Is Enterprise Products Partners a Great Dividend Stock?
Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD) pays its investors well. The energy company yields 6.3% at the moment. That's well above the average of dividend stocks in the S&P 500, which is around 2%. This factor alone probably makes it an exceptional stock in the eyes of income investors.
However, current yield alone doesn't automatically make it a great dividend stock. The payout also needs to be sustainable over the long term and grow consistently. Here's how this master limited partnership's (MLP) distribution measures on those two key characteristics.
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