ET rises after a six-day slide

Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ET]) shares rose 0.03% on Tuesday to close at $16.67, breaking a six-session decline.

Despite today's modest gain, the stock is down [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ET/charting?interval=1M] -3.22% over the past month and has fell -14.93% year-to-date [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ET/charting?interval=YTD], significantly underperforming the broader market.

Looking at Seeking Alpha's Quant [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ET/ratings/quant-ratings] Rating, Energy Transfer has a Hold rating with a score of 3.16 out of 5. The company earned a B for valuation, C+ for growth, A for profitability, D+ in momentum, and C- in revisions.

Oil prices are facing downward pressure amid concerns [https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-steady-market-chews-over-opec-output-hike-supply-glut-fear-2025-10-07/] of an oversupply, with OPEC+ opting for a smaller output increase than anticipated. This cautious approach, combined with rising U.S. production, is creating a subdued market outlook. For ET, this environment may affect investor sentiment, as lower commodity prices can lead to weaker demand for midstream services.

Despite the overall cautious sentiment, Seeking Alpha analysts suggest buying [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ET/ratings/author-ratings] the stock.

Turning to the Wall Street [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ET/ratings/sell-side-ratings] community, twelve analysts have given ET a Strong Buy recommendation, five analysts recommend a Buy, and one analyst has rated the stock as Hold.

Energy Transfer is also close to finalizing a deal [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-01/energy-transfer-and-eig-s-midocean-are-close-to-finalizing-us-lng-supply-deal] to sell liquefied natural gas from its Lake Charles export terminal in Louisiana to MidOcean Energy, a subsidiary of EIG Global Energy Partners. Under the agreement, MidOcean would fund 30% of the construction costs and receive 30% of the LNG production, or about 5 million metric tons per year.

An analyst pointed out Energy Transfer’s potential in natural gas demand, saying [https://seekingalpha.com/article/4827786-energy-transfer-collect-7-percent-yield-while-waiting-for-datacenter-gas-demand], “The company is well-positioned to benefit from the AI data center expansion and surging on-site power generation needs.”

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