 13.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 13.5% -11.5% 6.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 20.9% -49.5% 14.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 13.0% -25.7% 7.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 25.2% 18.3% 9.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.2% 21.8% 5.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 17.2% 467.9% 55.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -1.1% 64.9% -0.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricETFANGEPD
Gross margin 21.3% – –
EBITDA margin 14.2% 40.9% 16.5%
Operating margin 9.2% 12.6% 12.7%
Pretax margin 6.6% 14.8% 10.4%
Net margin 4.2% 11.0% 10.2%
FCF margin 4.9% 21.6% 7.5%
Operating cash flow margin 10.9% 55.7% 14.5%
Return on equity 15.1% 4.9% 21.4%
Return on assets 5.1% 3.1% 8.0%
Return on invested capital 8.8% 3.3% 12.6%
Return on capital employed 8.9% 3.6% 12.8%
Asset turnover 0.8x 0.3x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x 4.5x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.1% – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricETFANGEPD
Debt / assets 46.1% 18.3% 40.0%
Debt / equity 1.4x 0.3x 1.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 3.8x 1.7x 3.1x
Debt / FCF 11.3x 3.3x 7.0x
Liabilities / assets 66.8% 37.4% 62.7%
Equity / assets 33.2% 62.6% 37.3%
Interest coverage 3.1x – 5.3x
Current ratio 1.2x 0.5x 0.9x
Quick ratio 0.9x 0.5x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.1x 0.0x
Altman Z-score – 1.58 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricETFANGEPD
Dividend yield 7.0% 2.4% 6.1%
Net buyback yield 2.1% 2.7% 0.6%
Shareholder yield 9.1% 5.1% 6.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) 63.9% – 71.7%
Payout ratio (FCF) 79.4% – 99.2%
Dividend growth (1Y) 2.9% – 2.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 6.0% – 3.9%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusETFANGEPD
Forward P/E 10.5xFY2026 8.1xFY2026 12.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.83FY2026 $22.08FY2026 $2.87FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +51.2%FY2026 +65.1%FY2026 +7.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -10.4% -6.3% +14.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $127.15BFY2026 $18.84BFY2026 $68.89BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +48.6%FY2026 +40.1%FY2026 +31.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +2.0% -8.0% +3.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersETFANGEPD
Held by institutions 31.4% 71.6% 24.8%
Institutions holding 1,284 1,192 1,586
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.9% +8.6% +0.8%
Institutions buying 630 609 672
Institutions selling 342 396 437
Buyers to sellers 1.84 1.54 1.54

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ETFANGEPD
ET 1.00 0.54 0.63
FANG 0.54 1.00 0.42
EPD 0.63 0.42 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ET, FANG and EPD?

Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Energy Transfer (ET) $65.10B, Diamondback Energy (FANG) $50.12B, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) $79.85B.

Which stock is cheaper, ET, FANG and EPD?

Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Energy Transfer (ET) 12.5x, Diamondback Energy (FANG) 24.4x, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) 12.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Diamondback Energy (FANG) is cheapest (Energy Transfer (ET) 10.5x, Diamondback Energy (FANG) 8.1x, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) 12.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Energy Transfer (ET) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Energy Transfer (ET) +56.1%, Diamondback Energy (FANG) +21.1%, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) +21.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Diamondback Energy (FANG) has the highest net margin (Energy Transfer (ET) 4.2%, Diamondback Energy (FANG) 11.0%, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) 10.2%). On return on invested capital, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) leads (Energy Transfer (ET) 8.8%, Diamondback Energy (FANG) 3.3%, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) 12.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Diamondback Energy (FANG) returned the most: Energy Transfer (ET) +13.5%, Diamondback Energy (FANG) +30.8%, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) +19.3%. Over five years, Energy Transfer (ET) compounded fastest (Energy Transfer (ET) +15.6%/yr, Diamondback Energy (FANG) +9.6%/yr, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) +10.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Energy Transfer (ET) has the highest dividend yield: Energy Transfer (ET) 0.07%, Diamondback Energy (FANG) 0.00%, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) 0.06%. Diamondback Energy (FANG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Energy Transfer (ET) has been the steadiest (Energy Transfer (ET) 17.9%, Diamondback Energy (FANG) 33.2%, Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) 18.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ET, FANG and EPD?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Energy Transfer (ET) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.