On Friday, Energy Transfer received an upgrade to its Relative Strength (RS) Rating, from 79 to 82.
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Energy Transfer is trading within a buy range after moving past a 13.67 entry in a consolidation. Once a stock moves 5% or higher beyond the initial entry, it's considered out of buy range, but we are not there yet. Interestingly, on the MarketSmith chart it shows recent insider buying.
The company reported negative growth for both sales and earnings last quarter.
Energy Transfer holds the No. 32 rank among its peers in the Oil&Gas-Transportation/Pipeline industry group. Dorian LPG and Teekay Tankers are also among the group's highest-rated stocks.
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